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Taking DNA blood tests has been organized in Chechnya for close relatives of the children found in Syria or Iraq, the Chechen authorities have explained. Local residents hope that DNA tests will allow them to return their grandchildren home.

Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the head of the Government of Georgia (Prime Minister), who was driven away by protesters from the action at the parliament, has rejected the demand to the Govt to resign, and promised to the relatives of the murdered schoolchildren a new inquiry into the case on June 1.

The defense is always informed about the dates of the trial in Oyub Titiev's case at the last moment, lawyer Marina Dubrovina said. This was the reason why his friends and colleagues did not arrive to the trial in Grozny on Thursday.

Irakli Shotadze has decided to leave the post of the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia after an unacceptable, in his opinion, decision of the court, which has partially acquitted the persons accused of killing two schoolchildren in Tbilisi.

A 25-year-old resident of Ingushetia is suspected of joining the ranks of a terrorist organization in Syria and providing medical assistance to its members; she is also making the laundry, cooking and cleaning up for them.

During interrogations in the Baku police, activists of the Republican Alternative Party were urged not to take part in the protests. Human rights activists have linked the persecution of ReAl members to the popularity of the party among youth.

The court in Grozny has upheld investigators' arguments and rejected the statements of the defence of Oyub Titiev, the head of Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has called on the Muftiate, which had boycotted him, to demonstrate peace in the holy month of Ramadan, and arranged a reception with Iftar (fast-breaking), which was visited by elders and Alims.

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour of the US Department of State released a report on freedom of religion in the world for 2017. According to the report, the Azerbaijani authorities refuse to register groups of religious minorities, close mosques under the pretext of repair and control the dissemination of religious materials.

Taigib Zalbegov, a resident of Makhachkala, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against his beating by law enforcers in 2016 and investigators' refusals to institute criminal proceedings.

Two young children and a teenager were hospitalized in a state of moderate gravity after they were attacked by wolves, the Ministry of Public Health of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has found a local citizen guilty of involvement in the murder of a "Natsgvardia" serviceman and an armed attack in which two militaries were killed. This is reported on the website of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

The Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive, his murder was staged in order to detain the organizers of the attempt, the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU) has reported.

Today, Elmin Khamza, a Member of the "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) Party was arrested for 25 days for disobeying policemen. Two of his party colleagues were detained on the same charge.

Parents and brother of Albert Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, said that law enforcers had beaten him up at detention and planted a pistol on him.

On May 29, one year after kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, an action was held in Tbilisi in his support. Authorities are unable to hold a full-fledged inquiry, political analysts believe.

The Syria's recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia violates the international law, the foreign policy service of the European Union (EU) has stated. The US State Department has supported the territorial integrity of Georgia.

The military police unit from Chechnya has returned home from Syria, where it ensured security for the civilian population for several months.

The decision of the Muftiate on renunciation of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the Ingush leader, from the Muslim community is not unique; such decisions had been taken as a sort of public reprimand. However, this measure is inefficient, the local residents who are interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist and veteran of two Chechen Wars, was shot dead in Kiev.