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In Grozny, during the celebration of the Victory Day, Ramzan Kadyrov was awarded the Order "Hero of the Fatherland". It became the fortieth award for the leader of Chechnya.

In Yerevan, several dozen people have gathered in front of the City Mayoralty and demanded the resignation of Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan. The activists believe it necessary to deprive the posts of all those who were members of the team of the former Prime Minister of Armenia.

Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, has offered the President to dismiss the chiefs of the country's police and the National Security Service. Meanwhile, The Prime Minister did not specify the reasons for such a decision.

On May 9, 68 Georgian citizens, who illegally stayed on the territory of four EU countries, returned home from German Düsseldorf, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports. All the deported people applied for asylum in the EU countries, but were refused.

Orkhan Bakhyshly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for four months. He is accused of illegal drug dealing. The Party treats the charge as fabricated and politically motivated.

On May 10, the Chechen Parliament intends to bring an offer to the Russian State Duma to change the Constitution so that Vladimir Putin could be re-elected in 2024 for a third consecutive term. Mikhail Emelyanov, the head of the State Duma's profile committee, has taken this initiative cautiously.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, made his first foreign visit to Stepanakert and took part in the annual march dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Karabakh conflict.

A bombing of the tomb of Said-Afandi Chirkei has become the second incident in Dagestan since early 2018, the responsibility for which was claimed by the "Islamic State"*.

In Tbilisi, the police detained a leader of the movement "Socialist Georgia" and his son, who fought with an activist of the movement "Force in Unity" because the latter expressed his dissatisfaction with the Soviet symbols brought by them.

Tonight, an explosion has occurred in the room for ziyarat near the grave of Sheikh Said of Chirkei in Dagestan. The suspects have been caught by video surveillance cameras, and they have been already detained, a source reports.

On May 8, in the Chechen capital, law enforcers visited apartments of city residents to check their IDs and blocked the central streets of the city, local residents report. Security measures have been enhanced in the city on the occasion of the Victory Day celebrations, the police explain.

The South-Ossetian authorities' decision to close checkpoints on the border with Georgia restricts the freedom of movement of local residents, the US Department of State declares.

The idea to achieve international recognition of the right of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination voiced by Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, is unlikely to come true, and over time, Nikol Pashinyan will be forced to soften his rhetoric, believe experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Photographer Levon Atoyants presented in Stepanakert an exhibition of photographs dedicated to the city of Shushi. More than 80 photographs depict the city of 1962 and 1994.

The alleged militants killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nevinnomyssk have been identified as local residents Sultan Khitsunov and Mekhti Imammov. There is no activation of the armed underground in the Stavropol Territory, but law enforcers are trying to imitate a fight against terrorism, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Vigen Sargsyan, the Armenian Minister of Defence, has resigned after meeting the new Premier, Nikol Pashinyan. Vigen Sargsyan has explained his resignation by political reasons.

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan has signed a decree on the appointment of the oppositional leader Nikol Pashinyan as the country's Prime Minister.

Minkail Malizaev, a Chechen native residing in Germany, reported he had been beaten and his wife and children had been deported from the country. His relatives reported that they had voluntarily returned home and called on the blogger to stop criticizing the authorities. Residents of Chechnya voiced their doubts on a story presented by the TV Channel.

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), which has the majority of seats in the Parliament, declares itself to be the opposition, reported Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice Speaker of the Parliament, after Nikol Pashinyan had been elected the Prime Minister of Armenia.

59 delegates of the Armenian Parliament have voted to appoint Nikol Pashinyan the head of the Armenian government.