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After the video showing the beating of Beslan Edilov, a former police boss of the village of Gikalo, Chechen political emigrants in Turkey expect a new wave of kidnappings of their relatives.

Azeri authorities must ensure the inquiry into attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in the country, the Norwegian "Human Rights House" Fund has stated.

Forced sending of public sector employees from Chechnya to Ukraine to participate in the special military operation is quite possible if the Kremlin demands, and those who refuse to go to Ukraine will risk being dismissed from work, human rights defenders suggest.

Sergeant Vladimir Kerin, Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Davydov, and Private Mikhail Efremov perished in Ukraine, the Mayor of Frolovo reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 35 perished natives of the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.

Law enforcers brought 91 protesters to police stations, the Armenian police reported. The police called on opposition supporters to stop their motor rallies and threatened to bring them to justice.

Authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have denied the request of the initiative group to hold on May 21 a mourning march for victims of the Caucasian War, Valery Khatazhukov, a human rights defender, has stated.

Corporal Kurban Urudjev from the village of Tinit has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 108 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

Arrival of refugees in Southern Russia; deaths in Ukraine of military personnel from southern regions of Russia, and persecution of pacifists; celebration of the Victory Day in Southern Russia; announcement of Alan Gagloev as the winner of the presidential election in South Ossetia; protest actions in Armenia demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan; transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili to hospital, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 9-15, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Many volunteers have been sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, but the republic's authorities fail to disclose the number of those who perished in the special operation, the commentators to the Ramzan Kadyrov's another report about sending 600 volunteers to Ukraine have pointed out.

Rati Shurgaya, 38, became the 11th Georgian volunteer to perish in Ukraine since the start of the Russia's special operation.

Opposition supporters held a march in Yerevan, calling on the townspeople to join them. Large-scale disobedience actions will lead to a pan-Armenian strike and ensure the success of the protest movement, Ishkhan Sagatelyan has stated, announcing the blocking of the metro.

Representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia have stated that the organizers of the Eurovision song contest had changed the marks of their jury when vote tabulation.

Doctors began treating Zarema Musaeva as prescribed, Abubakar Yangulbaev, her son, has informed, expressing his concern over his mother's custody in Grozny.

Armenian militaries did not shell the positions of the Azerbaijani Army, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Law enforcers have dispersed a protest action against violence on journalists and activists; the action was triggered by the attack on the journalist Aiten Mamedova. At least 28 people were detained at the action.

During inspections, violations have been revealed in four kindergartens in Grozny, officials of the Mayoralty have reported. There are problems in other preschool institutions, including extortions, lack of places in groups and poor heating, residents of the republic pointed out to officials on the Instagram*.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia has banned the project of the NGO "Movement against Hunger" on intercultural dialogue of young people of Abkhazia with their peers in Georgia, claiming that with the help thereof Georgia is promoting its political goals.

Poland is ready to provide Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili with the necessary treatment and send a plane to Georgia to pick him up, Giuli Alasaniya, the mother of the country's third president, has informed. However, Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister (PM) has treated the information about Saakashvili's grave health condition as a speculation.

The territories around mosques in Dagestan are attractive for doing business; therefore, disputes around them are not uncommon, the journalists and Caucasian scholar interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the incident in the village of Karabudakhkent District.

The oppositional "Resistance" movement has held disobedience actions in Yerevan. They blocked for an hour one of the government buildings, where a number of Armenian ministries are located. Activists will periodically block state institutions until Nikol Pashinyan resigns, oppositionists have claimed.