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Stanislav Klykh, a citizen of Ukraine, sentenced in Chechnya to 20 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, declared hunger strike. The Ukrainian authorities announced their willingness to exchange prisoners, including Stanislav Klykh, with Russia.

Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has announced imposing security arrest on cars, apartments and a share in the authorized capital of legal entities in the criminal case against Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov, co-owners of the "Summa" Group of Companies.

In the evening on June 8, the 12-year-old orienteering competition participant disappeared during a training run in the forest in the Crimean District of the Krasnodar Territory. His search is underway, investigators report today.

Residents of the Chechen capital noted the enhancement of security measures in the area of "The Local" Hotel and the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium, where athletes from the Egypt national football team will be accommodated and trained for the period of the FIFA World Cup.

The minimum amount of this year's zakat (a form of alms-giving, treated in Islam as a mandatory religious charity that each believer should make upon completion of fasting in the month of Ramadan) should make 100 roubles (about $1.6), the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM of Muftiate) of Chechnya has informed.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated at the session of the parliament that the talks on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict are inefficient, unless one of the conflicting parties – the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) – take part in them, the TASS reports.

Today, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported detention of a man who is suspected of exerting pressure on the witnesses of the murder of two schoolboys.

Anar Mamedov, a member of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for disobeying law enforcers. Mamedov's arrest has to do with his participation in a protest action, the father and party colleagues have stated.

Gevorg Khachatryan, a serviceman of the Defence Army was wounded by shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

The militants killed today in Ingushetia has been plotting terror acts on the Muslim holiday of Uraza-Bayram, the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has stated.

In Saratov, participants of a picket organized by the "Strategy 6" called on the authorities to release political prisoners, including Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev.

Today, the customs service decided to let in the monograph on the role of Joseph Stalin in Soviet-Turkish relations, which was detained on June 7, Jamil Hasanli, the author of the book, has stated. He believes that the rapid resolution of the issue was facilitated by wide media publicity.

A special operation in Nazran became the second counterterrorist operation in Ingushetia since early 2018. In total, according to the law enforcement bodies, four persons were killed in two special operations.

There was a young woman among the suspects killed in Nazran in a special operation, and one of the suspected militants surrendered, sources from the law enforcement bodies report.

Two militants have been killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) announced in Nazran today, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

The Zhovtnevy Court of the Zaporozhye city has released Albert Bogatyryov, a 50-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, wanted by Russian investigators on the charge of taking part in training in a militant camp in Syria.

Journalist Svetlana Anokhina, an activist of the movement "City is Ours", tried to hold a picket against the construction of a temple in the territory of Ak-Gel Park. However, policemen did not let her unfold a poster and tried to detain her. The situation was resolved after journalists from local media arrived at the place. 

Customs officers in Azerbaijan have not let the parcel with several copies of a monograph on the role of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet-Turkish relations into the country. This is reported by Professor Jamil Hasanli, an author of the book, who heads the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF).

An anonymous message shown on the air during the "Direct Line" with Vladimir Putin on June 7 was related to Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, a relative of the Chechen leader, appointed the chief of the police in Grozny.

Today, the Tbilisi City Court has ruled to release on bail five members of the organization "Georgian March", detained within the case of an attack on a journalist of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company. Two other defendants were left in custody.