As part of an official visit to the Italian Republic and the Vatican, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky met with Pope Francis.

Six opposition parties in Georgia issued a joint statement under the slogan "Let's do everything so that the country irreversibly embarks on the path to the European Union and NATO."

A "Wall of Remembrance" was opened in Baku for Azerbaijanis who died in the battles for Ukraine. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan.

May 12, 2001

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At 4.30 in the village of Geldagana (New Life) of the Kurchaloevsky district, the Russian military surrounded the house of Khamdi Khumadievich Gerikhanov, born in 1954, and then broke into it and killed his son, Umar, born in 1982.

Slavyansk, Konstantinovka and Zaporozhye were subjected to Russian rocket attacks, there were dead and wounded.

Today, the decision of the European Court was published, according to which the convicted ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was denied transfer to Warsaw for treatment. At the same time, Georgia was not instructed to transfer him to another medical facility within the country.

The court in Grozny rejected the request of the lawyers of the “Team Against Torture” for the examination of Zarema Musayeva’s state of health necessary for hospitalization. According to the judge, it is beyond doubt.

Timur Yalkabov, a Crimean Tatar political prisoner sentenced to 17 years, was returned to a cell in a Dimitrovgrad prison after three months in a punishment cell. Due to severe pain in his knees, he is forced to pray while sitting.

During the transfer from pre-trial detention center No. 1 to pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Simferopol, the guards hit the Crimean Tatar Ekrem Krosh several times. In addition, during the reception, his personal belongings and products were taken away from him.

A trial has begun in Baku on the case of the chairman of the regional organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, Zamin Salayev, who has been on a hunger strike for 94 days demanding his release.