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Azerbaijan reproaches Armenia for lack of desire for peace
Politics
Azerbaijan reproaches Armenia for lack of desire for peace
16 May 2025

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the day before that territorial claims against Baku enshrined in the country's Constitution can be ignored. This shows that Pashinyan is not interested in lasting peace and is only trying to maintain this situation as a backup option for resuming aggression against Azerbaijan in the future, the country's Foreign Ministry noted.

Five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport were given long terms
Human rights
Five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport were given long terms
16 May 2025

A court in Stavropol sentenced five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to imprisonment for terms ranging from 8 years to 8 years and one month. Kamil Khalatov, Dzhavad Abdullaev, Nazim Mirzakhanov, Mukhammad Dzhamalov, Ramis Khanaliev were found guilty of mass riots, armed resistance and the use of violence against government officials.

Contract soldier-criminal from Stavropol was convicted of four escapes from a military unit
Society
Contract soldier-criminal from Stavropol was convicted of four escapes from a military unit
16 May 2025

The Southern District Military Court sentenced contract soldier Khamidulla Mukhamedyaev from Stavropol Krai to 7 years in a special regime penal colony. He escaped from the military unit four times and committed robbery.

Ingushetia was invited to join Islamic banking
Economy
Ingushetia was invited to join Islamic banking
15 May 2025

Ingushetia may join the experiment to develop Islamic banking in Russia. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov.

The court upheld the sentence of human rights activist Oleg Orlov
Human rights
The court upheld the sentence of human rights activist Oleg Orlov
15 May 2025

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow rejected the appeal of the former co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov against his sentence. He, being abroad, asked for permission to participate in the trial via video link.

The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to journalists and human rights activists who suffered in an attack on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia
Human rights
The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to journalists and human rights activists who suffered in an attack on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia
15 May 2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russian law enforcement officials failed to act in the case of an attack on a minibus with participants in a press tour on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia in March 2016. In connection with this, Russia was ordered to pay compensation in the amount of six thousand euros to each injured journalist and human rights activist.

Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People officially appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey
Politics
Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People officially appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey
15 May 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky officially appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, former Russian political prisoner Nariman Dzhelal (Dzhelyalov) as Ambassador to Turkey.

Residents of Ingushetia to be tried for failure to report a crime
Human rights
Residents of Ingushetia to be tried for failure to report a crime
15 May 2025

A criminal case has been opened against five residents of Ingushetia under the article on failure to report a crime. According to the investigation, they (including two minors) failed to warn about the planned terrorist attack in the Sunzha church.

Chechen who fled Russia detained in Kazakhstan
Human rights
Chechen who fled Russia detained in Kazakhstan
15 May 2025

Mansur Movlaev, who was put on the wanted list in Russia and fled from the Chechen authorities, was detained in Almaty. It is reported that he had been living in this Kazakh city for the past year and a half.

Armenia prefers to buy weapons from India and France, not from Russia
Politics
Armenia prefers to buy weapons from India and France, not from Russia
14 May 2025

In 2022-2023, Armenia signed a number of contracts for the supply of weapons with India for a total of over $1.5 billion. France is in second place in terms of purchases in this area ($250 million).