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During the last 24 hours, Russian peacemakers accompanied four columns of Azerbaijani military servicemen along the Lachin Corridor, and two columns on the route from Shusha to Kadjar and back, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Celebration of May Day and Easter; large road accident in the Stavropol Territory, which killed children from Volgograd; closure of markets near Rostov-on-Don after police raids; beginning of the trial in a case against “Magas”, leader of the Ingush militants; termination of the boycott of the Georgian parliament’s work by the opposition and the pardoning of Giorgi Rurua, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 26-May 2, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

During the week from April 26 to May 2, 2021, one person died 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 other open sources.

On Sunday (May 2), solemn services in Orthodox churches in the regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in honour of the Easter were held with believers present. The services were held in compliance with the sanitary and epidemiological requirements due to the coronavirus, the Dioceses have informed. The pandemic have strengthened religiosity of 8% of Russians, sociologists have found out.

In churches in Georgia, Easter services were held with a limited number of believers; in some of them, services were held outdoors due to coronavirus restrictions. Some residents of Tbilisi preferred to celebrate Easter in a narrow family circle, but some decided not to miss visiting a church.

On May 1, the activists, Galina Tikhenko, Vladimir Telpuk, Galina Zabolotneva and Vladimir Vasilchenko, came out to central Volgograd with the posters reading "In times of general lies, telling the truth is extremism. G. Orwell", " Freedom to Alexei Navalny!", "Fighting corruption is extremism" and others.

The cases about the participation of residents of the Stavropol Territory in the actions of the gangs commanded by Basaev and Khattab look very much alike and are often falsified, Narine Airapetyan, an advocate, said in connection with the criminal prosecution of two natives of the Nogai village of Kayasula.

Elchin Mamed, a journalist and human rights defender, convicted within the case of theft and illegal weapon possession, insists on an acquittal. The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has accepted his cassation complaint for consideration.

In central Tbilisi, two unidentified persons beat up a 17-year-old transgender girl, after which she needed hospitalization. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has declared the attackers wanted.

Russian militaries have ensured the passage safety of six columns of Azerbaijani military servicemen: four along the Lachin Corridor and two along the Shusha-Kadjar road, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The people detained on April 21 for taking part in an unsanctioned rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Sochi are massively reporting their complaints to the hotline about law enforcers' unjustified actions, use of force, and threats, human rights defenders inform.

In a forest near the village of Nesterovskoye in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, law enforcers have found a hideout with weapons and ammunition.

During five months of Ogtai Gyulyalyev's stay in Baku, doctors visited the Azerbaijani human rights defender only once at the insistence of his relatives; while nurses refuse to continue caring for him because of non-payment of surcharges, Ogtai's son and the director of the "Turan" news agency have stated.

On the occasion of the Ramadan, Senator Suleiman Kerimov has promised to pay 20,000 roubles to each needy family in need in several districts of Dagestan. Kerimov is so popular in the republic that he needs no charity actions to raise his rating, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, actions of the opposition against corruption failed to attract a large number of supporters. The "My Right" movement decided to suspend its street protests until residents of Nagorno-Karabakh exhibit interest in fighting for their rights.

The “Project” online edition’s account on Instagram has been assigned the status of a deceased person. Journalists associate the incident with the people who are dissatisfied with the edition’s investigation into the activities of the persons affiliated with Ramzan Kadyrov.

65 lawsuits have been lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding inhuman treatment in captivity and about 20 lawsuits – about the killings of prisoners of war (POWs), the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent has been informed by advocate Siranush Saakyan, who represents the interests of Armenian prisoners of war at the ECtHR. According to the advocate, lawsuits regarding inhuman treatment were filed on behalf of almost all POWs who returned to Armenia.

Today, the “Rosfinmonitoring” (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) has included the “Navalny’s Offices” in the list of legal entities involved in terrorism and extremist activities.

The Prosecutor’s Office for the Tsuntinsky District ordered to close the dilapidated school building in the Dagestani village of Khutrakh and transfer schoolchildren to temporary lessons in the buildings of the obstetric station and kindergarten.

The Magas District Court recognized Isa Khamkhoev, the former head of the Spiritual Centre of Muslims of Ingushetia, as a violator of the procedure of organizing and holding a meeting and imposed another fine of 10,000 roubles on him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.