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The Makhachkala activists, Arsen Magomedov and Murad Manapov, were taken to a police station after they recorded a video in support of the journalist, Ivan Golunov, arrested in Moscow, and the Circassian activist, Martin Kochesoko.

A soldier of the Azerbaijani Army has died as a result of a shot from the opponent's side on the troops contact line, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed, accusing Armenia of a provocation.

By Ramzan Kadyrov's decree, Yusup Aliev, a 15-year-old semi-finalist of the musical contest "You are super!" was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Chechnya. This decision devalues the title, local cultural workers and social network users believe.

On June 8, policemen searched the office of the NGO "Khabze" and detained its head Martin Kochesoko and other activists, sources told the "Caucasian Knot".

The Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, who was found by the Russian court to be an infringer of the migration legislation, has been placed, instead of being deported, into a temporary detention centre for foreigners located near Moscow. Abbasov has treated it as unjustified deprivation of freedom and went on a hunger strike.

On June 2-8, Azerbaijani servicemen shelled positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from small arms, mortars and grenade launchers, the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan gave a formal reply to the request of the journalist, Shakhveled Chobanoglu, to lift the ban on his leaving the country, which is in force for the fifth year already, his advocate has stated.

Only one of the four witnesses has confirmed his earlier testimony against Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of links with Syrian militants. One of the witnesses said that he had slandered Tumgoev under pressure, fearing for his own life.

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 19 times in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Artyom Besedin and Vlad Yanyushkin, the editors-in-chief of the "Yuga.ru" and "Free Media", have held solo pickets in Krasnodar in support of the journalist Ivan Golunov arrested in Moscow.

An exposition of 3D-models of monuments from the hard-to-reach ancient village of Kala-Koreish is held in Makhachkala. This project helps not only to fix and preserve the monuments, but also contributes to popularization of them, scientists believe.

The Nalchik City Court has extended, until September 25, the arrest of Barakh Chemurziev, one of the leaders of Ingush protests. His defence demanded to disqualify the judge, but the motion was rejected.

Colleagues of Ivan Golunov, a "Meduza" journalist, detained in Moscow on suspicion of drug dealing, associate his persecution with his professional activities.

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has refuted the media version that in Grozny, in order to hide a road accident, a woman's body was dropped from a high-rise building. However, local residents have pointed to precedents, when perpetrators of road accidents were whitewashed by means of frauds.

At the trial in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, the prosecutor asked to sentence Ikram Ragimov, the editor-in-chief of the "Realliq.info" website, to 6.5 years in prison. The journalist denies the charge and believes that his case is customized and related to his publications.

The quotas for the regions of Southern Russia for pilgrimage to Mecca, provided within last year's amounts, have not been fully bought out yet. Residents of Chechnya and Dagestan are outraged by the rising prices for the 2019 Hajj.

A Nalchik court has extended, until September 25, the arrest of Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush People. The arrest is telling negatively on Uzhakhov's health, because he cannot take medicines regularly, his defence has stated.

The advocate of the Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, said that his client would be expelled from Russia today.

The operation of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) built on the Gegarot River led to a deterioration of water quality. If the authorities fail to stop the HPPs, the river bed will be changed, local residents have threatened.