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A native of Chechnya faces expulsion from Armenia
Human rights
A native of Chechnya faces expulsion from Armenia
23 May 2023

The Armenian authorities will consider the extradition of Salman Mukayev, a native of Chechnya, to the Russian Federation. Russian law enforcement officers opened a criminal case against him for illegal possession of ammunition.

The countries of the South Caucasus are ahead of the Russian Federation in terms of mobile Internet speed
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The countries of the South Caucasus are ahead of the Russian Federation in terms of mobile Internet speed
23 May 2023

In the global rating of mobile Internet speed Speedtest Global Index, Azerbaijan is on the 58th line with an indicator of 39.12 Mbps. Georgia was in 68th place with an access speed of 31.84 Mbps, and Armenia - in 80th (26.25 Mbps).

The United States again reminded Georgia of the inadmissibility of air communication with the Russian Federation
Politics
The United States again reminded Georgia of the inadmissibility of air communication with the Russian Federation
23 May 2023

The US State Department again reminded Georgian companies serving Russian airlines at Tbilisi and Kutaisi airports of possible sanctions.

Two residents of Dagestan were fined under the article on
Human rights
Two residents of Dagestan were fined under the article on "discrediting" the Russian army
23 May 2023

Courts in Buynaksk and Makhachkala imposed fines of 30,000 rubles on Magomed Saidbegov and Shamil Dzhabrailov for anti-war statements.

Courts in Kabardino-Balkaria reject complaint against arrest of anti-war picket participant
Human rights
Courts in Kabardino-Balkaria reject complaint against arrest of anti-war picket participant
23 May 2023

The Nalchik City Court, and then the Supreme Court of the KBR, rejected the complaint of Pavel Ulibegov, who in March went on a solo picket at the entrance to the Government House of the Republic.

Robbery and looting in the Ministry of Education, discovery of the bodies of two previously abducted residents of Grozny
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Robbery and looting in the Ministry of Education, discovery of the bodies of two previously abducted residents of Grozny
22 May 2023

On May 22, 2001, at about 2 pm, the Russian military, using weapons, committed a robbery attack on the building of the Ministry of Education of the Chechen Republic, located on Pobedy Avenue in Grozny.

Diseases progress in Crimean Tatar political prisoner
Human rights
Diseases progress in Crimean Tatar political prisoner
22 May 2023

Crimean Tatar Remzi Memetov, sentenced to 9 years and serving a term in a Russian penal colony in Stavropol, was visited by relatives.

In Adygea, a local activist was sentenced to a fine for “fakes about the army”
Human rights
In Adygea, a local activist was sentenced to a fine for “fakes about the army”
22 May 2023

On May 22, the Supreme Court of Adygea approved the verdict against 39-year-old Igor Korotkov, who was found guilty under the criminal “article on fakes” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”).

Azerbaijani oppositionist who starved for more than three months was sentenced to four years in prison
Human rights
Azerbaijani oppositionist who starved for more than three months was sentenced to four years in prison
22 May 2023

The Garadagh District Court of Baku sentenced Zamin Salayev, an activist of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, to four years in prison.

The Russians hit the Dnepropetrovsk region: there are wounded
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
The Russians hit the Dnepropetrovsk region: there are wounded
22 May 2023

The Russian army struck the Dnepropetrovsk region, wounding at least eight people.