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The Buynaksk City Court has sentenced Ali Takhnaev, a local resident, to 6 years in colony, finding him guilty of illegal arms dealing and possession of narcotic drugs. The Court has also held that Takhnaev had intended to participate in illegal armed formations (IAFs) abroad.

In Maikop, the capital of Adygea, about ten horse-riders tried to take part in the mourning march, dedicated to the Remembrance and Mourning Day of the Victims of the Caucasian War. However, according to their version, the head of the "Adyge-Khase" asked them to leave the event.

Ramazan Djalaldinov, who on April 14 published a video appeal to Vladimir Putin concerning the situation faced by residents of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, announced no intention to leave Russia. He has also reported that after him, eight other persons dissatisfied with the situation in Kenkhi left the village.

Meeting of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna; primaries of "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party to nominate candidates for State Duma MPs; bus accident with Russian servicemen in South Ossetia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 16-22, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Confederation of Circassian organizations (CherkesFED), an alternative of the International Circassian Association (ICA), will unite all the Caucasian Diasporas and communities in their historical homeland under the principles, which meet the interests of the Circassian movement. This was announced by organizers of the rally in front of the building of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul.

In Sochi, not many people attended the polling stations at the primaries of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party. Meanwhile, the city residents who came to the primaries stated that the directors of enterprises obliged them to come for voting and to report to them about that, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

During the week of May 16-22, 2016, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus 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.

The movement "Patriots of Circassia" calls on human rights organizations and the international community to pay attention to the violation of the rights of Adnan Khuade, a Circassian repatriate in Adygea. The activists have also announced their intention to continue the protests in Turkey until the full withdrawal of the charges against Adnan Khuade.

Four local residents detained on May 21 in Ingushetia were not militants, but their accomplices. This has been reported today by the leader of the republic.

On May 22, regions of Russia, including in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD) hold the primaries of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party to determine candidates. In the Stavropol Territory, 192 participants of the primaries of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party have been registered.

Four Georgian citizens detained by South Ossetian border guards on suspicion of crossing the border illegally are released. The court in South Ossetia has obliged each of them to pay the fine in the amount of 2000 roubles.

In Istanbul, activists have finished the rally held in front of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, which was dedicated to the anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. The rally was attended by members of the Caucasian Diasporas. The activists have demanded to recognize the events occurred 152 years ago as a crime against humanity. According to the organizers of the rally, at least 5000 people took part in the action.

In Moscow, Beslan Teuvazhev, detained near Moscow metro station on the Circassian Memorial Day, is released.

A many-thousand march of Circassian activists in Istanbul is marching along Istiklal Street to the Russian General Consulate, where they plan to hold a rally in memory of the 152nd anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the events dedicated to the 152nd anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, were held with enhanced security measures. A lot of law enforcers were accumulated at the places of the events, and the entire city centre was closed for vehicles.

More than 100 people gathered at the protest action in front of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul in connection with the initiation of the criminal case against Adnan Khuade, an activist from Adygea.

The list of members of the "People Against Corruption" Party in Dagestan suggests that it is supported primarily by religious figures and resources of the Muftiate. This opinion was voiced by journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Ingushetia, members of a secret grouping, associated with the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia), says the information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

On May 20, a new rural gathering held in the village of Kenkhi, local residents have again publicly condemned Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained to Vladimir Putin about corruption. An appeal was sent to the Russian President on behalf of the villagers. The appeal referred to attempts to foment ethnic hatred in the village of Kenkhi.

The opposition has criticized the statement made by Serzh Sargsyan after the Armenian-Azerbaijani meeting held in Vienna. Oppositionists have called on to return the territories of the buffer zone, lost during the April escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.