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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".

A 43-year-old resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia is suspected of participating in a terrorist organization, an illegal armed formation (IAF) and undergoing training in terrorist activities.

Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from France, rejected the services of Alexander Nemov, the second private advocate. Magomed Gadaev was forced to deprive himself of the right to defence, human rights defenders suggested.

Activists protesting against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge threw stones at a metal gate installed by the police, and an investigation is underway into a case on damage to property, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

The court returned Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov to custody after he had been charged under the article on extremism. The court hearing took place at night, and the defence was not notified about it, claims advocate Magomed Gagiev.

Armenia demanded to take immediate measures to protect the lives of the soldiers who have been captured today on the border with Azerbaijan. The soldiers were conducting mining operations on the border line and they were actually kidnapped, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister of Armenia, declares today

An author of a video with the insult to Ramzan Kadyrov apologized to the leader of Chechnya and explained that he was in a state of alcoholic intoxication when he was recording the video.

The Armenian militaries captured today tried to cross the Azerbaijani border aiming to mine the road, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, the Armenian MoD has refuted this version, stating that the contract soldiers were captured in the territory of a military unit located in the Gegarkunik Region.

A comic dance of young men in ballet tutus at the Makhachkala Lyceum had no bad connotation, said a lyceum employee. Similar dances have been performed in schools earlier, but due to the increased attention to the LGBT community, they are now perceived perversely, psychologists believe.

Today, in the border Gegarkunik Region, six servicemen were captured during engineering works, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Azerbaijan insists that they were scouts.

Armenia is unhappy with the reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Russia to the problem of withdrawing Azerbaijani troops from the border area, and is ready to appeal to the UN Security Council, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister, has stated. Armenian MPs have also criticized Russia and the CSTO.

The last protest action against the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Rioni River was held in Tbilisi. Now, protesters move their actions to the Imereti Region, to the construction site of the HPP.

In the Lower Rhine Region, law enforcers detained three minor Chechen natives and one adult; they are suspected of preparing a terror act, French media have reported. The Russian Embassy to Germany is verifying this information.

On May 26, Akhmed Pogorov, an Ingush activist, transferred to house arrest, was hospitalized due to his health deterioration. However, law enforcers used a reanimobile to take him from hospital to Essentuki for conducting some investigative actions.

The Armenian military personnel did not fire a single shot in the direction of Azerbaijan, the Ministry Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today. Armenian military officials requested Azerbaijan to withdraw its soldiers from the territory of Armenia immediately.

On May 21, the incident with the beating of four employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve took place on the territory of the Sunzha District of Chechnya, employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. They preferred to remain anonymous.

During three days, the Armenian military personnel were shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

The demonstration of a transparent dress at a fashion show in Makhachkala provoked am outburst of indignation on Instagram. Organizers of the fashion show disseminated a video message, in which they called the incident “an unfortunate mistake.”

Residents of Chechnya are massively refusing to get vaccinated against coronavirus and spread conspiracy theories in social networks; such people should be the last to receive medical care, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

A Krasnodar court has upheld the termination of the criminal case on the torture of Anapa residents, Artyom Ponomarchuk, Aram Arustamyan, Karen and Erik Engoyan, detained in 2015, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed. Defence intends to appeal against this decision.