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The decision of the Baku Court on the case of the oppositionist and athlete, Said Mamedzade, was upheld by the country's Supreme Court (SC). His advocate believes that the complaint was considered formally. Mamedzade himself treats the verdict as politically motivated.

Vyacheslav Chistoserdov, a Sochi resident, has stated that he disagrees with the protocol drawn up against him by policemen under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of the leaflets condemning the special operation in Ukraine.

After his publications about events in Ukraine, the prosecutor's office accused Roman Melnichenko, an associate professor of the Volgograd State University (VolSU), of distributing fakes, while university lawyers saw signs of agitation among students in his actions.

On the eve of the Nikol Pashinyan’s meeting with Ilham Aliev in Brussels, activists held in Yerevan a rally with the demand to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. The participants of the rally demanded from the Nikol Pashinyan not to sign any documents that could worsen the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Valentin Salnikov, a soldier from Bataysk, perished in Ukraine, the city authorities reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the authorities have confirmed that at least six natives of the Rostov Region perished in Ukraine.

On April 5, Aziz Mamiev, a member of the opposition “Musavat” Party, was detained for attempting to hold a picket in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan. The activist claimed that the police put pressure on him.

According to Armenian political analysts, the uncertainty of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh does not let the republic to conclude any fundamental agreements at the meeting between Ilham Aliev and Nikol Pashinyan, but it cannot be ruled out that a framework document would be signed.

Today Brussels will host a meeting of Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, with Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan, and Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia. Yerevan and Baku are groping for common ground for a peace agreement, but this may be hampered by separatist sentiments present in the region.

The opinion of Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, about the departure of public figures from Russia because of the special military operation in Ukraine, the sharp reaction thereto of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the exchange of remarks about patriotism indicate confrontation in Russia's top political circles, political analysts believe.

Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia should unite in order to jointly defend their national interests and face threats, the MPs of the People's Assembly (Parliament) of the unrecognized republic have stated.

The new action plan of the Council of Europe (CoE) for Azerbaijan for the period of 2022-2025 was presented in Baku at a ceremony attended by Maria Pejčinović-Burić, CoE's Secretary General.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* will appeal against the decision to liquidate it, said the lawyer, Grigory Vaipan.

Robert Kulumbegov, an Honoured Artist of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and Akhra Kirkinadze, a resident of the Ochamchira District of Abkhazia, perished in battles in Donbass. They were volunteers of the "Pyatnashka" battalion under the command of Akhra Avidzba.

Captain Yevgeny Lisovoi from the Kamyshin District perished in Ukraine, the district authorities reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 17 perished military personnel from the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.

In Russia, the institution of justice has been destroyed, courts have become a tool for reprisals against people and organizations undesirable for the authorities, and the country is returning to totalitarianism, states the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*.

The “Artsakhgas” Company has resumed the supply of gas to houses and apartments of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Consideration of a complaint filed by a captain of the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan against Ali Aliev, the leader of the “Citizens and Development” Party, has been postponed again. Ali Aliev believes that the trial is being deliberately delayed so that at the end of the first term of punishment he will be given a new sentence.

Today, people have come to the building of the First Court of Appeal in Moscow, which considered a complaint against the decision to liquidate the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”.

Viktor Gavrilov, a military man from Pyatigorsk, perished in Ukraine, City Mayor Dmitry Voroshilov reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, it has been reported about at least 10 natives of the Stavropol Territory who perished in Ukraine.

A Tbilisi court has sentenced each of the five figurants in the case of the attack on Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, after which he died, to five years in prison. The defendants were found guilty of assaulting the journalist and attempting to hamper his work.