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At the court session on the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, has stated that the interview with the preacher, who was put on the wanted list on charges of terrorism, was made by Gadjiev on his instruction.

Prison doctors are regularly examining Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia; he is provided with good nutrition and medicines, the country's Special Penitentiary Service has stated.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has upheld the arrest of Altan Ochirov, an employee of the Elista Mayoralty, charged with spreading fakes about the Russian Army. Ochirov's advocate treats this decision as unjustified.

Two helicopters have brought humanitarian aid to the Tsakhur Valley, which has been blocked for the tenth day as a result of the collapse of the only road connecting it with the outside world. People in mountain villages usually have some stock of foodstuffs, but the stores are empty, local residents have noted.

From April 29 on, the "IDS Borjomi Georgia" Company has been forced to temporarily suspend the production process at both Borjomi mineral water bottling plants, the "InterPressNews" has reported referring to the company's statement.

On April 29, Ramzan Kadyrov posted a record of his meeting with Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, and the Chechen law enforcers who took part in the special operation in Ukraine.

Today, human rights defender Oleg Orlov and Irina Galkova, a former employee of the “International Memorial”* (the International Historical, Educational, Charity and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) were detained on Red Square. In their hands, the human rights defenders were holding posters of pacifist content, criticizing the actions of the authorities, the Telegram channel “Polny PTs 2.0”, run by the team of the former Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, reports today.

Parents of schoolchildren from the Krasnodar gymnasium No. 92 complained that a teacher of Russian language and literature spoke during lessons on the topic of the special military operation in Ukraine, condemning the actions of the Russian troops. The teacher was dismissed.

The defence of former FSB officer Ramazan Nazhduev persuaded a court to question a Dagestani policeman who claimed that Ramazan Nazhduev had been put on the police preventive registration, human rights defenders report today.

The police reported about the detention of 11 people at a protest action in front of the building of the Armenian government. Street protests against the revision of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh were supported by students of Armenian universities.

After a temporary move to Lvov, the Embassy of Azerbaijan resumed its activities in Kiev, while the reception in Lvov will be continued until May 6. According to Ambassador Elmira Akhundova, Azerbaijani diplomats handed over 30 tons of products collected by Azerbaijani entrepreneurs to needy residents of Ukraine.

According to the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a supporter of the "Islamic State" (IS)* has been detained who was planning a terror act on a facility of power and law enforcement bodies.

The bans on aircraft take-off and landing at airports of Anapa, Gelendjik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Elista have been extended until May 7, the "Rosaviatsiya" (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) has announced.

In the course of protests, law enforcers detained six minors aged 16-17 and one 13-year-old teenager, Kristine Grigoryan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. The teens claim that policemen used brutal physical force against them during the detention.

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces against Vitaly Nikolaev, a dentist, who held a pacifist picket in central Krasnodar.

Armenian policemen behave unprofessionally when using disproportionate force against protesters, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

The police have released the activist, Tamara Grodnikova, who was detained at a picket in Volgograd against the law on foreign agents; this was her ninth detention since the start of the special operation in Ukraine. Ms Grodnikova filed an application to the name of the head of the police department, in which she asked to investigate the reasons for the regular disruption of her solo pickets that are allowed by the law.

Opponents of Nikol Pashinyan have no public trust since the time when they themselves were in power, Akop Badalyan, a political observer, believes. The strength of the ruling power lies not in its legitimacy, but in the fact that the opposition is heterogeneous and fragmented, Alexander Iskandaryan, a political analyst, has noted.

A court in Baku did not take into account a Samir Ashurov’s complaint about pressure from the police and refused to mitigate the pre-trial restriction measure for the period of investigation, an advocate of Samir Ashurov reported. The activist stopped his hunger strike because of deteriorating health state.

Today, 39 activists have been detained during protest actions in different districts of Yerevan, the Armenian police report.