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On June 6, about 10 Category I invalids held a protest in front of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan in Baku. They demanded to increase their disability benefits and exempt them from utility payments.

In the course of a joint operation conducted on the two countries' border, law enforcers detained 29 people, who have been wanted, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

More than 100 citizens have left the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to take part in terrorist organizations, while there are no terrorist groupings left in the republic, Nazir Mamkhegov, the Deputy Head of the KBR's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has stated.

In Baku, at the trial in the case against Fuad Akhmedli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the completion of the investigation has been announced. Public prosecutor has requested to sentence the activist to seven years of imprisonment. The defence will insist on the verdict of acquittal.

At the building of the Transport Prosecutor's Office of Bryansk, Murad Amriev has identified a law enforcer from Chechnya as a person who tortured him in 2013. Law enforcers made the right decision when they released Murad Amriev, emphasizes human rights defender Igor Kalyapin.

Today, in the course of the debate in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder, advocates of the victim party have delivered their speeches. They have claimed that the crime has not been solved, since its organizers and ordering customers are at large, and the guilt of defendant Bakhaev has not been proven.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint filed by advocates against the arrest of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly. The defence intends to file new motions seeking the change of the pre-trial restriction measure.

At the Georgian Parliament, journalists have held a rally in support of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani journalist, who was kidnapped in Tbilisi.

Mukhmad Bagakashvili, a 25-year-old native from the Pankisi Gorge, has perished in the Middle East in the aviation attack on the positions of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, Georgian mass media have reported.

The police have released Murad Amriev, a world champion in MMA, who was declared blood feud in Chechnya, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

Abulmuslim Alibegov, a resident of Makhachkala, accused of stealing money and gold from a deposit box at the "Rosselkhozbank", has claimed that he was kidnapped by law enforcers, who tortured him with electric current and forced him to confess to the crime.

In the case against Rizvan Ibragimov, accused of extremism, the court has questioned three witnesses, including a woman from Chechnya, after whose complaint the very criminal case was instituted. The witness has said she did not remember why and how she filed her complaint.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint filed by Azerbaijani activist Giyas Ibragimov against the verdict of guilty and upheld the decision to deprive him of liberty for 10 years. The defence intends to file a cassation appeal.

In Stepanakert, six soldiers and officers, who were seriously wounded during the April war in 2016, received Niva cars as gifts. The cars were provided from Russia as a charitable aid by Karen Khachatryan, a native of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) on the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone is of benefit for the Azerbaijani side. This opinion was voiced by Stepan Grigoryan and Arman Navasardyan. According to Tigran Grigoryan, the report is primarily designed to increase the attention of the world community to the Karabakh conflict.

The Muslims brought to police stations during mass detentions in Makhachkala have been released home, said Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of the "Tangim" Mosque. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said that they have no information about these detentions.

The 14th International "Golden Apricot" Film Festival in Yerevan received about 1100 applications from 96 countries. This year, the organizers for the first time allowed spectators to take part in choosing films through an Internet-based polling.

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation, has commented on the refusal of Finnish journalist Erkka Mikkonen to travel to Chechnya. She wrote on Facebook that he was "scared" and refused to visit Chechnya under the pressure of his bosses.

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has decided to provide protection for family members of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, kidnapped in Tbilisi.

An arrest of a 17-year-old native of Ingushetia, accused of storing explosives, was extended by other two weeks. This was reported by his advocate Zhavid Shakh. The detainee insists on his innocence. According to members of the Caucasian Diasporas, the suspect lived in the town of Vadsø.