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In Paris, officials express their concern over the reports of violations of the rights of members of the LGBT community in the Chechen Republic. This was reported by Romain Nadal, the spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

One of the militants killed on April 11 in Dagestan has been preliminary identified as Ilyas Khalilov, who was involved in numerous terrorist crimes. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

At least five persons are involved in the abduction of a 19-year-old female resident of the village of Kantyshevo of the Nazran District of Ingushetia. One of the kidnappers has been identified. This was reported by investigators.

On April 12, the Primorsko-Akhtarsky Court has decided to release Mark Yavorsky from custody, who earlier had been found guilty of involvement in a double murder.

The conflict of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with Igor Sechin, Director of the “Rosneft” Corporation, has escalated, which resulted in the appearance of a version of the "Chechen trace" in the Saint Petersburg terror act, the Financial Times newspaper has reported. In their joint statement, Kadyrov and Sechin refuted this information, threatening to sue the newspaper.

Today, believers surrounded the "Gadji Djavad" mosque located in central Baku and prevented start of its demolition.

A Turkish court has ruled to place behind bars Djamalali Gadjiev, a native of Chechnya, detained on April 4 on the Syrian-Turkish border. According to law enforcers, Gadjiev took part in warfare for the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

Today, Communists of Volgograd have held a picket, dedicated to the Cosmonautics Day, near the building of the planetarium. According to the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the action was 30 people strong.

One of the militants, killed in Dagestan in a shootout with policemen was identified as Ilyas Khalilov, the leader of the "Makhachkala" grouping, said a law enforcement source.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has refused to grant a complaint against the verdict to blogger Mekhman Guseinov. Public activists treat the verdict as politically motivated.

In Derbent, law enforcers found explosive devices during searches carried out at five places of relatives and acquaintances of suspected militants. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of the region.

The Oslo District Court pronounced the decision to arrest for two weeks a 17-year-old Russian citizen, a native of Ingushetia, who was detained with an improvised explosive device. The young man does not admit his guilt and involvement in terrorist activities. This was reported by his advocate.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory has submitted to the Presidium of the Regional Court a proposal with a request to change the verdict to Mark Yavorsky, a visually impaired young man from Sochi, sentenced for 7.5 years of imprisonment on the charge of involvement in a double murder. The verdict has been challenged after the mother of the sentenced young man appealed to the Prosecutor's Office.

During the debate at the trial, Abdusalam Ramazanov, a native of the Tsuntin District of Dagestan, accused of trying to join militants in Syria, has pleaded not guilty. His defence has pointed to the absence of any evidence in the case, other than testimony of a witness, and requested the court to acquit the defendant. This was reported by an advocate of the defendant.

Ruslan Pavlyuk, a member of the Rostov branch of the extremist organization "Misanthropic Division" banned in the Russian Federation, charged and detained under Article 282, is also involved in the case of Vladislav Ryazantsev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was attacked in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by an official from the regional law enforcement bodies.

Employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were shelled in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, when they tried to stop a car for inspection; three attackers were killed, the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has reported, adding that the incident has occurred today at 9:25 p.m. The driver and the passengers opened automatic fire and tried to escape.

Magomed Kartoev, a resident of Malgobek, who complained about pressure from power agents, has disappeared while trying to leave Russia, his relatives have reported. Magomed Multsogov, the head of the human rights organization “Mashr”, has linked Kartoev's disappearance with a criminal case against his cousin.

A rally, dedicated to the international liberation day of prisoners of fascist concentration camps, was held today in Volgograd in Heroes Alley. According to the regional administration, it was 60 people strong – former prisoners of concentration camps, officials and schoolchildren.

Law enforcers have neutralized two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), found today during the searches conducted in the homes of relatives and friends of alleged militants, law enforcement sources of Dagestan have reported.

The blogger Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, has filed an appeal complaint against the decision of the court in Baku to extend his arrest by three months.