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The change of rules of evaluating the performers and a separate voting of the professional jury and spectators at the "Eurovision-2016" song contest had influenced negatively the objectivity in defining the winners, said the residents of Baku, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has called for the release of Mamedov and Ibragimov, arrested in Azerbaijan after the appearance of graffiti on the pedestal of the monument to Geidar Aliev.

During the week from May 9 to May 15, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least 30 people suffered; of them, at least seven persons were killed and at least 23 others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Union of Entrepreneurs of Southern Russia "Solidarity" has announced a start of preparation for the opening of its branches in the regions of Northern Caucasus. "We need to self-organize and unite," believes the Union.

Natives of Chechnya and Dagestan are suspected of organizing of and participating in a mass brawl in the Khovanskoye Cemetery; criminal cases have been initiated against them, said a law enforcement source.

The armed clashes in Derbent were the third incident since the start of the year, in which the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia) has declared its involvement. At least six persons were killed in these attacks, mostly, power agents.

Today, in the city of Derbent, an apartment was blocked in a high-rise building; and four suspected militants were killed in a special operation. According to power agents, the blocked apartment was used as a shelter by suspects of committing on May 9 the murder of the 82-year-old Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov, the father of the former Mayor of the city Felix Kaziakhmedov.

A representative of the residents of the Dagestan village of Mekhelta, who have been trying for ten years to get compensations for their houses destroyed during a natural calamity, has filed a motion claiming to increase the amounts requested from the Ministry of Finance in connection with the change in market value of housing.

The arson of the house of Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Avar village of Kenkhi, who had raised the issue of corruption in Chechnya, should be investigated; and the pressure on his fellow villagers should be stopped, the Dagestani branch of the "Yabloko" Party says in its appeal to President Vladimir Putin.

Ariskhan Movsarov, who had disappeared under mysterious circumstances from the territory of his military unit in Adygea, has told his relatives that he is in Novocherkassk.

In the course of the court session on the case of Valery Permyakov, poor quality of selecting soldiers for transfer to take their service at the military base in Armenia was revealed, the advocates of the successors of the Avetisyan family told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, stating the need to bring to justice the Russian officers who were in charge of sending the defendant to Gyumri.

On May 13, in the capital of Dagestan, in the course of a raid, law enforcers detained at least 20 believers of the Salafi mosque. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by local residents.

The court has pronounced the decision to take into custody Magomed Magomedov, the spokesman of a Makhachkala mosque, who is suspected of illegal possession of weapons and drugs. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the detainee's relatives.

Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained to President Vladimir Putin about corruption in the Chechen village of Kenkhi, had simulated the arson of his house. This was claimed by the acting Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Madina Magomadova, the leader of the NGO "Mothers of Chechnya", has been awarded "for the activities in the protection of social rights and interests of local communities." The NGO led by Madina Magomadova is engaged in providing legal assistance in the complicated region, despite the difficult financial conditions. This was emphasized by the Moscow Helsinki Group.

Today, Ruslan Alkhanov, the Chechen Interior Minister, has reported to Ramzan Kadyrov the detention of accomplices to Shamil Djanaraliev and Akhmed Inalov, who had been killed at their attack on a checkpoint in the Grozny District.

Today, Alexei Navalny, the founder of the Fund for Combating Corruption (FCC), was detained, along with his several employees, on the border of the Krasnodar Territory with Adygea.

Ramzan Kadyrov is openly ignoring the double-voiced message of Vladimir Putin, which forbade destroying houses of militants' families, experts assert.

The information about the death of Elvira Karaeva was published by one of the Russian-language magazines of the "Islamic State" (IS), Fatima Tlisova, a journalist of the "Voice of America", reported on May 12.

Late at night on May 12, in the village of Kenkhi, Sharoi District of Chechnya, unidentified masked persons burned down the house of Ramazan Djalaldinov, who had complained to Putin about corruption flourishing in the district, the weekly named "Chernovik" (Draft) reports today with reference to Djalaldinov's wife.