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Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of abduction in 2009 in Grozny of Zarema Gaisanova in the course of the special operation under command of Ramzan Kadyrov. Gaisanova's mother has been awarded 60,000 euros of compensation.

The European Broadcasting Union has treated the demonstration of the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh on the air as violation of the rules of the "Eurovision-2016" song contest.

The introduction of new mechanisms for monitoring across the entire front line will contribute to identification of violators of the ceasefire. This opinion was expressed by Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Armenian Parliament has not included in the agenda of its extraordinary session the draft law "On Recognition of the ArtsakhRepublic". The fate of the draft law depends on the actions of Azerbaijan in solving the issue of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Magomed Magomedov, the spokesman of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, detained on May 11, is being kept at the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Soviet District of Makhachkala. The advocate, invited to protect the detainee's interests, was unable to visit his client, report family members of Magomed Magomedov.

Sergey Tabuev, an advocate of US citizen Aubrey Michelle Allen, and the Court Marshal Service for North Ossetia report the conflicting information concerning the whereabouts of the foreign citizen.

The information about the detention of Azar, a special correspondent of "Medusa", appeared in the website of this news agency. "Azar was detained between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. in the settlement of Kirov in the outskirt of Grozny, where he went to see the burned down houses of the terrorists, who had attacked a checkpoint in Grozny on May 9," says the message posted on the website.

Policemen have planted weapons to Magomed Magomedov, the spokesperson of the Salafi mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, assert the eyewitnesses – employees of the mosque.

At the background of bureaucrats' and power agents' lawlessness, residents of Northern Caucasus find more and more positive elements in Stalin's rule, the political analysts Rinat Mukhametov and Ruslan Kurbanov believe. Their opinion is confirmed by the survey of the "Levada-Center", which has fixed the growth of Russians' sympathy for the "leader of all nations" personality.

The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has confirmed the fact of illegal detention and initiation of an administrative case against Nurakhmed Mirzaev, a resident of the city of Kaspiysk. An application was submitted to the Prosecutor's Office by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Today, the participants of the action in support of Karo Pailyan, a Turkish MP, have marched along Yerevan streets with posters: "We are all Karo!" and handed over to the UN office in Yerevan a demand to condemn the attack on Pailyan committed after his speech in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

The Armenia's Ministries of Defence (MoD) and Foreign Affairs (MFA) have denied the statement of the Azerbaijani MFA about the use of prohibited ammunition by Armenian militaries.

The verdict against Sergey Litvinov, sentenced in the Rostov Region in the criminal case of robbery, was based on contradictory evidence. There are reasons to believe that a citizen of Ukraine was subjected to torture, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" states.

In Grozny, the houses of Shamil Djanaraliev and Akhmed Inalov who attacked a police checkpoint were burnt down, the "Life.ru" quotes a female relative of Shamil Djanaraliev as reporting. Till present, the information has not been officially confirmed.

Last night, the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelling the contact line from mortar and grenade launchers. This has been reported today by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

40 people affected by the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport have filed civil lawsuits against the former top managers of the "Domodedovo" Airport and its co-owner. This was reported on May 10 by advocate Igor Trunov, representing the interests of the victims.

Residents of Rostov-on-Don have demanded to abolish the existing order of election of the City Mayor and to terminate the contract with Sergey Gorban, the current head of the local administration.

According to a court decision, Aubrey Michelle Allen, a citizen of the United States, who arrived in North Ossetia to visit her fiancé, is to be deported from Russia for violation of the order of staying in the country.

On May 10, 89-year-old Nina Ivanovna Kurilo, a former underage prisoner of Nazi concentration camps and the widow of a war veteran, received a refusal to her request to grant her an apartment in a social house for veterans and disabled people. According to the woman, she cannot live in an old ramshackle house without sewage system, where the water supply is constantly switched off.

A video record has been promulgated that shows two armed men suspected of killing Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov, the father of the former Mayor of Derbent Felix Kaziakhmedov. The fact that they held pistols with silencers in their hands indicates that they were hardly ordinary robbers, said one of the friends of the casualty’s family.