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Nikol Pashinyan, the acting head of the Armenian Government (Premier), has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to provide assistance, including military one, in resolving the situation in the Syunik Region on the border with Azerbaijan.

Mansur Ismailov, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from France, has received emergency medical care at a hospital.

Today, a 45-year-old Alan Djaparidze, who was detained at the border on January 10, has been handed over to the Georgian authorities, the KGB of South Ossetia reports. The Tskhinvali District Court found the man guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced him to a year of suspended imprisonment, the South-Ossetian KGB reported on its Facebook page.

An official appeal has been sent to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in connection with the penetration of Azerbaijani soldiers into the territory of Armenia, Tigran Avinyan, acting Deputy Prime Minister, reports today.

By his statements about Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ramzan Kadyrov provoked disputes between Chechens and Dagestanis, and the desire of the leader of Chechnya to stage a demonstration fight is inappropriate during the aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Instagram users note.

While commenting on the ban imposed by the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) on holding a traditional carnival in Gelendzhik, social media users noted that tourists from all over Russia came to the city for festivities and the cancellation of the outdoor event looked unjustified.

Nikolai Chuyanov, a lonely World War II veteran, did not agree to an offer of the Tbilisi City Mayoralty to move to a nursing home, made after the “Caucasian Knot” had posted a video about the veteran’s complaints about his housing conditions. Officials from the Tbilisi City Mayoralty explain the city budget may not purchase the repairs of private housing.

Azerbaijani border guards are changing their deployment in the Lachin and Kelbadjar Districts bordering on Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan announced in response to accusations that Azerbaijani soldiers took up positions in the Syunik Region of Armenia.

After requests from human rights defenders and a letter from the UN profile committee, officials from the Georgian Ministry for Public Health visited an orphan boarding school in the town of Ninotsminda to check information about child abuse.

The Azerbaijani experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent have commented on the situation around the Syunik Region, while their opinions on Baku's intentions were different.

The unleashing of an armed conflict in the Syunik Region is unlikely; the Armenian party is trying to resolve the incident by diplomatic means, the Armenian military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The law enforcers, arrested within the Inal Djabiev's death case, refuse to eat for five days and demand to meet South-Ossetian MPs and the Ombudsperson. They claim that investigators had failed to prove their guilt, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated today.

A deputy head of a ROVD (District Interior Division) of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) is suspected of beating up a detainee. Three persons were beaten up at once; they were forced to confess to a theft, human rights defenders assert.

For the second time within two days, Azerbaijani soldiers attempted to advance deep into the Syunik Region, but were stopped, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Agents of the Russian FSB have not let Mansur Ismailov, deported from France, to leave the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow and are forcing him to fly to Chechnya, human rights defenders report. Mansur Ismailov is deprived of urgently needed medicines and complains of poor health state, his spouse states.

Today, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, has called a “fiddle” the BBC investigation concerning a palace located at Cape Idokopas in the Krasnodar Territory.

The leader of Chechnya announces his willingness to pay Khabib Nurmagomedov any remuneration for the victory over a fighter from the “Akhmat” club. Ramzan Kadyrov reproaches the Dagestani fighter for performing under the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and not under the flag of Russia or Dagestan.

Today, at a protest action in Yerevan, activists have claimed that the Armenian government is to solve the problem of wage arrears to workers of the “Nairit” plant. The protestors threaten to continue their action non-stop.

Nika Meliya, the head of the Georgian oppositional party "United National Movement" (UNM) has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the violation of his rights during his detention in February, the Court has promptly accepted the complaint for consideration.

In Chechnya, celebrations of Eid al-Fitr (Uraza-Bairam) began on May 13, while Grozny residents began preparing for the holiday in advance. On May 11, women-civil servants were given a day off so that they could set festive tables.