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Parents of schoolchildren from the Krasnodar gymnasium No. 92 complained that a teacher of Russian language and literature spoke during lessons on the topic of the special military operation in Ukraine, condemning the actions of the Russian troops. The teacher was dismissed.

The defence of former FSB officer Ramazan Nazhduev persuaded a court to question a Dagestani policeman who claimed that Ramazan Nazhduev had been put on the police preventive registration, human rights defenders report today.

The police reported about the detention of 11 people at a protest action in front of the building of the Armenian government. Street protests against the revision of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh were supported by students of Armenian universities.

After a temporary move to Lvov, the Embassy of Azerbaijan resumed its activities in Kiev, while the reception in Lvov will be continued until May 6. According to Ambassador Elmira Akhundova, Azerbaijani diplomats handed over 30 tons of products collected by Azerbaijani entrepreneurs to needy residents of Ukraine.

According to the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a supporter of the "Islamic State" (IS)* has been detained who was planning a terror act on a facility of power and law enforcement bodies.

The bans on aircraft take-off and landing at airports of Anapa, Gelendjik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Elista have been extended until May 7, the "Rosaviatsiya" (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) has announced.

In the course of protests, law enforcers detained six minors aged 16-17 and one 13-year-old teenager, Kristine Grigoryan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. The teens claim that policemen used brutal physical force against them during the detention.

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces against Vitaly Nikolaev, a dentist, who held a pacifist picket in central Krasnodar.

Armenian policemen behave unprofessionally when using disproportionate force against protesters, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

The police have released the activist, Tamara Grodnikova, who was detained at a picket in Volgograd against the law on foreign agents; this was her ninth detention since the start of the special operation in Ukraine. Ms Grodnikova filed an application to the name of the head of the police department, in which she asked to investigate the reasons for the regular disruption of her solo pickets that are allowed by the law.

Opponents of Nikol Pashinyan have no public trust since the time when they themselves were in power, Akop Badalyan, a political observer, believes. The strength of the ruling power lies not in its legitimacy, but in the fact that the opposition is heterogeneous and fragmented, Alexander Iskandaryan, a political analyst, has noted.

A court in Baku did not take into account a Samir Ashurov’s complaint about pressure from the police and refused to mitigate the pre-trial restriction measure for the period of investigation, an advocate of Samir Ashurov reported. The activist stopped his hunger strike because of deteriorating health state.

Today, 39 activists have been detained during protest actions in different districts of Yerevan, the Armenian police report.

Today, activist Tamara Grodnikova has come out to a solo picket against the law on foreign agents. The activist has also demanded not to persecute people for holding public actions permitted by the law. The police detained Tamara Grodnikova after checking her ID.

When commenting on the Ramzan Kadyrov’s report about sending another detachment of volunteers to Ukraine, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev has noted that it is important for the authorities of Chechnya to demonstrate to President Putin their active participation in the special military operation.

The authorities of Azerbaijan are obliged to pay 4000 euros to oppositionist Bakhruz Gasanov, who was unreasonably arrested in 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rules out. Bakhruz Gasanov himself calls the ECtHR’s decision fair.

In a social network, Ingush law enforcers found posts of two local residents and treated them as discrediting Russian militaries. Administrative cases have been initiated against the post authors, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

Supporters of the opposition have started their marches to Yerevan from the Armavir and Aragatsotn Regions, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government.

According to the Council of Europe's Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and the Journalists' Safety, threats to the media freedom have intensified in Azerbaijan.

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, has been diagnosed with anorexia, intolerance to a number of foods and a decrease in muscle mass due to his post-stress depression, the doctors who are monitoring his health have concluded.