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Today, a truck has come under fire in the Karabakh conflict zone. The truck was transporting Azerbaijani meliorators who arrived to repair an artesian well in the village of Chemenli, the authorities of the Agdam District report. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh rejected accusations of shelling civilians.

On May 2, Arthur Alexanyan, a member of the Armenian national team, won the gold medal of the European Championship in Dagestan.

The terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia claimed responsibility for a man's attack on policemen in the Stavropol Territory. This was reported by the NGO "SITE Intelligence Group" with reference to the agency "Amaq" affiliated with the IS.

Difficulties with the passage to the "Zvartnots" airport due to the blockage of roads slightly depressed trips to Armenia, Russian tourists say. Meanwhile, many of them note they understand the situation and support protesters.

Life sentences to Russian women-citizens have been appealed against, the Russian Consulate in Iraq has reported. Severe sentence to women accused in Iraq of ties to the "Islamic State" (IS) have acquired a mass character, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

Protests are suspended to allow the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) time to guarantee the support of the candidate for Premiership from the opposition, said Nikol Pashinyan.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is one of the five finalists of the Boris Nemtsov Award for courage in defending democratic values in Russia.

Armen Amiryan, the head of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia, has announced to the protesters, who demanded from him to come to a rally against the ruling party, that he is leaving his post. This is reported by the website of the "Aysor.am".

Trucks with food cannot arrive in Armenia because of roads, blocked by protesters, the State Revenue Committee has stated.

On May 1, on the air of the Chechen TV, relatives of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who hided in Poland from persecution, urged him to stop criticizing the Chechen authorities and return to Russia. Local residents remembered cases of persecution of other dissidents in Chechnya.

Today, the "Elk", "Tsarukyan" and ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" factions of the National Assembly of Armenia have boycotted the parliamentary session. It is postponed because of lack of quorum.

On May 1, at the European Wrestling Championships held in the city of Kaspiysk, Robert Kobliashvili from Georgian national team has won the gold medal.

In Yerevan, participants of protest actions have blocked for an hour the crossroads in the centre of the Armenian capital. The Armenian authorities and the opposition should act within the framework of the law and seek ways to reconciliation, Garegin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has stated.

Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of protest actions in Armenia, whose candidacy for the post of Prime Minister denied today by the MPs, has called on his supporters to block roads and governmental buildings. As stated by Vagram Bagdasaryan, the head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), has stated that his faction refused to support Pashinyan, because they fear for the country's security.

The Armenian parliament will be dissolved if it fails to elect the Prime Minister by May 8. The dissolution and early elections without amending the Electoral Code threaten Pashinyan's plans and give the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) a chance to stay in parliament with the prospect of nominating its candidate for the Premiership.

Nikol Pashinyan has failed to present a specific governmental programme, but if he is not elected Prime Minister at the end of the parliamentary session, the crisis will deepen, Armenian political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

During the recent two days, the Azerbaijani armed forces continued to accumulate armoured vehicles near the troops contact line, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh and published a video of the movement of military vehicles.

Samir Gasanov could be detained for his activities in social networks, reports Nureddin Mamedli, one of the leaders of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

Today, an action of defenders of the LGBT community members' rights has been held in Tbilisi. The event grew into clashes with opponents of sexual minorities. The detainees are accused of disorderly conduct.

Officials did not interfere with the holding of a conference on repressed peoples and even suggested activists to hold it together, reported a source from the Ingush Ministry for National Policy and External Relations.