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Applicants for Russian citizenship from Abkhazia and South Ossetia will not need to comply with the requirements for permanent residence in the Russian Federation and knowledge of the Russian language and Russian history.

After receiving a request for the extradition of Mansur Movlaev, the authorities of Kazakhstan should conduct an investigation, and in the case of a request for asylum, give a response. If Mansur Movlaev is extradited from Kazakhstan to Russia, then, in accordance with the law, he will be delivered to Chechnya, which is of interest to the authorities of the republic.

There were numerous violations in the case of Vadim Kharchenko*, a convicted blogger from the city of Gelendjik, his parents have claimed in their appeal to President Putin; and a complaint was also filed against the verdict. Three more criminal cases have been opened against Kharchenko*.

The nomination of candidates for the presidency of Nagorno-Karabakh from parliamentary factions will begin after May 21.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by Zarema Musaeva's defence and release her from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) for the investigation period.

The defendants in the Abzas Media case have petitioned for the interrogation of the law enforcers and witnesses who were present during searches and detentions, but the court has rejected their requests and declared the end of the judicial investigation.

In Northern Caucasus, law enforcers use the article on non-reporting about an intended crime to intimidate relatives and acquaintances of suspected militants, although the legal application thereof is possible only under certain conditions, while one’s close relatives are protected by the constitutional right not to report a crime.

The Akhmatovsky District Court of Grozny court has fined Tumso Abdurakhmanov*, an oppositional blogger who lives abroad, within an administrative case of violating the rules set forth for the activities of a foreign agent.

The Dagestani Muftiate and the Chechens’ Board have agreed to resolve the demolition issue of the mosque in the village of Leninaul according to the Sharia norms. Islamic scholars have treated the demand to build a mosque in place of the demolished one as not an Islam norm, but simply a local tradition.

Sand cleared of fuel oil is being transported from the Voskresensky farm yard not far from Anapa to various villages and towns in the Krasnodar Territory to simulate the safe disposal promised by the authorities, residents of Kuban complain.

The actions of the participants in the attack on police inspectors in Makhachkala on May 5 indicate criminal intent and are quite typical of militants. Meanwhile, the measured release of information about them in the media can be explained by the interests of the investigation.

A document cancelling the decree on the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has been released with a call to “stop speculations” concerning the liquidation of the unrecognized state. Nagorno-Karabakh lawyers and activists argue about the legal force and appropriateness of the mentioned document.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has partially satisfied the complaint lodged by Teimur Kerimov, the head of the YouTube resource “Kanal-11”, by reducing his prison term from eight to seven years. The defence insists on Kerimov's innocence and intends to appeal against the verdict at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

The case of five residents of Ingushetia, who had failed to inform law enforcers about their acquaintances who had sworn allegiance to a terrorist organization, has been sent to court.

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, has been detained by law enforcers in Kazakhstan. Chechen activists fear that Movlaev’s extradition to Russia threatens with torture.

An armed attack was committed in Ardon, where an unidentified person shelled people at a car wash station and fled. One person was killed on the spot, and two others were wounded. One of them stays in severe condition.

The court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by the defence of Oleg Orlov* and upheld the sentence of the human rights defender in the case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

In Grozny, a court has begun considering an administrative case against blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov*, who is accused under the article on violating the rules and regulations of foreign agent activity. The blogger, who lives abroad, reports that he intends to ignore the charges against him and the trial.

A court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced four residents of Dagestan to 10 years in colony each, treating them as rioters at the Makhachkala Airport. The number of people convicted within the "airport case" has reached 105.

The Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia has found no grounds for initiating a criminal case against law enforcers after a statement made by Tigran Ulubabyan, a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, at a police station. Out of hundreds of reports of torture by law enforcers in Armenia, only a few are being investigated, human rights defenders have noted.