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One person was killed and four others were injured as a result of a conflict between residents of the Pankisi Gorge, who argued about the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Alazani River.

An unsuccessful assault on Grozny by the Chechen opposition in November 1994 was planned by Moscow as part of a hybrid military campaign, said political analyst Ruslan Martagov and human rights defender Oleg Orlov. In Chechnya, none of the parties expected a full-scale war, eyewitnesses said.

Rufat Safarov, a former investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, reported receiving threats with the demand to stop his opposition activities. Threats of violence were also received by his mother Takhira Takhirgyzy.

In Russia, investigators are unlikely to give a move to the complaint filed by human rights defenders regarding threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, so the fact of filing such a complaint is just a symbolic gesture. In the absence of reaction to the above threats from the authorities, subordinates of Ramzan Kadyrov can perceive his statements as a guide to action, the human rights defenders believe.

The political situation in Armenia is favourable for unification with Nagorno-Karabakh, state participants of a roundtable held in Stepanakert on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the reunification resolution of the Supreme Council of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) and the National Council of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has disagreed with advocates, who to investigators' violation, and refused to return the case of eight residents of Dagestan, who had been declared killed in a shootout with law enforcers, to the prosecutor.

Anonymous morality advocates have demanded from the Ingush Khaniev teip (family clan) to "stop" Ragda Khanieva, a participant of a TV show. Netizens (network users) speak out against persecuting Khanieva.

The decision on the proposal voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the removal of checkpoints in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) cannot be made without the involvement of ministers of the power block, military experts believe.

The public condemnation of Aslanbek Yusupov, a father of many children, who complained about his difficult living conditions, contradicts the Chechen traditions, local residents comment on a TV story which continues the trend to condemn persons voicing complaints.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

The police drew up protocols against 28 activists detained on Tuesday, and they were released under recognizance not to leave. During the dispersal of the rally, two protesters and a journalist were injured.

Zulfiya Abdulkadirova, a resident of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov with a request to help return her 20-year-old daughter, who had fled to Chechnya against the will of her parents and married.

After a "warning conversation" with officers of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Khusain Gatsaev, a resident of the Naur District, apologized on the air of the "Grozny" TV Channel, that he provided occult services. Despite the numerous detentions of magicians and their public apologies, interest in occultism in the republic does not fade away, authors of the TV report admit.

The working group of Azerbaijani human rights defenders, NGO activists and lawyers has released an updated list of political prisoners including 112 names. Cases of other 11 prisoners remain under the working group's monitoring.

Relatives of Azamat Ibragimov, who disappeared for two weeks during his trip to Chechnya, have met him in Montreal.

Russian authorities fail to investigating the torture of Maxim Lapunov in Chechnya, but the communication of his complaint by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should launch this process, the advocate has stated. Human rights defenders continue evacuating gays from Chechnya, the Russian LGBT Network has informed.

Tbilisi protesters have held a mass march along Rustaveli Avenue and gathered in the square near the parliament building. They demand early parliamentary elections under the proportional election system.

Many residents of Dagestan express their support for the arrested journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but only a few people are holding solo pickets demanding his release. People are afraid of becoming figurants of a trumped-up case after Gadjiev, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" weekly, has stated.

Asif Yusifli, Member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been released after five years in prison. He insists that he had fallen victim to political persecution.

In his dispute with the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Chingiz Akhmadov, Director of the "Chechnya Today" News Agency, has unconvincingly justified the authorities' position and uses personal insults, social network users have noted. Some YouTube users have supported the blogger in his dispute with Chechen authorities about the reasons of unemployment in the republic.