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A resident of the village of Novye Atagi has lost his leg as a result of his wound received while trying to prevent armed people from kidnapping his neighbour, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has reported. According to his story, the shooter was a law enforcer.

The prohibition of the gay parade and two LGBT pickets, scheduled in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, for August 2018, has been appealed against at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today, Nikolai Alekseev, an LGBT movement activist, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The authorities of the majority of the republics of Northern Caucasus and Adygea announced days off on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. On the eve of the celebration, the leader of Ingushetia called on the law enforcement bodies to give relief to petty offenders, and the Caucasian Muftiates reported holding collective iftars (collective breaking of the fasting) not only in their regions, but also beyond them.

In Makhachkala, the Soviet District Court took into custody for two months four Jehovah's Witnesses*, who were detained after searches in their apartments.

Decision of the ECtHR in the case on the disappearance of 12 residents of Chechnya; return of Ukrainian citizenship to Mikhail Saakashvili; detention of top-ranking law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria in the case on bribery, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 27-June 2, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, the Tbilisi Court of Appeal has increased the sentences to 11 years and 3 months of imprisonment for both defendants accused of killing schoolchildren in Tbilisi, advocates reported. Zaza Saralidze, the father of the murdered schoolboy, called the court's decision fair.

People suspected of the armed attack against supporters of Samvel Babayan, the former Minister of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, were charged with illegal acquisition of weapons and ammunition. The court arrested them for two months, the spokesperson of the Investigating Committee of Armenia reports today.

During the week of May 27-June 2, 2019, no one fell victim to 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 other open sources.

During the last 24 hours, the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was broken for 28 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The Baku's idea of attracting a delegate of the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to negotiations on Karabakh settlement will violate the earlier agreements and finally drive the talks to deadlock, the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

A new micro-district in the Nadterechny District intended for resettlers from landslide zones has been named after the former head of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov. The intensive "akhmatization" of the Chechen ideology is going on, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Policemen will not be able to ensure the safety of the participants of the "Tbilisi Pride" initiative group, who have announced a march and a series of meetings for LGBT activists in Tbilisi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

On June 2, the participants in the picket held in the city of Gukovo raised money to go to Moscow, where several miners plan to hold protest actions. Some residents expressed their disappointment with the results of actions and refused to come to pickets in the future.

The lawyer, Yalchin Imanov, who is defending Azerbaijani political prisoners, has received the "Republican of the Year" Prize, awarded by the D18 civil movement.

In the period from May 26 to June 1, units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan fired over 3500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The "Rosobrnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervising Education and Sciences) has allowed Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia to transfer those unified state exams (USE) of high school graduates, which coincide with the celebration of Uraza-Bayram. However, critics of this decision point out that passing the exams on reserve dates will reduce graduates' chances to enter the budget-funded departments of universities and eliminates a possibility of re-passing the required exams.

Sixteen participants of actions against the policy of Nikol Pashinyan were taken to police stations in Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor; protocols have been drawn up on eight of them, the police have informed. Activists say that 30 of them were taken to police stations.

Fines for participating in the action on the Republic Day have been imposed on other four activists. Thus, all the oppositionists detained on May 28 have been punished.

In Grozny, a mass breaking of the fast was attended by townspeople, residents of neighbouring regions and tourists, the Grozny Mayoralty has reported. The blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, had called to boycott the event, since it was organized by the authorities.

In Armenia, activists who staged a protest action against the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, were taken to the police, the NGO "Adekvad" has reported. Law enforcers have stated that all those detained for an administrative offense were released.