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A Russian artist who drew caricatures of Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska.

The actions of the paramedic who examined a kindergarten student in Makhachkala but refused to hospitalize her were classified by investigators after the girl's death as abandonment to danger.

The Nalchik City Court has declared a lengthy recess in the murder case of Russian judo champion Aslan Kambiev. The lawyer for the victim complained about the delays.

On the 565th day of continuous protests, supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered outside the parliament building demanding the release of prisoners of conscience.

Residents of the flooded villages of Adil'otar, Kadyrotar, and Tutlar called for coastal protection work, including the mandatory construction of a levee, and complained that they were not receiving responses from the authorities to their requests.

This year, military personnel from France and Greece will join the Armenian-American Eagle Partner exercises. The exercises begin on June 17.

Despite the absence of formal discrimination based on nationality, activists and researchers working on the ethnic and cultural rights of national minorities in Azerbaijan often come under pressure from the authorities, according to human rights lawyer Samad Rahimli. Facebook* users have been actively discussing the status of the state language and the rights of national minorities.

Mathematician Mikhail Verbitsky was released from custody three days after being detained at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport, but is still unable to leave Armenia.

The Krasnodar Regional Court found a Novorossiysk resident guilty of treason and sentenced him to 18 years in a maximum-security prison.

Magaram Abugadzhiev from Khasavyurt was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 1,987 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The "Strong Armenia" bloc is preparing a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court to invalidate the election results. Political analysts have questioned the opposition's ability to organize mass protests.

The cargo in seven wagons includes 490 tons of grain.

The exclusion of provisions guaranteeing territorial integrity and inviolability from the Constitution of Kabardino-Balkaria could lead to the federal center gaining the ability to unilaterally change the republic's borders, without regard for the opinions of its authorities or established historical circumstances, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" explained.

Residents of the 9th Kilometer neighborhood in Krasnodar held a protest demanding a visit from the city mayor. They complained that utility services were not pumping water from the streets, which were flooded after heavy rain.

The prosecutor's office and the human rights ombudsman must ensure the rights of Jamila Garunova, a victim of domestic violence who ended up in a pretrial detention center in Makhachkala despite being six months pregnant, social media users wrote.

Vladikavkaz residents, commenting on social media about street flooding after rain, demanded that utility services and regulatory authorities address the long-standing stormwater drainage problem.

Activists held a rally in Vienna in support of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev. They appealed to Kazakhstani authorities not to extradite him.

A court in Nalchik fined Sabina Balkarova, finding her guilty of discrediting the army.

A passenger posted a video on social media showing a hole in the floor of a Makhachkala minibus. Local residents, commenting on the video, criticized the work of public transport oversight agencies.

Chechen native Mansur Movlaev said that one of the employees at the pretrial detention center in Kazakhstan, where Movlaev is awaiting a decision on his extradition case, periodically insulted him, threatened him, and exerted psychological pressure.