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Activist Vardghes Gaspari has demanded from the Armenian Ombudsman's Office to pay attention to the hunger strike declared in prison by Vardan Gheravetyan and Tigran Manukyan, members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The expected meeting of the Russian President with Raul Khadjimba is a response to the visit to Tbilisi of US Vice President Mike Pence, who expressed support for the Georgia's territorial integrity. This opinion has been expressed by Georgian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The works begun today and treated by South Ossetia as restoration of the fire-fighting band are the equipment of the borderline, which contrary to the interests of local residents, said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

Old women have broken the glass door of the oppositional politician’s office in Krasnodar and ruined the room, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Family members cannot find out the whereabouts of two residents of Khasavyurt, who disappeared immediately after being released from the police department in Nalchik.

In protest against tree felling, Andrei Popkov, a former deputy of the Regional Duma, has planted today a mulberry tree sapling in the place of the cut-down "Widows’ Park", after the city Mayoralty had announced its plans to build a car parking next to the memorial complex instead of the above park.

Kuban activist Darya Polyudova has declared a hunger strike in a penal colony with the demands to stop provocations against her. This was reported by Tatiana Polyudova, the mother of the prisoner.

The chairman of the board for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has urged the law enforcement agencies to check a playwright Mikhail Zhilkin's message about receiving threats from Chechnya after a Chechen official held Mikhail Zhilkin in Grozny for four years.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has launched a verification after Aslan Cherkesov, who is serving his sentence in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for murdering a fan of the "Spartak" FC, complained about torture and beatings in a penal colony. This was reported by the FSIN Department.

The police are looking for unidentified people who fired at a staff member of the FSIN Department in Makhachkala. The victim was hospitalized, reported the spokesperson for the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

Two persons were injured in a mine explosion in a yard of a private house in Yerevan, and one of them died in a hospital.

Four staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have been injured while liquidating consequences of an explosion at an ammunition depot in Abkhazia.

Two women died when they were on horseback riding in the vicinity of an ammunition depot. According to the preliminary information, they were residents of Saint Petersburg, the Abkhazian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

In connection with the attack on a Russian family committed in the village of Khipsta, four persons are being searched. The attackers stole 85,000 roubles and a couple of rings, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia has reported. The condition of Valentina Bykovets, who suffered from the attack, is stable, doctors report.

During a press conference following a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Mike Pence has stated that Georgia is a strategic partner of the United States. According to Mike Pence, US President Donald Trump sent him to Georgia with a message: "We support you; we stand next to you, next to the Georgian people."

Among the victims of the explosion at the depot of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Gudauta District, there are seriously wounded ones, the head of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Abkhazia reports.

Ramzan Kadyrov has reported the return to Russia of a minor resident of Chechnya, who had been brought to Syria and found among the ruins in the city of Mosul.

The resonant case of torture at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) fails to deter power agents from new violations of rights of residents of Ingushetia during detention, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” has stated in connection with information about torturing Khasan Esmurziev and Magomed Ozdoev.

This afternoon, a huge explosion has occurred at an ammunition depot in the Gudauta District in Abkhazia. The explosion resulted in a fire and continued detonation of shells. The authorities of the republic evacuate people from villages and towns located near the place of emergency.

Almir Abregov, the first chairman of the "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament" for Adygea, the former director of the National Museum of Adygea, died in the 73rd year of his life. When commenting on the loss, Circassian activists stated that the strategist of the Adyg national movement had gone.