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During the week from April 27 to May 3, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least two human lives; and no data about wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

According to the leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, the statements made by the US and EU on their refusal to recognize the elections do not affect the democratic nature of the expression of the people's will.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) of Chechnya has warned that this year's Unified State Examination (USE) will be taken by school graduates under video control and online broadcasts from classes. The continuous toughening of control at the time of the USE is worsening the outcomes, by causing panic among graduates and disturbing their concentration, said parents of Chechen schoolchildren.

The capital of Karachay-Cherkessia hosted a rally-concert dedicated to the 58th anniversary of the return of the Karachay people from exile.

The authorities of Tinatin Khidasheli, the Acting Minister of Defence, and Gigla Agulashvili, the Acting Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, are illegitimate, as they remain members of parliament, Georgian political analysts believe.

The video clip filmed in Makhachkala by a car registering device and placed on the YouTube, showing a guard beating out of his jeep that accompanied the motorcade with a truncheon the side mirrors of surrounding cars, has caused a great resonance on the Internet.

The spokesman of the US State Department has announced that the United States does not intend to recognise the results of the parliamentary elections held in Nagorno-Karabakh on May 3.

A 17-year-old high school girl from the village of Djokola in the Pankisi Gorge went to war in Syria. According to one of the teachers, the 17-year-old girl has not been attending classes for several days, and soon after that she left the territory of Georgia.

Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Umar al-Shishani, a field commander of the "Islamic State", which was declared a terrorist organization, was killed in Iraq. This has been reported today by the news agency "Alforat".

Yazidis of Armenia have appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a request to "raise at the international level the issue of destruction of Yazidis in northern Iraq near Telafar." This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Gamlet Smoyan, the leader of the public organization "National Union of Sinjar Yazidis".

In Kizilyurt, a resident of Dagestan, who was on the federal wanted list, blew himself up while the police tried to detain him. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

On May 1, Grozny held a demonstration, which, according to the Council of Trade Unions of Chechnya, was attended by about 100,000 people. Residents of Chechnya claimed being forced to take part in the May Day demonstrations.

During the shootout in Makhachkala, three persons were injured and hospitalized. One of the wounded men is a brother of a policeman killed in the shootout.

A Russian citizen invited to testify for the defence in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was denied the entry to the US by the FBI because of his possible association with extremists.

On April 30, in his interview to the "Moscow Speaking", Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed his willingness to "be happy to leave power" and step down as the leader of Chechnya.

The leaders of the opposition political parties of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), participating in the elections to the National Assembly are optimistic about the future voting and expect to impose the struggle to the so-called "big parliamentary troika".

At the May Day demonstration, activists of the "Gnchak" Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Armenia criticized the policy of the Armenian authorities. The activists demanded to respect the workers' rights.

Today, celebrations in honour of May 1 passed in the regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) of Russia. The participants raised the problems of decent wages and lack of jobs.

Four persons have died in a shootout at a restaurant in Makhachkala, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has reported, confirming the death of a police officer in the incident.

The Stavropol police have driven activists of the "Communist of Russia" Party away from the pro-government rally dedicated to May 1, said Mikhail Abramyan, the second secretary of the Stavropol branch of the party.