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May 21, 2017 14:53

• Armenian CEC refuses to cancel results of elections to Yerevan Council of Elders

  In Armenia, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has found no grounds in the demand of the opposition "Apricot Country" Party to cancel the results of the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan and finally approved the results of the voting. According to the information announced by the Armenian CEC, the Republican Party of Armenian (RPA) gained 46 mandates, the "Elk" bloc 14, and the "Apricot Country" Party five.

May 21, 2017 13:45

• Nalchik residents treat Circassian Memorial Day as strong factor for unity

  In Nalchik, more than 2000 people took part in the procession held on the Circassian Memorial Day. According to residents of Nalchik, Circassians should maintain the unity, and the Circassian Memorial Day contributes to that.

May 21, 2017 04:55

• Police seize Circassian mourning ribbons

  In the Krasnodar Territory, officials of the law enforcement agencies have seized a party of mourning ribbons manufactured to the 153rd anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. This was reported by Beslan Teuvazhev, a Circassian activist.

May 21, 2017 02:56

• Tenants of destroyed house request prosecutors to check "Volgogradgorgaz"

  In Volgograd, members of the initiative group of tenants of a house destroyed in a gas explosion have demanded to oblige the "Volgogradgorgaz" to pay compensation to cover the cost of lost apartments, property and moral damage.

May 20, 2017 23:55

• In Yerevan, protestors demand resignation of British Ambassador to Armenia

  On May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, in Yerevan, activists held an action in protest against an LGBT flag raised by the British Embassy in Armenia. Armenian activists have treated that act of the British Embassy as agitation and demanded public apologies.

May 20, 2017 22:51

• "PBS NewsHour" reports on detention of its journalists together with mosque-goers in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, members of the film crew of the American "PBS NewsHour" TV Channel, who were carrying out an edition's assignment, were detained together with believers of the mosque in Omarov Street after Friday prayers. In an hour and a half, the journalists were released and left the region.

May 20, 2017 21:04

• Supporters of Alexei Navalny hold agitation actions in Astrakhan

  In Astrakhan, participants of two pickets have informed the public about Alexei Navalny and also searched for volunteers to collect signatures for his registration as a presidential candidate. Each picket involved up to 10 people.

May 20, 2017 17:03

• Medical officers refuse surgery for blogger Mekhman Guseinov sentenced in Baku

  Medical officers of the Medical Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have pronounced diagnose of varicose veins for blogger Mekhman Guseinov sentenced for two years of imprisonment. However, they rejected the need for surgery. An advocate of the blogger does not agree with the decision of the medical officers.

May 20, 2017 13:21

• Chechen woman apologizes for complaining about Grozny authorities

  Yakha Beksultanova, who had complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the inaction of the authorities after the fire in Grozny, which deprived 95 people of their housing, brought a public apology.

May 20, 2017 11:17

• Residents of Southern Russia complain about mobile telephony problems

  On May 19, clients of the "MegaFon" mobile operator in the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) reported about interruptions with mobile communication and Internet. Problems were not massive, the mobile operator stated.

May 20, 2017 07:04

• All suspects killed in Karamakhi village pre-identified

  One of the suspects killed in an armed clash in the Dagestani village of Karamakhi has been identified as Nasu Ataev, a 40-year-old leader of the "Kadar" militant grouping. Three of his subordinates were killed together with him, the "Kommersant" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement agencies.

May 20, 2017 06:51

• Claimants on gays’ genocide in Chechnya declared state political background of lawsuit

  The lawsuit lodged to the International Criminal Court (ICC) with a demand to check the information about mass killings of people of non-traditional sexual orientation in Chechnya is aimed at increasing pressure on Russia to "save human lives." This was stated by activists of LGBT associations-initiators of the lawsuit.

May 20, 2017 05:01

• Akhmed Shevkhuzhev's relative convicted under "aiding and abetting" article

  The Baksan District Court has sentenced Bella Nakhusheva, a resident of the village of Islamey, to 4.5 years in jail for aiding and abetting a militant.

May 20, 2017 01:49

• In Georgia, opposition calls to recall Herbert Salber, co-chair of Geneva Discussions

  The activities of Herbert Salber, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the co-chairman of the Geneva Discussions, who congratulated Anatoly Bibilov on his victory at the presidential election in South Ossetia, harm Georgia. This was stated by the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

May 19, 2017 21:25

• Volgograd: tenant of destroyed house states compensation non-payment

  Levon Varuzhan, a tenant of the house, destroyed in Volgograd by an explosion of domestic gas, who had survived the Spitak earthquake, complains about non-payment of compensation and problems with evacuation of his belongings; however, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) asserts that all the tenants have taken out their things out of ruined apartments.

May 19, 2017 20:20

• Azerbaijani lawyers state legal grounds for searching Dagestani conscripts

  The declaring former Azerbaijani citizens, now living in Dagestan, as wanted is legal, if they had deserted prior to taking Russian citizenship, Azerbaijani lawyers believe. The state mobilization service has added that deviationists are not exempted from responsibility, when they change their citizenship.

May 19, 2017 18:45

• Resonant murder aggravates situation with land lease in KBR

  Unsettled land relations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have led to the killing of farmer Ruslan Kumakhov; villagers should receive a priority right to lease the land, the Association of Regional Peasants’ Farms (known as AKKOR) has stated. Ruslan Kumakhov was killed for his defending villagers’ interests before the lessees, the peasants believe.

May 19, 2017 16:51

• HRC "Memorial" declares three Sochi women to be political prisoners (+video)

  The verdicts to Marina Djandjgava, Inga Tutisani and Annik Kesyan, convicted for state treason, should be abolished, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” has stated.

May 19, 2017 16:13

• Prosecutor demands up to 20 years in prison for figurants in KBR’s caliphate case

  At the court session on May 18, the state prosecutor stated the defendants’ guilt of the attempt to create a Caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and called on the court to treat critically the defence witnesses’ testimonies.

May 19, 2017 14:49

• "Dozhd": transgender tells about first persecutions of gays in Chechnya

  A native of Chechnya was forced to leave Russia for the United States after she received two stabbings in Moscow. According to the woman, who was born a man, but changed the sex, the persecutions of people of non-traditional sexual orientation began in Chechnya back in 2007, the “Dozhd” (Rain) TV Channel reports.