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In Adygea, the head of the rural settlement in the Krasnogvardeisky District allowed a funeral ceremony with participation of crowds of people, and that fact provoked the outbreak of COVID-19. This follows from a version of investigators announced on May 25. A criminal case is being investigated under the article on negligence.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone and in a village on the border with Armenia were shelled 26 times within 24 hours, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

The ban on marriages according to Islamic standards, introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, has been lifted provided that no crowded weddings are held, the Mufti of Chechnya announced on May 25.

Over 500 villagers have suffered from viral pneumonia; 11 of them died, said the head of the village of Kirovaul in the Kizilyurt District, where the family of a Dagestan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov lives.

Faig Amirli, an assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days. This is his second administrative arrest within the past six weeks.

The women, who had spread messages about beatings of residents of the village of Samashki for ignoring the self-isolation regime, have apologized. The respective video has appeared in the public on the Instagram, which is supported by the Chechen government. Locals have criticized the authors of the video clip.

Elena Baibekova from Astrakhan has held a solo picket against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Passers-by have supported the activist.

The hospital corridor, where a video was filmed with Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Chechnya, looks like the interior of a hospital in Moscow, which does not exclude that the minister is in Russian capital, some media have suggested.

The absence of clear information about Kadyrov's disease is causing concern among residents of Chechnya, regardless of their attitude to him, since the whole republic's ruling system is based on him; and his absence is associated in people with a loss of stability, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

After an appeal from Circassian activists, Turkey sent to Dagestan items of personal protective equipment, medicines, and five mechanical ventilation devices.

In Chechnya, in the village of Samashki in the Achkhoi-Martan District, law enforcers beat a man, who left home on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr despite the restrictions of the quarantine regime, and his female relative, a local resident told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On May 24, in Grozny, about 400 religious figures gathered for the only holiday namaz (prayer) in Chechnya on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen TV and Radio Company) reported. Amid the restrictions imposed because of the pandemic, ordinary believers had to celebrate the holiday at home, Instagram users complained.

Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled both in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

The clemency of the oppositional leaders, Irakli Okruashvili and Giorgi Ugulava, which was agreed with the leadership of the ruling party, will be followed by the release of the oppositionist Giorgi Rurua, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.

During the week of May 18-24, 2020, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, seven people suffered: six were killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The restrictions imposed in connection with coronavirus made changes in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in the republics of Northern Caucasus. Local residents have welcomed the holiday in their families; they almost did not visit cemeteries, and congratulated each other over the phone.

The law enforcers, who used force against three women advocates in the police station of the city of Nartkala, should be severely punished; and this fact should have a wide public outcry in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), social network users assert.

Festive namazes (prayers) and sermons on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr were held on May 24 in the mosques of Tbilisi and Batumi. Mosque workers made sure that believers observe the social distance.

In his congratulation on Eid al-Fitr, Ramzan Kadyrov did not appear in the video clip, but recorded only his voice, residents of Chechnya have noted. It is possible that he is really sick, they have suggested.

After the premiere in the USA of the documentary "Welcome to Chechnya", telling about persecutions for sexual orientation, it will be screened in Russia, says Askold Kurov, a cameraman.