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Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, his father Raul Arashukov, and former heads of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E") and the Investigating Department for Karachay-Cherkessia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) became involved as defendants in a common criminal case, the defence reported.

An advocate was not allowed to visit Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), sentenced for posting a video criticizing a policeman. Defender Elchin Sadygov treats the above refusal in a visit to his client as an interference with his professional activities and a violation of the arrested activist's rights.

Within ten days, Armenia will first minimize and then lift the restrictions on economic activities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces. Meanwhile, residents are allowed to go for walks up to one kilometer from their place of residence.

Small shops, petrol stations, and car service stations will be opened providing for compliance with security measures, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has threatened to seize the property of violators. Local businessmen believe it is risky to resume activities in such conditions.

The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Security (IRFS) and members of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) called on the international community not to remain indifferent to human rights violations in Azerbaijan and help stop the persecution of government critics.

Authorities have begun actively using the coronavirus pandemic for putting pressure on independent mass media, says the statement made by the "Syndicate-100" Association of Russian Editions posted today.

42 residents of Chechnya face large fines for violating the self-isolation regime introduced in the republic because of the threat of coronavirus spread.

For the thirteenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case on the torture complaints submitted by three residents of the city of Anapa. For about four years of conducting various checks, a lot of opportunities have been lost to obtain evidence in applicants' favour, said Anna Kotsareva, a lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

The name of "Stalinir" will be used to designate the capital of South Ossetia along with the modern name of the city (Tskhinval or Tskhinvali) during the festivities dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the republic, has decided.

Law enforcers have beaten up Arif Babaev, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and forced him to abandon his political activities, his brother said.

A grenade has exploded in a car parked in a street in Volgograd, killing a man, a source from the city's emergency services has preliminarily reported.

Chechnya will most likely first open small shops, car service stations, and petrol stations with a small number of employees, the leader of the Chechen Republic has announced today.

Over 24 hours, in Dagestan, the number of cases of coronavirus infection increased by 167 and reached 994. These are the highest numbers among the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

A mother of Magomed Khaikharoev from the village of Assinovskaya, who was detained by law enforcers more than four months ago, has appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov. The woman has requested the leader of Chechnya to release her son. Instagram users supported the appeal of the woman.

In North Ossetia, the number of coronavirus cases increased by 148 over 24 hours and reached 549. According to the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision), the growth of the number of coronavirus-infected people increased significantly because of a mass protest in Vladikavkaz and violation of the regime of self-isolation by residents of the republic.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in a village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 25 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

On April 26, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia reported a launch of an investigation into a criminal case on a hooligan attack on relatives of advocate Seda Safaryan. The advocate herself associated the incident with her professional activities.

On April 26, the Tetritskaro municipality in the Kvemo Kartli Region was closed for quarantine. Block posts have been deployed at entrances thereto, Shota Rekhviashvili, the state representative of Kvemo Kartli, told the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.

Given the ban on collective namazes (prayers), believers of Southern Russia are praying at home and hold evening de-fasting during the holy month of Ramadan within their families. They have treated the restrictive measures with understanding.

Because of repairs of underground utilities, several streets in central Grozny are blocked. It has become more difficult for people in quarantine to make purchases within the time allotted by the authorities, residents of Grozny complained.