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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".

On May 31, activists of the Voronezh Human Rights House held an action in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". During the action held under the motto "Solidarity is stronger than injustice!" townspeople were signing postcards for Titiev.

The practice of girls' genital mutilation is carried out with the silent support of males; and the state is passive, says the study of the "Legal Initiative", which estimated the number of victims of girls' circumcision in Northern Caucasus for the year.

Last night, supporters and opponents of the president of the Judo Federation of Georgia had a brawl; one of them was wounded.

Marat Dinaev, the chairman of "Putin's Detachments", has dissolved the movement, saying that activists' actions in Krasnodar were misunderstood. The experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" doubted the sincerity of the hunger strike, allegedly announced by movement members.

The Tbilisi City Court sentenced the defendants in the case of killing two schoolboys in Tbilisi to 10.5 years and to 9.75 years of imprisonment. At a meeting with the father of one of the casualties, the Georgian President promised to do everything for stability in the country.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that he forgave Isa Khamkhoev, the chairman of the Spiritual Muslims' Centre of Ingushetia for his statement about Evkurov's excommunication from the Muslim community and invited him to be his guest.

About 20,000 schoolchildren will go on vacation to summer camps in the territory of Chechnya. The number of vouchers for spending vacations outside the republic has decreased noticeably. Parents of the schoolchildren, who have visited the Crimea, regret that this year will not be able to send them there.