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This morning, an explosion occurred at a gas-filling station, located on the highway running to the city of Echmiadzin in Armenia. Three injured persons were taken to hospital.

In Moscow, two women, who were at the place of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, could witness the crime. Investigators and an advocate of one of the defendants are engaged in the search for the possible witnesses, the "Kommersant" reports today.

On May 25, in Adygea, searches were conducted at the house and the working place of Adnan Khuade, a member of the movement "Patriots of Circassia". One more Circassian activist, Ruslan Kesh, was detained on May 23 and was kept at the police for several hours.

The Azerbaijani state-owned company "SOCAR" intends to initiate a lawsuit against human rights defender Bakhtiyar Mamedov. Lawyers of the "SOCAR" accuse the human rights defender of spreading the information, which discredits the company.

The Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia has identified a source of pollution of the Terek River in Vladikavkaz: it is a workshop for the production of carbon dioxide located in an abandoned part of the territory of the "OZATE" plant not far from the Krasnogvardeisky Bridge.

Today, advocate Murad Velikhanov has visited two residents of the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan, detained during the counterterrorist operation, who are being kept at the IVS (detention facility) of the District Interior Division.

Today, the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala has announced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of 10-day arrest against Mukhammad Magomedov, one of the leaders of the public organization "League of the Just".

The "Open Russia", a public organization led by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, shot the film "Family" about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The film has been posted to open access at YouTube.

In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), members of the "Pussy Riot" punk group have stated that the law enforcement agencies violated the right to freedom of speech and fair trial when they refused to institute a criminal case against Cossacks, who allegedly attacked the "Pussy Riot" members in Sochi.

Starting from May 12, more than 150,000 Krasnodar residents, living in four districts, are deprived of hot water supply. The long interruption in hot water supply is explained by delayed repair works at the city thermal power plant (TPP).

Nadir Medetov (Nadir Abu Khalid), a well-known Salafi preacher from Dagestan, has sworn to the leader of the "Islamic state", which was recognized terrorist organization, and urged his supporters to follow his example. In Dagestan, before Nadir Abu Khalid, only militant leaders have publicly sworn to the IS.

Members of the Public Chamber of North Ossetia have appealed to the environmental agencies with a request to investigate the pollution of the Terek River in Vladikavkaz. They have also reported they are ready to hold hearings on the issue.

The Board of Trustees of the Sochi arboretum "Southern Plants" has revealed a number of violations during the inspection of the repair works carried out at the park. However, according to Olga Kozinskaya, the Chair of the Board, the managers of the arboretum fail to listen to the recommendations.

EaP summit in Riga; participation of singers from Southern Caucasus in "Eurovision-2015"; mourning events on Memory Day of Caucasian War Victims, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Moscow, about a hundred bikers are on duty near the 20th hospital, where Deni Mirzoev, a resident of Grozny, receives medical treatment. Deni Mirzoev was involved in the road traffic accident in Kutuzovsky Avenue in Moscow, as a result of which a biker was killed.

Readers of the "Caucasian Knot" have expressed different opinions concerning the possible consequences of the opening of representative offices of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic (LNR and DNR, respectively) in Tskhinvali.

During the week of May 18-24, 2015, at least four persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, two persons were killed, and two 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 Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed the investigation into the case against Levon Airapetyan, an entrepreneur and a member of the Armenian Diaspora in Russia, who was accused of the embezzlement of 700,000 US dollars belonging to Igor Izmestiev, an ex-MP from Bashkortostan.

Relatives of Murad Abdulmuslimov, a resident of Makhachkala, claim that on May 22, unidentified persons forced him into their car in front of witnesses. They also claim that since then, none of the family member is aware of his fate.

Advocate Magomed Magomedov has managed to visit Mukhammad Magomedov, one of the leaders of the public organization "League of the Just", detained in Makhachkala on May 23, who is being kept at the IVS (detention facility) of Kaspiysk.