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48-year-old spouses from the Volgograd Region have confessed that they took a boy away from his grandmother in the Rostov Region. They have explained their act by the desire to bring up the child they liked, report the investigators.

The central part of the Chechen capital has been completely blocked for traffic, and that fact resulted in a collapse on the roads, report local residents. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained the enhancement of security measures in Grozny by the festivities dedicated to the Victory Day.

Following the "Free Democrats" Party and the Republican Party, the "United National Movement" (UNM) has also supported the demand to conduct a questioning of citizens concerning the way to elect the President of Georgia. Meanwhile, members of the "UNM" Party believe that the authorities will not appoint a plebiscite.

In Armenia, the damage is inflicted to the Lchashen community of the Gegharkunik Region as a result of a hurricane wind.

A three-year-old child, kidnapped in Morozovsk, has been found alive and healthy, and his kidnappers have been detained. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

In Georgia, there are three tourists per two residents of the country, and the flow of tourists increases each year. This was reported by the British newspaper "The Telegraph" on May 8.

Today, in the Astrakhan Region, two activists of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan" have held solo pickets in support of Igor Stenin, the convicted leader of the movement. The verdict to Stenin must be repealed, they said.

Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is in Georgia, and he visits tourist attractions together with his wife Elena Baturina. Public activists of Georgia express their indignation about the fact that no sanctions were imposed on Yuri Luzhkov in accordance with the Law "On the Occupied Territories" in force in the country.

Today, in Nagorno-Karabakh, activists of youth organizations, students, senior upper-form pupils and soldiers have marched by foot from Stepanakert to the city of Shushi. The action was held in honour of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the city.

Today, the KGB of South Ossetia has reported that law enforcers found a grenade launcher, grenades, and 870 rounds in a local resident's house.

In the town of Morozovsk of the Rostov Region, unidentified persons kidnapped a three-year-old boy. This was reported by investigators. According to them, the incident occurred in the afternoon of May 7.

Doctors did not succeed in saving the life of a five-year-old boy, who was brought to the hospital of the Azerbaijani town of Masally after he had been subjected to the procedure of a circumcision done at home. The surgeon who done a surgery is suspected of killing the child by recklessness.

In Chechnya, the law enforcement agencies do not have any information on the facts of harassment of members of communities of sexual minorities in the territory of the republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya. Meanwhile, local residents have confirmed the information about cases of pressure on gays in the republic.

The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Azerbaijan began between a football match between the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Morocco. In total, four matches are planned for today. The competitions of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games will be broadcasted for 58 countries.

May Day actions in the southern regions of Russia and Transcaucasia; new personnel decisions with regard to chiefs of law enforcement and investigating agencies in the south of Russia; fights of football fans in Kuban, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 1-7, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of May 1-7, 2017, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Pyatigorsk, a local resident blew up a grenade. As a result, three policemen were injured. This was reported by the Investigating Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

A resident of the village of Trisanchi of the Dakhadaev District of Dagestan was killed when he rendered resistance in the village of Nadezhka in the Karabudakhkent District of the republic. This was reported by law enforcers.

Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that he does not support criminalizing bride abduction.

Since the beginning of 2017, in the territory of Chechnya, law enforcers detained 48 local residents who were going to leave for Syria to join militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court's decision. This was reported by law enforcers.