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Today, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has released a statement condemning the authorities of Azerbaijan for a new wave of attacks on freedom of expression in the country. The IRFS has also called on the Western countries and agencies to impose sanctions.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal filed against the refusal to change the pre-trial restriction measure to Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) for house arrest.

Last night, a local resident attacked law enforcers in the Lak District of Dagestan and was killed by return fire. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement agencies.

During the debate, an advocate of Shagid Gubashev has claimed that the arguments of public prosecutors do not confirm the version about the involvement of his client in the Boris Nemtsov's murder. The advocate has requested the court to acquit Shagid Gubashev.

Today, in Tbilisi, people have held an action against extradition of Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish citizen, accused in Turkey of aiding and abetting terrorists.

In Volgograd, an office of supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a building in Peace Street could work a little more than a day. This was reported by Anastasia Andreeva, a staff member of the office.

Today, Sochi opens its 28th "Kinotavr" Russian Film Festival. The main programme of the festival includes 14 films. Of them, seven works are the debuts of young film directors.

Makhachkala policemen who opened fire at a cow from firearms in the middle of a busy street showed an example of cruel treatment of animals, states the regional animal protection centre "Zoolife".

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced renaming the "Terek" Football Club (FC) into "Akhmat" as a final fact. Fans of the club in social networks have criticized this decision.

The Azerbaijani Centre for Defence of Political Prisoners has updated the list of political prisoners, by adding four new arrested ones and excluding one inmate found dead at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The total number of political prisoners on the list is 165 persons; the new list was presented at a press conference on June 6.

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.