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In central Tbilisi, activists have held marches to mark the 107th anniversary of the Georgia's declaration of independence. Participants in one of the marches have called on the authorities to release those detained during protests.

Asker Sokht, an Adyg activist, has reported in his Facebook* page that in Maykop (the capital of Adygea), on the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, the participants in an unofficial memorial event were detained.

Mark Serov, an activist from the city of Kazan, who lives in Georgia, was detained at the Armenian-Georgian border. After that, he was released under the recognizance not to leave the place; he cannot leave Armenia; in Russia, he is wanted within a case of vandalism motivated by political hatred.

Members of the family, to which the man kidnapped in the village of Yandare belongs, abused a guy from another family and extorted money from him. In Ingushetia, people often not address the law enforcement bodies to resolve similar problems, and that is why the relationship between the two families reached the point of kidnapping.

In Anapa, the local beaches were filled with vacationers during the day on May 25. People were swimming in the sea and sunbathing right next to the protective ramparts, despite the fact that all the beaches in Anapa are officially closed, and works on cleaning up fuel oil are still underway on some of them.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported about the detention of a man involved in the attack on Grigol Gegeliya, one of the leaders of the opposition “Lelo” Party.

When explaining the appearance of the Orthodox cross on the flag of the “Akhmat” special forces, Apti Alaudinov has emphasized that initially, the unit consisted only of Chechen. However, at present, natives of Chechnya make up only 25% of the personnel in the “Akhmat” units, while 50% of the fighters are Russians, and the rest are of other nationalities.

As part of the second phase of exchange of prisoners of war (POWs), agreement on which were reached at Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul, 307 Russian POWs returned to their homeland.

A request in connection with the information about the closure of the Ingush cemetery in the village of Ir in the Prigorodny District and the ban on burials was sent to the authorities of North Ossetia.

The opposition coalition "Lelo-Strong Georgia" has demanded from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to investigate the beating up of Grigol Gegeliya and punish the attacker.

Some Karabakh residents cannot obtain social assistance because they had left for Armenia before the mass exodus of refugees, the Council for the Protection of the Rights of Citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported. Most refugees are worried about the possibility of being left homeless after the payments are cancelled.

Lebanese Armenian Vigen Euldjekyan, arrested by Azerbaijani militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh and sentenced in Baku to twenty years of imprisonment, held a hunger strike in prison and was hospitalized.

During the march in Nalchik organized to mark the anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, at least eight persons were detained. At least two of them were arrested under the administrative article on participation in an unsanctioned action and obstructing traffic.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci starred in the “Butterfly Jam” film directed by Kantemir Balagov from Kabardino-Balkaria. The film reports about the life of the Circassian community in the United States.

Officials from the administration of the Dakhadaevsky District are suspected of negligence in connection with the collapse of an ancient bridge in the village of Kunki. They failed to take the necessary measures to preserve this cultural heritage site, investigators assert.

The administration of the Russian Presidential has forwarded the appeal demanding an efficient inquiry into Seda Suleimanova’s disappearance to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Activists said they were disappointed with this answer, while Telegram users found it predictable.

n the Kaitag District of Dagestan, law enforcers have detained a man, who is believed to have taken part in the attack of Basaev’s and Khattab's militants on Dagestan in 1999.

The absence of a criminal case into the beating of a 16-year-old girl by her father in Khasavyurt was a shortcoming of the responsible services and law enforcement bodies; such indifference creates the ground for new violence cases against children by their relatives.

Ashot Danielyan, a member of the “Svobodnaya Rodina” (Free Homeland) faction, has been elected speaker of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh, and his candidacy has been supported by all five factions of the parliament.

In Rostov-on-Don, video blogger Gaspar Avakyan has been detained in a criminal case on violation of privacy. A source suggests that the case is related to the publication of a video in which a police inspector sniffs white powder.