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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.

In Rostov-on-Don, the court has imposed a fine in the amount of 15,000 roubles on Timofei Martynenko, a volunteer of the office of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, for involvement in a rally. The court's decision will be challenged, an activist's advocate reports.

The journalist accused of illegal border crossing and smuggling faces a new heavier charge. Afghan Mukhtarly is charged with rendering resistance to a public official. The defence treats the charge as unfounded.

A rock fall has blocked the road and stopped motor traffic in the Tlarat District towards over 30 settlements. The municipal administration organized a pass through the blockage for the schoolchildren, who were on the way to the facilities, where their Unified State Examination (USE) was held.

In the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, the Moscow District Military Court has scheduled the debate of the parties for June 1. The investigation has been declared to be completed. Defendant Tamerlan Eskerkhanov was removed from the trial until the end of the debate.

The "Levada Centre" has found out that 25% of Russian citizens experience respect and sympathy for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. According to the data published by the "Caucasian Knot", 49% of Russian citizens believe that Ramzan Kadyrov can be trusted.

In Tbilisi, protesters demanded explanations from Georgian authorities about the kidnapping of the Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly. The police launched an inquiry under the article on illegal deprivation of liberty, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported.

The Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has cancelled the verdict against journalist Elena Nadtoka, sentenced for harsh criticism of the Mayor of Novocherkassk, and all subsequent decisions on the case. The criminal case against the journalist has been sent for reconsideration, reports advocate Tumas Misakyan.

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has condemned the detention of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who lived in Tbilisi. The AI has recognized Afghan Mukhtarly as a "prisoner of conscience" and demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to release him.

Kantemir Balagov has forbidden showing in Nalchik his film "Tesnota" (Squeeze), which won the FIPRESCI prize of the International Federation of Cinematographers. He has motivated his decision by the reaction of the city authorities. Kantemir Balagov has reported his decision on his page in Facebook.

At trial in the Rizvan Ibragimov's case, the court has pronounced a decision to oblige a resident of Chechnya, after whose complaint the case was instituted, to appear in the courtroom.

According to law enforcers, detained natives of Dagestan were plotting an explosion in a shopping centre in Rostov-on-Don.

At the World Championships in Kyokushinkai Karate, Kantemir Beslaneev from Kabardino-Balkaria has been defeated by Igor Ryadnov, a karate athlete from Moscow. The athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria took the third place.

After more than 12 years, a reconsideration of the verdict against journalist Elena Nadtoka, sentenced for criticizing the Mayor of Novocherkassk, is connected with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which recognized that the Russian authorities had violated the Elena Nadtoka's right to freedom of expression.

Residents of the street, renamed in honour of Magomed Nurbagandov and his brother Abdurashid, express regret about the forthcoming paper red tape. The Makhachkala residents, who will not be affected by these problems, support the renaming decision. Among locals, there are those, to whom Nurbagandov surname says nothing, as well as those who would not like to change anything.

No information on the whereabouts of Idris Abzagirov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Korkmaskala, is available since April 11, his relatives assert. According to their story, investigators allude that Abzagirov was in the car burned out after the shootout, but "they say nothing directly."

The Adler District Court made an absurd decision to deport Anzor Arslanuk, a Russian citizen, to Syria, Oksana Trenbach, his advocate, has stated. Arslanuk has dual citizenship, his mother Tamara Stas has noted.

Sevinj Vagifgizi, a freelance journalist, was detained at the Central Office of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan, when she wanted to find out the fate of Afghan Mukhtarly, brought to Baku from Tbilisi.

The truckers' reluctance to quarrel with the Kremlin and the absence of mass actions make their protests imperceptible to authorities. With such an attitude, they will face difficulties in getting any essential population's support, Dmitry Oreshkin, a political scientist, and Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Board of the Moscow Carnegie Centre, have stated.

Afgan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani journalist, who was searched by his relatives, was taken from Tbilisi to Baku, and is kept in the Central Department of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan, the advocate Nemat Kerimli has reported.