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The case against Rashid Kandji-ogly, sentenced in absentia under the charge of killing Gigi Otkhozoriya, has been closed in connection with the fact that Georgia did not provide the necessary investigative materials. This was reported by Adgur Agrba, Military Prosecutor of Abkhazia.

After the kidnapping of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani opposition journalist, his family members have considered further stay in Georgia to be insecure. This was stated by the journalist's wife. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has assured that the Georgian authorities are not involved in the Afghan Mukhtarly's kidnapping.

The shooting of the mutiny in Novocherkassk in June 1962 led to stronger fight against dissent and the revival of the atmosphere of fear in the country; however, it also contributed to the emergence of a strong dissident movement – this was stated by the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Actions in support of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly will be held every day, protesters said in Tbilisi. According to their version, Georgian authorities must clearly answer the question of who was involved in journalist's kidnapping – Georgian special agents or criminals.

Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, and his wife Amina Okueva were hospitalized to a Kiev hospital with heavy gunshot wounds, said Artyom Shevchenko, the head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia on the complaint filed by Noe Mskhiladze, a native of Georgia, will help to release stateless persons kept in special detention centres. This was stated by advocates Olga Tseitlina and Marina Dubrovina, who noted that earlier, Russian courts completely ignored the rights of stateless persons.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has dismissed the appeal lodged by Makhachkala Mayoralty, which demanded to invalidate the inspection certificates of the houses included into the programme of emergency and dilapidated housing.

As a result of the night shelling, two houses were damaged in the village of Baganis; no villages were hurt, said Narek Sahakyan, the head of the Armenian pre-border village.

The Zyuzinsky Court of Moscow has scheduled for June 13 the consideration of a lawsuit filed by staff members of the "Zvezda" TV Channel against journalist Arkady Babchenko because of his post in the social network about victims of the Tu-154 plane crash over the Black Sea in last December.

The Georgian special services may be involved in the kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly. This was stated by participants of a protest action in Georgia. They protested with whistles.

In the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, public prosecutors have considered the guilt of the defendants as proven and requested the jury to pronounce the verdict of guilty. Journalists how were monitoring the trial noted a number of inconsistencies in the case.

The Sabail District Court of Baku has dismissed the motion for changing the pre-trial restriction measure to Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested for three months. The defence intends to appeal against the Court's decision.

Ramzan Kadyrov has invited journalists to Chechnya after Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), requested him to organize a trip for a Finnish journalist who asked about the situation of gays in Chechnya.

Ramazan Guseinov won the gold medal of the European Youth Kettlebell Championship.

Journalist Afghan Mukhtarly was kidnapped in Tbilisi with the consent of the Georgian authorities, which increased the pressure on opponents of the regime of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev. This opinion was voiced by the Azerbaijani activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The defendants sentenced in the case of an attempt to create a Caliphate in Kabardino-Balkaria will appeal against the decision of the court. This was announced by advocate Lyudmila Ragulina. The court could have made a softer decision, believes advocate Yuri Bachurin.

Argishti Kiviryan, a coordinator of the agency "Armenia Today", has claimed that the police acted outside the law. The police state that the activist was detained on suspicion of wearing cold steel arms.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Shali District of Chechnya has found that caricatures published in the network in support of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo could offend believers' religious feelings.

Policemen had to use their firearms when they tried to kill a mad cow in Nasrutdinov Avenue, said Ruslan Ibragimgadjiev, the spokesman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan. A video of the cow chase appeared on the Internet.

The court in Rostov-on-Don has passed guilty verdicts to the defendants, accused of an attempt to create a Caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They were sentenced to 6-16 years in prison.