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For the first time during her presidency, the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has used her veto power on the wiretapping bill. She believes that the proposed amendments are still further restricting human rights.

The state prosecutor has asked the court to sentence one of the figurants in the murder case of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal to 15 years in prison, and the three other defendants – to life imprisonment.

A conversion of a part of the "Erzi" Nature Reserve into the "Daimokhk" National Park will allow erecting economic facilities in its lands, which could turn into an environmental disaster, experts have commented on the idea of creating a national park on the Chechen-Ingush border.

A public prosecutor requested court to sentence Pyunkhan Kerimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to seven and a half years of imprisonment on charge of drug trafficking. The defence stated that there was no reliable evidence of the Pyunkhan Kerimli’s guilt and requested court to acquit the defendant.

Publication of a video with sheep marked with the letter Z on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Dagestan was dictated by false ideas about patriotism, Dagestani journalists point out.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan did not grant a cassation appeal against the sentence of Ali Aliev, a leader of an opposition party. The defence promised to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The operation of an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk was stopped after a fire, and fragments of two drones were discovered at the enterprise, the Governor of the Rostov Region reports today.

The police did not allow activists, who supported a protest of Talekh Bagirzade against insults of Allah by law enforcers, to approach the administration of the President of Azerbaijan.

The criticism of the president of Kazakhstan and other leaders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member countries was addressed exclusively to politicians, but not to the Kazakh people, Ramzan Kadyrov has assured after reminders about Kazakh support to deported Chechens.

The refusal of Arthur Vanetsyan, the head of the "I have the Honour" oppositional parliamentary faction from his MP's mandate, as well as the announcement of the withdrawal of his "Fatherland" Party from the parliament, are results of the failure of the protest movement in Yerevan, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

The "Borjomi" workers have managed to achieve the fulfilment of the majority of their demands, while the company bosses did not agree to pay them compensations for the strike period.

Anatoly Bibilov had decided to hold a referendum without consultations with Russia; now after adjusting the wording on holding a referendum, the issue will be discussed again with Russia, Alan Gagloev, the incumbent president of South Ossetia, has announced.

The "Minselkhozprod" (Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs) of Dagestan has posted a video clip showing a flock of sheep; each animal bearing a Z symbol on its side. Social network users have criticized the officials for the associations with the symbol of the special operation in Ukraine. After commentators' criticism, the ministry has removed the clip.

Arthur Vanetsyan, the head of the "I have the honour" oppositional parliamentary faction, has announced his resignation of his parliamentary powers and the withdrawal of his "Fatherland" Party from the parliament. According to his version, the parliament is no longer capable to defend the interests of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the right to life of a Chechen villager, who was wounded by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO). Russia is obliged to pay EUR 40,000 in compensation for his suffered moral harm.

The Ramzan Kadyrov’s statements are aimed primarily at strengthening his own positions in power, political strategist Gleb Pavlovsky believes. When commented on the statements addressed by leader of Chechnya to the president of Kazakhstan, political analyst Andrei Serenko has pointed out that Ramzan Kadyrov is allowed more than any head of a Russian subject and that he can throw in some ideas at a request of Moscow.

Awards were handed over to parents of Azamat Gaibullaev and Makhach Saikumov, who perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Buynaksk District has announced today. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the authorities have confirmed the information about at least 150 perished natives of Dagestan.

Three religious activists detained in Sumgait for writing on a wall in support of the Talekh Bagirzade’s demands were sentenced to ten days of imprisonment under the charge of petty hooliganism. Human rights defenders called such a punishment too harsh.

According to the FSB, law enforcers carried out an operation against illegal “gunsmiths” in 38 regions of Russia, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia, the Stavropol Territory, the Rostov and Volgograd Regions.

The information that the Armenian troops fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kelbadjar and Lachin Districts does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.