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In the coming months, power engineers will complete the repair of two hydro power plants (HPPs) in Sugovushan, which will provide electricity to adjacent districts, the energy operator of the "Azerenerdji" has informed.

The installation of video cameras and solar panels on historic towers in the mountains has angered residents of Ingushetia. Solar panels provide power to surveillance cameras that should protect the towers from vandals and thieves, the Djeirakh-Assinsky Nature Reserve has explained. Such decisions can negatively affect the towers' appearance, a historian and a photographer believe.

At trial, prosecution witnesses have confirmed that at the rally in Magas, protest leaders urged the mob to act within the law.

According to advocate Diana Sanakoeva, an institution to hold the third forensic examination in the case on Inal Djabiev's death will be determined by the end of the week. Instagram users expressed their indignation at the appointment of a new forensic examination and noted that the reasons for Inal Djabiev's death were obvious.

In the village of Tarki, a conflict took place between members of the same ethnic community, and there is no interethnic undertone in those events, experts say. The protest sentiments are strong in the villages of Tarki, Kyakhulai, and Alburikent, the chair of the board of the Kumyk National Council states.

About two weeks ago, law enforcers detained Akhmed Kabilov, a 27-year-old resident of the Zavodskoi District of Grozny, and searched his house. Since then, relatives of the detainee have not had any information about him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

At a meeting with Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has obtained the confirmation of his plans to resume railway communication with Nakhichevan, while the Armenian Prime Minister secured political support from Russia amid protests organized by the Armenian opposition. This opinion was voiced by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Chechnya, the problem of road accidents is acute due to gross violations of traffic rules and an increase in the number of tinted cars, Ramzan Kadyrov says. The leader of Chechnya has demanded to "completely eradicate" the problem, including through involving relatives of the drivers in the fight against traffic violations.

Chechen authorities have used the story of declaring a blood feud to relatives of Timurziev brothers and the subsequent reconciliation for their own political purposes, including for criticizing their opponents.

Georgian MPs have approved the draft law "On Amnesty", which covers more than 2000 convicts. Several dozen residents of Georgia came out to a protest action outside the parliament building, demanding amnesty for a quarter of the country's convicts.

A court in Milan found Luca Volonte, a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), guilty of receiving EUR 500,000 for blocking the adoption of the report on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. He has been sentenced to four years in prison, the "La Repubblica" newspaper writes.

The new list of Azerbaijani military servicemen who perished during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict and were buried includes 2841 persons, including the names of 64 missing soldiers.

Near the Armenian village of Nrnadzor, Azerbaijani militaries have already been replaced by border guards; and villagers should not worry about their safety, Telman Abilov, the head of the NGO "Military Lawyers", is sure. The border has been delineated there; its arrangement is being prepared, the Azerbaijani frontier service has assured.

The court has passed a guilty verdict in the case of the attempt on the life of Tumso Abdurakhmanov and treated his criticism of Chechen authorities as the crime motive. However, the role of Chechen authorities has not been studied in detail. Sweden can refuse to extradite the convicted Chechen if it finds his return to his homeland dangerous for him.

Rizvan Ibragimov is remembered as a person intolerant of any injustice. He stubbornly defended his civic position, causing respect even among his critics, writer's colleagues believe.

In Kuban, investigators instituted a case on the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev after their Chechen colleagues had thrice refused to start an investigation, the "Committee Against Torture" (CaT) reported.

During the negotiations in Moscow, the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia decided to create a working group to solve the problems of the economy and infrastructure of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ilham Aliev has said that the Karabakh conflict is in the past, while Nikol Pashinyan has called on for resolving the issue concerning the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Investigators do not disclose any results of their work, and the General Prosecutor's Office has not appointed a new forensic examination in a case on the death of Inal Djabiev, his widow Oksana Sotieva says. MPs of South Ossetia supported the protest action organized by relatives of Inal Djabiev, and the republic's budget has not yet been adopted, the funding of public institutions has been cut.

A future mosque in the village of Olympiyskiy in Grozny will be named after Ramzan Kadyrov, although he did not voice such a wish, the authorities of Chechnya report. Users of a pro-government Instagram public account, including Chechen officials, expressed their approval of the initiative.

Policemen have detained several protesters who tried to prevent Nikol Pashinyan from flying to Moscow to participate in negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Oppositionists have unblocked the road after learning that Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier, had reached the airport.