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Any negotiations on the disputed territories on the Ingush-Chechen border are better than confrontation, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in their comments on the prepared meeting of leaders of "Mekhk-Khel" with Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests has demanded to immediately release Gusein Abdullaev, a former Azerbaijani MP, who is serving his term in a colony.

The Chechen Supreme Court (SC) has supported the human rights defenders who demanded to reconsider the conditional sentences passed to two employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), accused of exceeding their powers when detaining Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, and ruled to send the case for a new trial.

The villages in the Syunik Region of Armenia should be separated from Azerbaijani border posts by a special security zone, since a resident of one of Armenian communities was attacked, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

While commenting on an incident with a shelling attack in the direction of the village of Seyidlyar, Ilham Aliev has said that Azerbaijani border guards will fire for effect in case of new shelling attacks on the border with Armenia.

In the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, the police personnel were vaccinated against coronavirus infection without finding out if some of them had any contraindications, a local resident reports.

The investigation into a case on beating in Makhachkala of Sirazhudin Datsiev, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, has been resumed after the defence lodged a complaint to the court about the ineffective work of the investigators, human rights defenders report today.

Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev is recovering from surgeries he had undergone in Turkey, but still needs constant nursing care, his son says. According to the young man, the nurses caring for his father are not paid salaries and Ogtai Gyulyalyev risks being left without their care.

The United States should influence the Georgian authorities to prevent pardoning, along with political prisoners, of the law enforcers, who had taken part in the harsh dispersal of the rally, protesters in Tbilisi stated on April 26.

75 pilgrims from Stepanakert and its environs have visited the Amaras Monastery, accompanied by peacemakers, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

A three-year-old pupil of a kindergarten in Tbilisi was beaten up by an educator; earlier inmates of an orphanage in Kodjori complained about systematic violence and psychological pressure, says an investigation conducted by the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel. The Office of Georgian Ombudsperson has reported similar cases of violence against pupils of a boarding school in Ninotsminda.

Residents of the Agdjabedi District tried to enter the territories that passed under Azerbaijan's control after the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, and got blown up by a mine. One of them died.

The exhibition in Stepanakert presents photographs of 46 Armenian historical and cultural monuments that have remained in the territories transferred to Azerbaijan after the 2020 autumn war.

The Grozny court has again refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by human rights defenders against investigators' refusal to prosecute the head of Chechnya for threats against journalists and social networks users, Mikhail Benyash, an advocate, has stated.

The statement of the US President, Joe Biden, on recognition of Armenian Genocide is backed by the US desire to strengthen its positions in Southern Caucasus, but this will not seriously affect the relations with Azerbaijan, the Baku analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have predicted.

Coaches and tournament organizers, who are affiliated with the leader of Chechnya and who do not want to upset him, often arrange victories of Kadyrov’s sons, Chechen human rights defenders suggest.

Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, agreed with the proposal of the leaders of the Ingush movement “Mekhk-Kkhel” to discuss the issue of the disputed lands. The official pointed to Pyatigorsk as the meeting place.

Today, in his letter to the UN Secretary-General, the President of Armenia has declared that the country expects the support of the international community to resolve the problem with the return of prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from Azerbaijan.

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office suspended the activities of Alexei Navalny’s offices amid the preparation of the Moscow City Court to consider a claim to recognize them as an extremist organization. In Southern Russia, Alexei Navalny’s offices have stopped posting on social media, but their staff will continue to work privately, Alexei Navalny’s supporters say.

A video version of the “Project” online edition’s investigation into the secret property of people from among the Ramzan Kadyrov’s associates has been blocked following a complaint filed by the “Grozny” ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) for copyright infringement.