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If Russian peacemakers are placed on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties may drag Russia into a conflict to be used against each other, the Russian military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The state prosecutor believes that Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, deserves a punishment of five years in a general security colony, a source familiar with the trial has informed.

Armenian militaries can be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani border at any moment, provided the simultaneous withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.

The Dagestan branch of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned swimming and bathing on the beaches of Makhachkala, explaining this by the risk of getting parasitic and intestinal infections. Instagram users demanded to liquidate the unsanitary status of beaches instead of closing them.

French authorities are deliberately violating international rules by deporting natives of Chechnya from France to Russia, where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment, French human rights defenders have declared in their joint statement.

Lana Sokhieva, a young philologist from Vladikavkaz, has created a linguistic conversation club of the Ossetian language. The first session was attended by 13 people, but many residents of the republic are interested in the club, the creator has noted.

The Kutaisi City Court has postponed the trial of the protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge. Eight detainees were released in the courtroom.

The pastures of the village of Kut in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia have come under the control of Azerbaijani troops; and in the absence of land for cattle breeding, villagers will have to leave their houses, a local resident has stated.

The advocate of Alexander Ponomarenko, accused of involvement in the attack on Dagestan with the militants of Basaev and Khattab, has stated that the charges had not been proved; however, the court has upheld the decision to arrest him.

The Foreign Service of the European Union (EU) has welcomed the offer to place observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, urging the parties to start talks on the border delimitation.

While commenting on an attack on a referee and players of the Moscow football club during a match with the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny, human rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have noted that in Chechnya, athletes feel like an elite and try to copy the behaviour of the republic’s leaders.

As a result of the agreement on the new administrative border between Ingushetia and Chechnya in September 2018, the third part of the Erzi Nature Reserve ended up on the territory of Chechnya. After the beating of the employees of the natural park, the work in the Chechen sector is no longer carried out, the administration of the Erzi Nature Reserve reports.

In response to the media reports about threats against residents of Chechnya who do not want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the tough anti-epidemic measures taken by the Chechen authorities do not contradict the policy of President Vladimir Putin.

The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled from the Armenian side on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, and soldier Elkhan Muradov was wounded as a result of the shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. Armenian military officials called the information unreliable.

The “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) has suspended football players Lechi Sadulaev, Abdul-Malik Djakuev, and Turpal-Ali Ibishev from training after a massive fight that took place during a match with the “Lokomotiv” FC. The football players will also not participate in a special training camp, the “Akhmat” FC reports today.

On May 27, Azerbaijani authorities returned six women and 14 children to their homeland. They had been kept in the Amerna Camp in the city of Djerablus in Syria, the "Apa" News Agency has reported today with reference to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

The return of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, back into custody testifies to possible pressure on the court in Essentuki, since this decision contradicts the position of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), which released Pogorov a few days ago, Magomed Pogorov, Akhmed's brother, Zakriy Mamilov, an MP, and Issa Kostoev, a lawyer, have suggested.

On May 27, in the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, located on the Armenian border, a car with Azerbaijani military servicemen got blown up by a mine, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated without confirming the information about any casualties or wounded persons.

Law enforcers have detained opponents of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge for disobeying the police, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

Armenia and Azerbaijan should simultaneously withdraw their troops from the border and let international observers there, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acted Premier, has suggested after his trip to the border village of Kut, treating the situation as "explosive".