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More than 12,000 people have gathered in France Square in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the non-commercial organization (NCO) named "Union of Informed Citizens" has informed.

A court in Rostov-on-Don has arrested Svetlana Karpenko for 15 days after she held a picket with a pacifist poster.

Opposition activists have set up tents in the France Square in Yerevan, declaring a strike with a demand of resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

In Tbilisi, the Association of Georgian Trade Unions has held a rally in defence of workers' rights. The audience demanded a safe working environment, equal pay for women and men, and the introduction of unemployment allowances.

Seven persons were detained in Baku at the actions in defence of workers' rights, and released after questioning by the police. The oppositionists' demands to improve employees' working conditions are relevant, the couriers engaged in providing food delivery services have stated.

The funeral of Alik Tsaava, a Georgian volunteer who perished in Ukraine, was held in the city of Zugdidi with military honours.

On April 30, the parents of the military servicemen who perished during the autumn war of 2020 held a march in Yerevan demanding to initiate a criminal case against the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and to arrest him.

Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, it became known about the deaths of at least 179 natives of Northern Caucasus and 71 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD); these are the data of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on officially confirmed information. Most of the casualties are from Dagestan.

The Baku Human Rights Club has appealed to Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan, and Samir Nuriev, the Chairman of the Commission on Pardons and the Head of the President's Administration, in connection with the expected prisoners' pardoning timed to the country's Independence Day – May 28.

Amid the Russia's special operation in Ukraine, Georgian authorities have chosen the tactics of passive policies so as not to irritate Russia. As a result, the US House of Representatives has approved only the amount of USD 35 million as military assistance to Georgia, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

At night on April 30, Parvin Salakhov, an employee of a construction company, who had blown up by a mine in the Lachin District during restoration works, died in one of Baku hospitals.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict in a libel case handed down earlier to Ali Aliev, the leader of the oppositional "Citizens and Development" Party, and left him in custody. His defence intends to appeal to the Azerbaijani Supreme Court (SC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

A court in Sochi has fined Astamur Simoniya, a resident of the Sochi Federal Territory named "Sirius", by 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

At the court session on the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, has stated that the interview with the preacher, who was put on the wanted list on charges of terrorism, was made by Gadjiev on his instruction.

Prison doctors are regularly examining Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia; he is provided with good nutrition and medicines, the country's Special Penitentiary Service has stated.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has upheld the arrest of Altan Ochirov, an employee of the Elista Mayoralty, charged with spreading fakes about the Russian Army. Ochirov's advocate treats this decision as unjustified.

Two helicopters have brought humanitarian aid to the Tsakhur Valley, which has been blocked for the tenth day as a result of the collapse of the only road connecting it with the outside world. People in mountain villages usually have some stock of foodstuffs, but the stores are empty, local residents have noted.

From April 29 on, the "IDS Borjomi Georgia" Company has been forced to temporarily suspend the production process at both Borjomi mineral water bottling plants, the "InterPressNews" has reported referring to the company's statement.

On April 29, Ramzan Kadyrov posted a record of his meeting with Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, and the Chechen law enforcers who took part in the special operation in Ukraine.

Today, human rights defender Oleg Orlov and Irina Galkova, a former employee of the “International Memorial”* (the International Historical, Educational, Charity and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) were detained on Red Square. In their hands, the human rights defenders were holding posters of pacifist content, criticizing the actions of the authorities, the Telegram channel “Polny PTs 2.0”, run by the team of the former Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, reports today.