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The City Court of Tbilisi pronounced against a Ukrainian woman, suspected of child trafficking, the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest. The spokesperson of the Prosecutor's Office states that investigators have a document confirming the charge.

On April 26, at a meeting with the head of the Untsukul District, residents of the Irganai village said that they would not pay for electricity until they received compensation for the land flooded during the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP).

In the period from April 21 to April 27, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3700 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported. The MoD called for an end to the "artificially aggravated" situation in the conflict zone.

Today, Varvara Karaulova, sentenced for attempting to join the IS*, has been released from a penal colony in Vologda.

On April 26, in Istanbul, about 500 people gathered in the city district of Beylikdüzü on the occasion of the opening of the Circassian cultural centre. The creation of the centre will contribute not only to the cultural exchange, but also to the development of economic relations between Turkey and the regions of Russia and other countries, emphasize delegates of the Circassian community.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Armenian armed forces 24 times violated the ceasefire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

The Union "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" held public hearings to draw attention to the fates of 14 people serving their life sentences.

In Chechnya, May Day demonstrations will traditionally gather tens of thousands of people, the Federation of Trade Unions in Chechnya announces. Public sector employees and students claim being obliged to take part in the festive event.

In December 2010, soldier Arthur Kazaryan died at the Yerevan Military Hospital, but within eight years, no persons guilty of his death had been identified. Relatives of Arthur Kazaryan believe that he was killed, and they demand to conduct a thorough investigation.

Villagers from the Pankisi Gorge have been opposing the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Alazani River for a year and a half, and since the summer of 2018, they have been trying to challenge a construction permit in court. The lawsuit has been pending for ten months. On April 21, special forces fighters entered the Pankisi Gorge, the protesters treated that fact as a punitive measure, and as a result, mass riots occurred, local residents explained.

Asadulla Aliev, a Muslim, said that on April 26, he and several other believers were detained after the Friday prayer at the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala.

Students and state (budget-funded) employees were not forced to attend the latest football match in Grozny, but they were invited to the stadium by a lottery of prizes, residents of Chechnya have stated.

Neither the defence nor the relatives were infirmed about the transfer of Akhmed Barakhoev, the leader of protests in Ingushetia, from Nalchik to Vladikavkaz, Fatima Urusova and Akhmed's son Ilez has informed.

In Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), law enforcers have detained a militant, who was preparing a terror act with the use of a homemade bomb, the Russian FSB has reported today.

Rasambek Bekmurzaev, a native of Chechnya, has been fined for crime concealment, but was found innocent in killing of three law enforcers and involvement in the armed underground, the court has ruled today.

Ramazan Salamov, accused of participating in an illegal armed formation (IAF), who was on the international wanted list, has been extradited to Russia, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed today.

Law enforcers have found a hideout with pistols, grenades and ammunition in the vicinity of the village, located 19 kilometres from the border with Dagestan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan has reported today.

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone have come under fire, including those stationed in three villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

Khamzat Edelgiriev, the head of the Chechen Hunting Authority, a fellow villager of Ramzan Kadyrov, has posted a video message with threats addressed to critics of Kadyrov Senior. Residents of Chechnya understand that threats are mainly addressed to the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

Residents of the Irkutsk Region have supported the action of solidarity with Ingush oppositionists, initiated by Saint Petersburg and Moscow activists. Picketers in the above three Russian cities demanded to stop persecuting activists in Ingushetia.