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Activist from Dagestan was not released from the country
Human rights
Activist from Dagestan was not released from the country
5 May 2023

On May 5, the Khimki Magistrate Court arrested 23-year-old resident of Derbent Ulker Gashimova, who tried to leave Russia to seek political asylum in the Netherlands, where her fiancé lives.

Prigozhin showed the corpses of the “Wagnerites” and blamed the Chief of the General Staff for their deaths
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Prigozhin showed the corpses of the “Wagnerites” and blamed the Chief of the General Staff for their deaths
5 May 2023

The owner of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, released a video in which he showed the corpses of PMC soldiers and blamed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov for their deaths. According to him, soldiers are dying due to lack of ammunition.

Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine was placed in the SIZO on suspicion of espionage
Human rights
Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine was placed in the SIZO on suspicion of espionage
5 May 2023

Lefortovo district court of Moscow arrested Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine Leni Umerova in a case of espionage (article 276 CC). She was held for more than five months in Vladikavkaz, from where she was taken to Moscow today.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner worsened heart disease
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner worsened heart disease
5 May 2023

Crimean Tatar journalist Amet Suleimanov, who was sentenced to 12 years of age, suffers from arterial and mitral heart failure.

Dagestan’s Anti-war Resident Detained in Moscow
Human rights
Dagestan’s Anti-war Resident Detained in Moscow
5 May 2023

In the capital airport «Sheremetyevo» when trying to fly abroad siloviki detained resident Derbent Ulker Hashimova. 

Armenia: «Peace in the South Caucasus is impossible without Turkey and Azerbaijan»
Politics
Armenia: «Peace in the South Caucasus is impossible without Turkey and Azerbaijan»
5 May 2023

«We are hopeful that Turkey will take effective steps towards peace in the region,» said Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alain Simonyan. 

Falsification of expertise in the case of Zarema Musayeva was confirmed
Human rights
Falsification of expertise in the case of Zarema Musayeva was confirmed
5 May 2023

At the regular session of the Akhmatov Court of Grozny, the head of the Republican bureau of forensic examination Chumakov was interrogated. 

Salaries of doctors in the North Caucasus in the range of 51-60 thousand rubles - the lowest in the country
Economy
Salaries of doctors in the North Caucasus in the range of 51-60 thousand rubles - the lowest in the country
5 May 2023

Rosstat reports that the lowest average salary of doctors is recorded in Ingushetia. It is 51.2 thousand rubles per month. Karachaevo-Cherkessia - 53.1 thousand rubles, North Ossetia - 53.7 thousand. Kabardino-Balkaria - 55.8 thousand. Among outsiders are Dagestan (59.1 thousand rubles) and Chechnya (60 thousand).

In the Russian Federation, the Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine was suspected of espionage
Human rights
In the Russian Federation, the Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine was suspected of espionage
5 May 2023

Crimean Tatar citizen Lia Umerova became a suspect in a case of espionage. The Russian security forces brought a girl from Vladikavkaz to the Moscow detention facility of Lefortovo.

Four-day talks between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers ended in Washington
Politics
Four-day talks between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers ended in Washington
5 May 2023

Following the meetings in the United States, the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia reached mutual agreement on certain articles of the bilateral agreement on peace and establishment of inter-state relations. At the same time, the sides acknowledged that positions on some key issues remain different, as stated in Baku.