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According to nine NGOs, violation of territorial integrity and threat to security give the Armenian authorities grounds to appeal to the UN Security Council and OSCE.

According to film industry activists, Kabardino-Balkaria owes the appearance of several well-known film directors to Alexander Sokurov, who created a school, selected students, and revealed their talent. Alexander Sokurov’s students have to choose topics with an eye to the trends of world festivals.

Several people in civilian clothes kidnapped Arshad Ibragimov, an editor of the “dunyanınsesi.az” (Voice of Peace) website, and his whereabouts are unknown, a journalist’s brother claims.

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced 13 Armenian citizens to six years of imprisonment. The defendants were accused of creating an armed grouping, terrorism, and illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani border near the town of Gadrut.

Eduard Ataev demanded to declare illegal the actions of the law enforcers who kept him at a police station. The rights of the activist were not violated, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reported.

The author of an offensive comment on the Internet to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicly apologized to him, explaining his behaviour by the fact that he was drunk, as it follows from the publication in Chechen Instagram-publics. Some social media users have criticized the young man for insulting Kadyrov; others treated his public scolding as inappropriate.

In connection with the escalation of the border conflict, Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has called on Russia to place its military strong points on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Residents of Chechnya criticize Ramzan Kadyrov for expensive gifts he makes to famous people, but the head of Chechnya had hardly expected to increase his personal popularity by giving a car to the blogger Khasbulla Magomedov. Kadyrov is indifferent to criticism of his generosity, even on the eve of elections, analysts believe.

A native of Chechnya, known in social networks as Ayub Vakhaevich, has disappeared after posting a video criticizing local authorities, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has informed. Ayub's subscribers on the YouTube are concerned about his fate.

Tofig Yagublu, an oppositional politician, sentenced to conditional imprisonment, has asked the court to allow him to travel to Georgia to attend his mother's funeral. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) opposed such a permit.

The court judgement on the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a resident of Vladikavkaz, will not change the situation with torture in law enforcement bodies, Zarina Britaeva, a journalist, believes. The verdict will force law enforcers to think about the treatment of detainees, said the acquaintance of Tskaev's widow, in her turn.

Three Armenian soldiers perished and three more were wounded in battles on the border of the Gegarkunik Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. Azerbaijani militaries have shelled two villages, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson has stated.

The verdict in a case on the death of Vladikavkaz resident Vladimir Tskaev is not fair, his widow concludes. Zemfira Tskaeva announced her intention to appeal against the court’s decision.

David Davtyan and Gevorg Sudjyan were sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. The defendants pleaded guilty only to illegal crossing of the border of Azerbaijan. Gevorg Sudjyan claimed that he visited Nagorno-Karabakh for humanitarian purposes.

Azerbaijani military units occupied an Armenian military post, but were then driven out of there, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Military operations will not go beyond the positional warfare, expert Robert Nazaryan and political analyst Armen Vardanyan suggest.

A court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Anvar Bolotkhanov to 5.5 years of imprisonment for transferring money to his friend for travelling to Syria. Kamil Eldarov, who provided his bank card for making the money transfer, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Both residents of Chechnya pleaded guilty.

Six prisoners who escaped from the colony in Shamkhal have been sentenced to two years in prison each, which has been added to their basic terms. Three of their accomplices received conditional prison terms.

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar District were shelled from the Armenian side. As a result, the militaries, Aliev Sadig Nizami oglu and Imranly Imran Dilgam oglu, suffered; their lives are out of danger, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the border Kelbadjar District were shelled by the Armenian Armed Forces; there are no losses, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The participants in the Vladikavkaz protest action against self-isolation held in April 2020, sentenced to real prison terms, were not known to the public, observers said. In their opinion, the convicts were only like-minded people with Vadim Cheldiev, whom investigators regard as the organizer of the rally.