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For the third day, Ella Kesaeva, the co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” public committee, and three other activists of the movement are continuing their hunger strike in support of Alexei Navalny. They demand to let a doctor visit the oppositionist in a penal colony. The hunger strike is taking place amid the detentions of Alexei Navalny’s supporters in various cities of Russia.

The police brought Nurmagomed Mamuev, who had been held in custody since March 26, after his deportation from Germany, to the village of Shalazhi, the Human Rights Centre *(HRC) “Memorial”* reported.

The residents of the Syunik Region advocating the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister have blocked the way for Nikol Pashinyan's motorcade; and he himself was forced to leave the city of Agarak.

The "Grozny" TV Channel has issued a story to prove the fair victory of Adam Kadyrov, a Ramzan Kadyrov's son, at the boxing tournament. Instagram users treat the reporters as biased.

The residents of the city of Kaspiysk, Bagauttin Medjidov, Ismail Narchavov, Felix Pirveliev, Murad Abdulkerimov and Gusein Ramazanov, sentenced to long prison terms on charges of creating a terrorist community and preparing an attack on a policeman, were tortured after detention; grenades and ammunition were planted on them. This was stated by their advocates Nadezhda Borodkina and Magomed Magomedov.

The court's conclusions on the need to arrest Djamilya Guseinova, an Azerbaijani citizen suspected of attempted theft, have not been confirmed by the case materials, the advocate, Irina Khurzokova, asserts. According to her version, Guseinova lost her child after the arrest and signed a confession, being unable to read and write in Russian.

Elderly women from the Baku dwelling settlement of Turkan continued their hunger strike, demanding to restore their rights to land plots near the Caspian Sea, and to release the local resident arrested after providing them with consultations.

After the autumn combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, the bodies of 362 Azerbaijani soldiers, placed on the list of those missing in action, have been found. The search for other 24 soldiers continues.

Today, Karabakh rescuers have found the remains of two soldiers killed during the combat actions. The total number of the dead bodies found has reached 1546.

Young women, who posted their topless photo near the Sulak Canyon after their visit to Dagestan, should remove it from the Internet, the deputy chief of the Untsukul district administration claims. The official threatens to file a complaint to the law enforcement bodies about insulting the feelings of believers. The Sulak Canyon is not designated as a sacred place, one of the young women argues.

The jury of the Doc.Sydney Australian International Documentary Film Festival found the film “Goryanki” (Mountain Women) by Maryam Makhieva, a film director from Kabardino-Balkaria, as the best full-length film.

The directory of the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service), prepared for the All-Russian Population Census, lists over ten nationalities containing the word "Cossack". The demands of the Cossacks living in Southern Russia to recognize them as a people are historically justified; however, they sound amid the erosion of Cossacks' national identity, scientists have pointed out.

Some Russian delegates voted against discussing the issue of returning Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from Azerbaijan, the rest of them have abstained. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) must react to this decision, residents of Armenia have noted.

On April 19, the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party and opposition parties signed an agreement to hold parliamentary elections and release political prisoners. The deal gives oppositionists a chance to enter the parliament while maintaining their reputation, analysts believe.

After the village of Shurnukh in the Syunik Region of Armenia occurred on the border with Azerbaijan, posts of Azerbaijani militaries are deployed near residential buildings; and the villagers are afraid to be under fire in the event of a new aggravation, the "JAMnews" writes.

Azerbaijani authorities are deliberately protracting the release of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), and wouldn't disclose the real number thereof, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. The Armenian delegation managed to achieve the inclusion of the POWs' issue into the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) agenda, Armenian MPs have informed.

Employees of the Sotk mine have blocked roads, demanding a fixed salary and paying off the debts. In its turn, the "GeoProMining Gold" Company treats the complaints as unjustified and threatened to send the entire collective to unpaid leave.

In his appeal complaint, Murad Manapov, the deputy coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Dagestan, treats his detention and arrest as unlawful. The Makhachkala court failed to account for the activist's arguments, his advocate ha stated.

Ella Kesaeva, the co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” public committee, and four other activists of the movement began a hunger strike in solidarity with oppositionist Alexei Navalny.

In Grozny, law enforcers oblige drivers to remove the tint film from their cars, but use similar tinting themselves, Instagram users point out.