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Kristine Grigoryan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated that protesters in Yerevan are increasingly injured due to the use of unlawful force by the police. In his turn, a deputy head of the police reported six hospitalized law enforcers.

The holding a "Dignity March" in Tbilisi may be unsafe for its participants, the "Tbilisi Pride" has explained and refused to hold the march this year.

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, spokespersons of regional authorities have reported the information about at least 250 natives of Northern Caucasus and 100 residents of the Southern Federal District in Ukraine. Most of the dead were natives of Dagestan, the authorities confirmed the information about at least 129 perished natives of the republic.

Abedin Magomedov and Roman Nurov, who perished during the special military operation in Ukraine, were posthumously awarded the Orders of Courage, the administration of the city of Dagestanskiye Ogni reported.

At a protest action near the German Embassy in Baku, relatives of those who were deported to Azerbaijan and later arrested called on the German government not to remain indifferent to the fate of those people. The police pushed the protesters away from the diplomatic mission building.

A criminal case on organizing mass riots was instituted after the opposition held a protest action in front of the government building in Yerevan. Eight protestors were arrested, the Investigating Committee of Armenia reported.

Candidates for participation in the special military operation in Ukraine should not suffer from overweight and hemorrhoids, media report. It is not clear how the information provided by volunteer candidates is being checked, Instagram* users note.

The Prime Minister of Georgia promised not to impose sanctions against Russia. Meanwhile, a branch of VTB Bank has stopped its operation in Georgia, and problems arise with transportation of goods at customs, although no laws restricting the transportation of sanctioned goods to Russia have been adopted till present.

Razi Alyshov, a member of the Ganja city branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was accused of drug dealing. The court has arrested him for two months. His party colleagues are convinced that he is being persecuted for political reasons.

In Yerevan, the Armenian opposition has resumed protest marches demanding resignation of the government. The protest leaders have put forward a number of demands to the authorities, including the inadmissibility of Nagorno-Karabakh's entry into Azerbaijan, and the issue of demarcation and delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Persecution of participants in pacifist actions in Southern Russia; protests in Armenia demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan; decisions of courts in Nalchik and Vladikavkaz on the lawsuits filed by fighters of the National Guard of Russia dismissed from service; pardoning of prisoners in Azerbaijan; adoption of the Russian law on dual citizenship with South Ossetia; creation of border delimitation commissions in Armenia and Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 23-29, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Pashinyan's power relies only on law enforcers, who have provoked a conflict at the protest action, oppositionists have stated. The protest movement is on another surge; while the opposition's actions have become more targeted, Naira Airumyan, an observer, has noted.

Gasanbek Agabekov, a resident of the village of Aglobi in the Derbent District, has perished in Ukraine, the head of the Derbent District has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 128 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed there.

On May 30, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the Kelbadjar District, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Ramazan Suleimanov, a native of Gudermes, was arrested for 10 days for damaging a Z sign on Mount Mashuk. Ramazan Suleimanov apologised under pressure, his acquaintance said.

Unlawful actions of the Armenian police at opposition protests have become the basis for 25 criminal cases, in which 16 people are involved as victims. However, there are no suspects in those cases, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reports.

Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov was subjected to new provocations in prison. One of the prisoners insults him, but the administration of the penal colony does not try to stop the insults and provokes the convicted journalist to retaliatory illegal actions, a wife of the journalist says.

The police reported that 111 people were detained for disorderly conduct during an action held in front of the Armenian government building. The police used excessive force during the detentions, protesters say.

Mass detentions of opposition supporters took place in Yerevan. Four protestors injured near the government building, including two law enforcers, were hospitalized.

During the week from May 23 to May 29, 2022, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.