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The official voter turnout at the election of the Russian president in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) were overstated, volunteers report, who compared the data of video records from some polling stations with the official data of the Central Election Commission (CEC), the "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

The cassation complaints against the blocking of websites azadliq.info (the website of the Azadlig newspaper) and azadliq.org (the website of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty) were denied today by the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan.

During the week from May 28 to June 3, 2018, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least one person was killed; no information about wounded was received. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Despite the fact that the exact date for the end of Ramadan fasting has not been defined, Chechnya has seen the growth of prices on juices, meat, and butter by 10-25 roubles, local residents have stated.

Today, in Yerevan, a number of private carriers have gathered in front of the government building. They are dissatisfied with the fact that their buses are not allowed to cross the Russian border due to the absence of interstate licences.

Today, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has announced that during the strike declared by metro drivers who demand a salary increase, residents of the Georgian capital can use buses for free. The City Mayor has also noted that the authorities do not intend to meet the strikers' demands.

Protests in Georgia after the court judgement on two schoolboys' murder; celebration of the Republic Day in Azerbaijan; Syria's recognition of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence, –read about these and other events in the review on the developments in the Caucasus during the week from May 28 to June 3, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The protesters who continue participating in the rally in Stepanakert insist on the resignation of the heads of the Prosecutor's Office, the National Security Service (NSS) and the police. The president ordered the government to promptly react to citizens' complaints, Araik Arutyunyan, the State Minister, told addressing the rally.

Leaders and supporters of the "United National Movement" (UNM), "Civil Platform-New Georgia", "State for the People" and the National Democratic Parties have joined the protests demanding a change of power. However, the oppositional Republican Party refused to support the action.

The man killed in the shootout in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan has been identified as the leader of the "Tsumadin" grouping of militants, the Russian National Antiterrorist Centre (NAC) reports.

Law enforcers are conducting counterterrorist operation (CTO) in a mountainous area and introduced the CTO regime in a part of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, including the dwelling settlements of Kvanada and Gimerso, said a source from the Operational Headquarters in Dagestan of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The Muftiate's statement about Yunus-Bek Evkurov's renunciation from the Muslim community is a pre-election step Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, believes. Moscow is unlikely to refuse to support Ingush leader Evkurov, said Bagaudin Khautiev, a lawyer.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has opened a criminal case on hooliganism after the incident with law enforcers in Stepanakert, the NKR's capital. Participants in the protest rally agreed to disperse and go home, but stated that their resignation demands remain in force.

Students of Tbilisi universities did not support the political demands of the participants in the action "#don'tkill", and held a separate solidarity action with the father of one of the stabbed schoolboys, without any resignation demands.

About 500 people went to an unsanctioned rally in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, demanding direct election of the head of the republic. They handed their demands over to the Speaker of the Parliament of Ingushetia.

From May 27 till June 2, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire by making about 3000 shots on the positions of the Defence Army. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

Inspectors from the "Chechenenergo" Company, who visit people at home, often behave rudely, and sometimes they even demand to pay for electricity even for the current month, report residents of Grozny. According to the Mayor of Grozny, for two days of raids, about 400,000 roubles were collected.

On June 1, on the International Children's Day, exhibitions and concerts were held in Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert held a concert with involvement of young patients from the Autism Centre. According to the director of the Stepanakert rehabilitation centre, the International Children's Day is a perfect occasion to pay attention to the problems of children with disabilities.

On June 1, a father of another killed teenager supported Zaza Saralidze, who initiated a protest action, but urged him to trust investigators and the authorities.

The action "#don'tkill" is used in Tbilisi for political aims, the "Georgian March" has stated and organized its own protest action. The police detained over 10 participants thereof, including Tristan Tsitelashvili, one of the leaders of the "Georgian March".