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The evening in memory of Elmeskhan Hagundokova, a Circassian native, Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour of France, is to be held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO) on May 13. The event will present the film "Circassian Woman" directed by Askarbiy Nagaplev and dedicated to Elmeskhan Hagundokova.

The defence has completed review of the materials of the criminal case against Rashid Evloev, a native of the village of Maiskoe of North Ossetia, accused of involvement in training at a camp of militants in Syria for commitment of terror acts. Investigators did not attach to the case the documents confirming the alibi of Rashid Evloev. This has been reported by advocate Roza Magomedova.

The OSCE monitoring on the contact line of troops in the Karabakh conflict zone have lost their significance as a factor to deter the parties to the conflict from violating the ceasefire. This opinion was voiced by Azerbaijani experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision to hold Russia responsible for the kidnapping in Chechnya of Zarema Gaisanova, a staff member of the "Danish Refugee Council", the competent authorities shall carry out an effective investigation into the circumstances of the crime. This was stated by Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Dagestan, in the vicinity of the village of Talgi, two persons were killed as a result of the shootout with law enforcers.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shall meet. This was stated by co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. According to them, the main objectives of the meeting shall be the enhancement of the ceasefire and the search for ways to build confidence.

Today, Magomed Magomedov, an employee of a Makhachkala mosque, detained by power agents, was officially charged with illegal possession of weapons, explosives and narcotic drugs. This was reported by his advocate Shamil Isaev after he visited his client today.

Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, and Giyas (Giyaseddin) Ibragimov, a Facebook user, have been arrested on charges of large-scale drug dealing. The young people were detained because of some graffiti on the pedestal of the monument to Geidar Aliev in Baku, said the "Nida" movement.

On May 11, court marshals took the US citizen Aubrey Michelle Allen to the airport of the city of Mineralnye Vody and saw her off to Moscow. From there, the girl who came to North Ossetia to visit her groom, flew to her homeland, said a source from the Centre for Foreigners' Temporary Accommodation.

The Russian court has violated the right of Said Amirov, the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala, and of other figurants in his case to a fair trial, said Vladimir Postanyuk, one of Amirov's advocates.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of abduction in 2009 in Grozny of Zarema Gaisanova in the course of the special operation under command of Ramzan Kadyrov. Gaisanova's mother has been awarded 60,000 euros of compensation.

The European Broadcasting Union has treated the demonstration of the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh on the air as violation of the rules of the "Eurovision-2016" song contest.

The introduction of new mechanisms for monitoring across the entire front line will contribute to identification of violators of the ceasefire. This opinion was expressed by Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Armenian Parliament has not included in the agenda of its extraordinary session the draft law "On Recognition of the ArtsakhRepublic". The fate of the draft law depends on the actions of Azerbaijan in solving the issue of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Magomed Magomedov, the spokesman of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, detained on May 11, is being kept at the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Soviet District of Makhachkala. The advocate, invited to protect the detainee's interests, was unable to visit his client, report family members of Magomed Magomedov.

Sergey Tabuev, an advocate of US citizen Aubrey Michelle Allen, and the Court Marshal Service for North Ossetia report the conflicting information concerning the whereabouts of the foreign citizen.

The information about the detention of Azar, a special correspondent of "Medusa", appeared in the website of this news agency. "Azar was detained between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. in the settlement of Kirov in the outskirt of Grozny, where he went to see the burned down houses of the terrorists, who had attacked a checkpoint in Grozny on May 9," says the message posted on the website.

Policemen have planted weapons to Magomed Magomedov, the spokesperson of the Salafi mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, assert the eyewitnesses – employees of the mosque.

At the background of bureaucrats' and power agents' lawlessness, residents of Northern Caucasus find more and more positive elements in Stalin's rule, the political analysts Rinat Mukhametov and Ruslan Kurbanov believe. Their opinion is confirmed by the survey of the "Levada-Center", which has fixed the growth of Russians' sympathy for the "leader of all nations" personality.

The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has confirmed the fact of illegal detention and initiation of an administrative case against Nurakhmed Mirzaev, a resident of the city of Kaspiysk. An application was submitted to the Prosecutor's Office by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".