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Yerevan has accused Turkey of sending mercenaries to Nagorno-Karabakh, who had fought for Azerbaijan there. Such complaint was submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The European Parliament has also condemned sending mercenaries by Ankara.

The film "Feat of Mercy" was created to exclude the repetition of such tragedies as the Holocaust, Askerbiy Nagaplev, the film director, has stated. The society needs films about the Caucasus made by Caucasian authors, Andzor Emkuzh, a film director from Kabardino-Balkaria, believes.

Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that he would not participate in the upcoming election, if at least "a few percent of the population" opposed his candidacy. Those who fail to support Kadyrov's nomination will face persecution or reprisals, Instagram users have suggested.

The demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is possible after the establishment of diplomatic relations by both countries, but first it is necessary to define the maps based on which the demarcation will be made.

A court in Stavropol has upheld the extension of the arrest of Ingush protest leaders accused of creating an extremist community. The defence intends to appeal against this decision.

Akraman Tataev, a resident of the city of Argun, was kidnapped by law enforcers and ill-treated; he is exhausted and on the verge of suicide, his mother has stated.

Azerbaijani officials have failed to appear at the next round of negotiations on the situation at the border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Yerevan agrees to discuss the border demarcation only after complete withdrawal of Azerbaijani military from the disputed territories.

A 15-year-old teenager from Dagestan who lives in the Moscow Region left a comment on Ramzan Kadyrov's live broadcast. Apologies for the poor upbringing of his son were brought by his father and other relatives, the "Grozny" TV Channel has informed.

With the aim of further reconciliation of the two nations, the European Parliament has urged Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

Mansur Ismailov, deported from France, risks his health and life in Russia, human rights defenders believe. They treat his extradition as illegal, since the man has been tortured in Chechnya, while the medicines he needs are available only in France.

Ramzan Kadyrov’s threats against a user who called him a “shaitan” (demon) fall under the murder threat clause. However, even if the Instagram user or human rights defenders file a complaint, the Chechen Prosecutor’s Office will ignore it, the human rights defenders note.

The leader of Chechnya says his proposal to Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov to hold a duel with a fighter from the “Akhmat” league was a spontaneous move. In their comments, social media users note that the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement about Khabib Nurmagomedov contained no insults. The fighter ignored the challenge.

More than half of the prosecution witnesses in the case of Ingush activists have abandoned their claims against the defendants; however, everything develops towards a guilty verdict to be passed by the court, said Djabrail Kuriev, an advocate.

To resolve the conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan should set up a commission to fix the border; Moscow is ready to act as a mediator, said Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister.

The rhetoric around the situation in the Syunik Region of Armenia will be followed by agreements, since the conflict escalation is out of the plans of either Yerevan or Baku, political analysts believe.

Dmanisi is a region with an unfavourable ethnic balance; while the conflict of Svans with Azerbaijanis was fuelled by external forces, said Andriy Djagmaidze, the spokesman for the Georgian Patriarchate. He was criticized by human rights defenders, who called on the Patriarchy not to incite ethnic hatred in the society.

On the International Museum Day, exhibitions and lectures were held in Nagorno-Karabakh on the cultural heritage. The Shushi State Museum of Fine Arts presented an exhibition of 90 paintings that Armenia managed to preserve after the last autumn war. The problem of preserving the cultural heritage is especially acute today, visitors of the exhibitions have stated.

On May 17-18, a total of 639 Russian citizens, who had to stay in Azerbaijan due to the pandemic, returned to their homeland through the customs checkpoint in Dagestan.

The author of the comment, who called Ramzan Kadyrov a "shaitan", can be identified by the content or data in social networks, experts in cyber security believe. Such statements by Kadyrov are quite serious; the commentator is in real danger, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, believes.

The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the Tagavard village, which territory is split by the demarcation line after the war. This was reported by Sevak Khachatryan, the deputy head of the village. Residents of the Tagavard community tried to protest and block the road along which the Azerbaijani military convoys were moving.