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On May 9, the monument to Joseph Stalin in the form of a bust was opened in the village of Ozrek of the Lesken District of Kabardino-Balkaria. Residents of the republic interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have expressed different opinions on the occasion of the initiative. Many of the people considered the initiative to by symptomatic for the situation in the country.

The cases of the four Georgian citizens, detained on the border with South Ossetia and placed in the Tskhinvali SIZO (pre-trial prison), will be considered only on May 11, as May 9 and 10 are days-off in South Ossetia.

The owners of peasant farms and individual entrepreneurs, who refuse to take part in the agrarian census-2016, will be fined, said the Ministry of Agriculture of Dagestan.

The updated list of the "Panamanian offshore companies" contains 37 individuals and legal entities affiliated with Armenia. This indicates a lack of state control in the country, says Vardan Bostanjyan, an economist and a former MP.

In April, in the course of demining, in the total area of 7,412,514 square meters, 1722 units of unexploded ordnance and landmines were detected and neutralized, said the National Agency for Demining Azerbaijani Territories (known as ANAMA).

The Kazbek District Court has fined a Leninaul villager for posting an image of the "Islamic State” (IS) banned in Russia in a social network.

Today, Chechnya holds mourning ceremonies on the occasion of the Day of Memory and Grief for the nations of the republic, which is marked as a day of national mourning in Chechnya since 2011. A lot of local residents note that they still mark the Day of Memory and Grief on February 23.

Four policemen injured as a result of the explosion at a checkpoint in Grozny continue to receive medical treatment in the hospital. The wounded policemen are being provided with skilled care, and they can be further transported to a hospital in Moscow. This was reported by an official of the Department for Chechnya of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

According to investigators, Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov, the father of Felix Kaziakhmedov, the former Mayor of Derbent, could be murdered by extremists for revenge.

Relatives of Shamil Djanaraliev, who blew himself up at a checkpoint in Grozny on May 9, reported on a search of his house. Law enforcers have also taken away for questioning brothers and a pregnant wife of the suspected suicide bomber, the "Life.ru" reports.

Today, David Taziashvili and Akaki Bolotashvili, residents of the village of Zaridaantkari of the Gori District, and Yuri Kedikoshvili, a resident of Gori, have been detained near the South-Ossetian border. Mikhail Gakheladze was detained in the Kaspi District.

The body of Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov, the father of the former Mayor of Derbent Felix Kaziakhmedov, with gunshot wounds was found in his house, said local law enforcement sources, adding that the 82-year-old Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov "was found shot dead in his own house in Derbent."

The military parade in the Chechen capital began 30 minutes later than the scheduled time, while security measures in central Grozny were essentially strengthened. The reason for this was in the morning terror act in the Grozny District of Chechnya.

Chechen law enforcers have identified the militants, who attacked the policemen, who were on duty at the checkpoint in the Grozny District of Chechnya.

In Grozny, the attack on a checkpoint involved an improvised explosive device (IED) of high power. This was reported by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to the police, physicians assess the condition of three out of six policemen injured in the attack on the checkpoint near the village of Alkhan-Kala in the Grozny District as extremely severe.

This morning, two armed men have attacked a checkpoint in Grozny. It was initially reported that one of the attackers committed a suicide bombing and as a result, one policeman was killed and four others were wounded. The second attacker was killed by the policemen. Later, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) denied the report about the death of the policeman and reported on six injured policemen.

Vasily Kuzmin, an invalid and a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, for more than 15 years lives in unacceptable housing conditions; however, the Mayoralty refuses to put him on the list of the persons in need of improving housing conditions, say his relatives and the head of the local NGO, a lawyer Gayane Kocharyan. The veteran himself complains that officials remember about him only on the Victory Day, but render no real help.

Baku accumulates armed forces in Nakhichevan with the aim to involve Turkey into conflict with Armenia. This opinion was voiced by Armenian experts. However, according to them, Turkey is expected to provide only indirect support, since NATO will keep the country from direct intervention in the conflict.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started to consider the complaint filed by Adilgerei Omarov, an advocate from Khasavyurt, against law enforcers, who searched his house in 2008. This was reported by an advocate representing the interests of the Omarov family.

During the week of May 2-8, 2016, at least four persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.