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On April 27, in the capital of Armenia, the opposition held three parallel marches with a demand of the government's resignation.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has agreed to treat the parents of the militaries who perished during the 2020 autumn war as victims within a criminal case, but did not agree to prosecute Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister. Victims' relatives have demanded to accelerate Pashinyan's prosecution.

The number of activists detained today at protest actions in Yerevan has reached 52, the Armenian police report. The opposition complained about the use of disproportionate force against the protesters.

The Netherlands granted political asylum to Stavropol activist Ronald Airapetyan, who reported being persecuted for his opposition activities in Russia.

After the abolition of anti-COVID restrictions, the number of Muslims who want to perform the hajj this year from the regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has increased.

The police detained eleven protesters near the building of the Armenian government, who demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.

Elizaveta Perekryostova, who was brought to administrative responsibility in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, for discrediting the army, has appealed against the fine imposed on her by the court.

The International Crisis Group (ICG) has released a report on the prospects for Baku-Yerevan negotiation process on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The start of the talks does not yet mean that they will bring results; there are difficult points not mentioned in the ICG's report, Baku analysts have noted.

A car from the cortege of the Premier, Nikol Pashinyan, hit down a pregnant woman, who then died in hospital, Armenian media have reported. The police have confirmed the accident. The Investigating Committee has reported that the driver was arrested.

After releasing of records of two phone conversations of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement" Party, with the Russian billionaire, Vladimir Evtushenkov, a scandal broke out in Georgia. In the talks, they discussed the conclusion of some kind of a deal.

The court judgement to transfer Shamil Nurmagomedov, a resident of Dagestan, convicted of financing terrorism, from a colony in the Smolensk Region to prison will be appealed against, since lately he had no serious violations, his advocate has stated. Shamil's father has linked the toughening of his son's custody regime with the latter's participation in protests held in the colony in 2021.

Special services are motivated to spread falsified reports about the detention of alleged terrorists in the Stavropol Territory in order to improve their reports and for propaganda purposes, Yelena Suslova, a journalist, and Arsen Sarkisov, a human rights defender, believe.

The Sabail Court of Baku has rejected the complaint lodged by Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, the head of the NGO "Positive Changes", about the absence of inquiry into his application about policemen's violence against him committed on March 9, the activist himself has stated.

Opponents of Nikol Pashinyan marched from the village of Tigranashen in the Ararat Region to Yerevan. They demand to prevent the transfer of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian territories to Azerbaijan.

The 35-kilometre water pipeline to Izberbash is worn out and must be completely replaced to solve the problem with the water supply to the city, as Izberbash has been facing the problem with the water supply in the summer and spring for 12 years already, local residents note.

In Yerevan, relatives of militaries who perished during the autumn war in 2020 held an action with the demand to bring Nikol Pashinyan to responsibility. The participants of the action do not put forward any political demands, but they only insist that the Prime Minister of Armenia be brought to responsibility for the deaths of the militaries.

The police detained at least four oppositionists who took part in a protest action in an avenue in Yerevan. In total, six activists were detained, the Armenian police reported.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding Chechen State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov the title of Hero of Russia.

A criminal case under articles on murder and abuse of powers has been initiated against an employee of the police division for the Karabudakhkent District, who had mortally wounded the driver from his service firearm during a chase. The policeman has been detained, investigators have informed.

The refusal of the Russian government to support the bill brought in by the Chechen parliament suggesting to ban the mentioning of criminals' nationality and religion in media was expected, since there are criminal plots bound specifically to the ethnic component, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.