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An opposition supporter fainted after the clashes with the police. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:48, 30 May 2022

Four persons injured during protests in Yerevan

Mass detentions of opposition supporters took place in Yerevan. Four protestors injured near the government building, including two law enforcers, were hospitalized.

A plate on the building of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:23, 30 May 2022

Week of May 23-29 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from May 23 to May 29, 2022, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Clashes of the opposition supporters and law enforcers during the march to the government buildings in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video by the NEWS.AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtoZXaN7yo4

15:19, 30 May 2022

Yerevan: activists' march turns into clash with policemen

Pashinyan's opponents have marched along Yerevan streets and tried to break into the government building through the police cordon. Oppositional MPs have accused law enforcers of provocation, recalling their right to unimpeded entry into state institutions.

15:09, 30 May 2022

Azerbaijani oppositionist Razi Alyshov suspected of drug dealing

Razi Alyshov, a member of the Ganja city branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is suspected of drug dealing. The party believes that the activist is being persecuted for his political activities.

Marchers in Stepanakert. Screenshot of the video on the Yerevan Today Live YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFXr9n31Bws

14:44, 30 May 2022

Participants of large-scale action in Nagorno-Karabakh support Armenian protesters

On the occasion of the First Republic Day, solidarity actions with protesters against Armenian authorities were held in the cities of Stepanakert and Martuni. The action in Stepanakert was over 10,000 strong, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

14:39, 30 May 2022

Armenian MoD reports death of soldier wounded during shelling

The soldier who was wounded by shelling from Azerbaijan has died, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Training of the Chechen volunteers. Screenshot of the video on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2216

14:35, 30 May 2022

Telegram users urge MPs to send their sons to Ukraine via Chechnya

Hundreds of Russians come to Chechnya to get trained in Gudermes and volunteer for Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. The ranks of volunteers should be replenished by sons of MPs, commentators on the Internet have suggested.

One of the victims. Screenshot of the video by the "Formula" TV Channel https://formulanews.ge/News/71531

14:26, 30 May 2022

Transgender women complain about beating in Tbilisi

Several dozen men have beaten up and threw stones at five transgender women in Tbilisi, the victims have complained.

The Gudermes native apologizes for damaging letter Z on Mount Mashuk. Screenshot of the post on the Govorun26 Telegram channel https://t.me/govorun26/4072

12:03, 30 May 2022

Gudermes native publicly apologizes for damaging letter Z on Mount Mashuk

Ramazan Suleimanov from Gudermes has asked to forgive him for deliberately damaging the letter Z – the symbol of the special military operation on Mount Mashuk in Pyatigorsk.

The driver comments the video of his detention to the law enforcers. Screenshot of the video on the Telegram channel of Idris Cherkhigov, the chief of the Chechen GIBDD https://t.me/idrischerkhigov/56

12:00, 30 May 2022

Tough driver's detention is in conflict with Chechen traditions

Application of force to a person who tried to escape from a law enforcer is contrary to Chechen traditions, but this happens with authorities' approval. This is how Caucasian experts commented on the video with the cruel detention of a driver in Chechnya.

12:03, 29 May 2022

Resident of Fuzuli District blown up by mine

During agricultural works in the village of Gorazilli, Fizuli District of Azerbaijan, Khayal Abdullaev, a 23-year-old local resident, received numerous shrapnel wounds due to a mine explosion.

11:45, 29 May 2022

Putin signs law on dual citizenship with South Ossetia

The President of Russia has signed a law that will allow holders of South-Ossetian passports to take Russian citizenship without renouncing their current one.

Salekh Rustamov and Afghan Sadygov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot using photos published by the Turan and Caucasus Media, http://turan.az/ext/news/2018/5/free/Social/en/72369, https://oc-media.org/news-editors-arrested-for-extortion-in-azerbaijan/

11:16, 29 May 2022

Political prisoners Rustamov and Sadygov tell about consequences of hunger strikes in jail

The long-term hunger strikes held in prison had a negative impact on the health of the former Azerbaijani political prisoners Salekh Rustamov and Afghan Sadygov, who were released on May 28 under the pardon decree.

10:59, 29 May 2022

Azerbaijan rejects accusation of shelling Armenian positions

The report about the wounding of an Armenian soldier as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side is not true, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

16:29, 28 May 2022

Ingush policemen suspected of extorting a large bribe

Two employees of the Nazran line division for transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are suspected of extortion and receiving a bribe from a suspect in drug storing. The policemen are behind bars.

15:48, 28 May 2022

Seven members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment detained in Armenia

Today, law enforcers have detained seven members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, accused of capturing the building of the police regiment in July 2016, the National Democratic Pole (NDP) of Armenia has informed.

Azerbaijani Iti qovan drone at the Teknofest festival. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

15:19, 28 May 2022

Analysts compare Baku's military-technical cooperation with Ankara and Moscow

Azerbaijan is hosting the "Teknofest" aviation, space and technology festival, which is held outside of Turkey for the first time. Within its framework, it is planned to sign a number of agreements, and also an idea was announced to launch the production of "Bayraktar-Akinci" heavy drones in Azerbaijan. The Baku-Ankara military cooperation is unlikely to interfere with the Baku's cooperation with Moscow, since it is about the supply of different types of weapons, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

People stand in line at the ‘Psou’ border checkpoint. Screenshot: https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/646277/

13:41, 28 May 2022

Journalists comment on proposal to liquidate checkpoint on Abkhazian-Russian border

Ideally, the checkpoint on the Russian-Abkhazian border should be removed; but the Abkhazian society is extremely sensitive to this idea, seeing it as a step towards losing the independence, the journalists and political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Kemal Tambiev, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Abubakar Rizvanov. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

13:21, 28 May 2022

Relatives of figurants in Gadjiev's case complain about arrest of property

Part of the property belonging to relatives of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev is still under arrest, as investigators believes that this property had been bought for criminal money.

Rally in Yerevan. Image made from video posted by NEWS AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eU-kSex74

12:59, 28 May 2022

Marchers reveal details of harsh detentions at protests in Armenia

Law enforcers are regularly showing cruelty towards activists; after detentions, many protesters need doctors' help, suffered Yerevan activists have complained.

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