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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan has launched an investigation into the resonant incident with damage to private cars in Makhachkala. According to eyewitnesses, bodyguards of Ramazan Abdulatipov were involved in the incident.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijani has issued a warning to journalist Tural Mustafaev, who withdrew his complaint against journalist Khadija Ismayilova. Tural Mustafaev claimed being subjected to pressure by investigators and announced his intention to seek asylum in the EU and the United States.

The court has found Vitaly Pronin, a former juror in the case of the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, guilty of obstructing justice and immediately amnestied the defendant.

Idilkhan Batirashvili, a cousin of Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Umar al-Shishani, a field commander of the organization "Islamic State" recognized as terrorist, has refused to confirm the information about his murder.

The dismissals of the leaders of the Department for Novorossiysk of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) after a road traffic accident in Anapa is not directly connected with the transfer to Moscow of Alexander Tkachov, the former Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

At the site allocated for the construction of the "Veduchi" ski resort in the mountainous Itum-Kale District of Chechnya, combat engineers have cleared more than 120 hectares of the territory of explosive devices.

The city of Stavropol has hosted the opening ceremony of the memorial mural entitled "We Have Won!", consisting of photos of natives of the Stavropol Territory, who fought in the Great Patriotic War.

The Ganja Court for Grave Crimes has sentenced Karabakh soldier Arsen Bagdasaryan to 15 years of imprisonment on charges of an attempted murder, an attempted act of sabotage, and involvement in a criminal organization.

The official mission of observers of the International expert Centre for Electoral Systems (ICES) in Stepanakert has recognized the elections in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to be in line with the international standards of electoral law and democratic act of free expression of the will of citizens.

The authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) put pressure on voters and actively used their administrative resources during the elections, said the leaders of the oppositional parties "National Revival" and "Movement-88".

At the court session in Azerbaijan, Arsen Bagdasaryan, a soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh, has delivered his final speech and asked for the minimum penalty.

The Georgian Parliament has approved a number of bills aimed to reform, starting July 1, the country's criminal-correction system. The package of documents has been sent to the president for signing.

The parliamentary elections in Nagorno-Karabakh are not legitimate. This was announced by the statements made by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and Ukraine.

According to the preliminary information, at the parliamentary elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, the majority of votes 47.35% have been won by the parliamentary "Free Homeland" Party.

During the week from April 27 to May 3, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least two human lives; and no data about wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May Day rallies and demonstrations in the southern regions of Russia and the countries of South Caucasus; voting at the elections to the Parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh; resignations of two Ministers in Georgiathat was followed by consideration of the Government's composition in the Parliament; fire at a military training ground in the Rostov Region; amnesty in South Ossetia; start of consideration of the substantive case against Said Amirov in court, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 27-May 3, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

According to the leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, the statements made by the US and EU on their refusal to recognize the elections do not affect the democratic nature of the expression of the people's will.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) of Chechnya has warned that this year's Unified State Examination (USE) will be taken by school graduates under video control and online broadcasts from classes. The continuous toughening of control at the time of the USE is worsening the outcomes, by causing panic among graduates and disturbing their concentration, said parents of Chechen schoolchildren.

The capital of Karachay-Cherkessia hosted a rally-concert dedicated to the 58th anniversary of the return of the Karachay people from exile.

The authorities of Tinatin Khidasheli, the Acting Minister of Defence, and Gigla Agulashvili, the Acting Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, are illegitimate, as they remain members of parliament, Georgian political analysts believe.