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In the capital of Dagestan, more than 30 people went out today to hold a rally of supporters of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny; they demanded the alternation of power and opposed the blocking of the Telegram messenger.

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has stated that investigators failed to thoroughly check the information about the departure of two women from Chechnya to Syria, but the Office has opened criminal cases against them.

Supporters of oppositional leader Nikol Pashinyan are willing to continue their protest actions on his call to remove the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) from power, ensure fair elections and reforms, and release political prisoners. This was stated by residents of Yerevan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

About 100 horsemen from Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Krasnodar Territory became participants in the equestrian crossing. The action is aimed at the revival of the Adyg traditions of horse breeding and horseman culture, which declined during the Soviet era, and the popularization of the Kabardian breed of horses.

The Azerbaijani Centre for the Protection of Political Prisoners reported about the pressure on Azerbaijani political emigrants and listed the names of 30 activists persecuted even in exile, whose relatives in Azerbaijan are arrested and sentenced.

Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the Armenian opposition, who had spoken for the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh, has changed his position, when becoming a candidate for the country's Premiership, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

In Chechnya, the decision of the court to keep Oyub Titiev in custody was expected, stated his colleagues who attended the today's court hearing. They believe the prosecution of Oyub Titiev will not stop the activities of rights defenders in Chechnya. 

The shootout in the city of Nevinnomyssk, during which two men were killed, broke out less than two weeks after a similar incident, also in the Stavropol Territory.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has rejected the complaint against the extension of the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

The soldier's body was found on the frontline of an Armenian military unit. The case is being investigated under the article of bringing a person to suicide.

Appeals of relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, who is hiding from persecutions in Poland, to stop criticizing the authorities were made under pressure, Tumso is sure.

During four days of competitions at the European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, 150 people addressed doctors for help, despite official statements of no incidents. Most injured people are mostly athletes, but there are also spectators, the Ministry for Public Health reports, describing a case of a fan diagnosed with a heart attack.

On May 3-4, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 95 times in various directions of the front, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports. Meanwhile, large-calibre machine guns were used in shelling, the Azerbaijani MoD's website reports.

The terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia has called on its supporters to commit terror acts during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which matches will take place in the cities of Southern Russia.

The Museum of Military History "Barbashovo Pole", named after Pyotr Barbashov, a Hero of the Soviet Union, was created in the venue of bloody battles near Vladikavkaz, which began the counteroffensive operation of Soviet troops in Northern Caucasus during WW II.

The authorities of South Ossetia have detained a 22-year-old resident of Tbilisi, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, has stated. The young man had illegally crossed the border of South Ossetia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Today, OSCE observers have conducted monitoring of the contact line of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and did not record any ceasefire violations. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Today, Nikol Pashinyan has gathered signatures of one third of the MPs necessary for nomination to the post of the Prime Ministers of Armenia.

The policeman wounded at detention of the bank robber in Yerevan has died in hospital. The armed man detained for raiding the bank turned out to be a Police Colonel Daniel Danielyan.

Today, in Yerevan, the police have detained a man who has wounded two persons and killed another one during a bank robbery.