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According to activists of the NGO "Ochag" (Hearth) and volunteers involved in rendering assistance to immigrants, the main problems of repatriates from Syria in Kabardino-Balkaria are the language barrier and the problems with employment.

Today, Umakhan Umakhanov, a resident of the village of Kokrek of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has been kidnapped by armed men in masks. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by relatives of the kidnapped man.

The actions of Donchi-ool pensioners, charged with illegal felling of trees, contain no components of crime. This was reported by Dmitry Dopua, an investigator of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Central District of Sochi.

At a hearing of the North-Caucasian Military Court in the case of an attempt to create a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the Court has questioned Marina Shogenova, the mother of defendant Oleg Miskhozhev.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given the government of Azerbaijan three months to respond to the questions in the case against Ilkin Rustamzade, an imprisoned young activist of the movement "Nida".

The decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to uphold the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was predictable. It proves the political nature of the prosecution. This was stated by human rights defenders Oleg Orlov, Tatiana Lokshina, and Lyudmila Alekseeva.

The activities of the Commission on adaptation of militants in Ingushetia have been resumed after a one-year break. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

During their visit to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", agents of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) asked him about the editorial policy of the "Caucasian Knot" and offered to cooperate with them. A permit to meet him was issued to agents by a judge of the Shali District Court of Chechnya.

Prior to attacking policemen in Grozny, militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia, recorded a video, showing 11 persons swearing to the IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and calls to commit terror acts in Russia, including against civilians. Today, IS supporters have posted the video on the Internet.

Advocate Elchin Sadygov has challenged the arrests of two internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were arrested for involvement in a protest action against power interruptions in villages for IDPs. The advocate treats the arrest of the IDPs as violation of their right to freedom of assembly.

Alexei Knedlyakovsky and Victor Chirikov, arrested for participation in the action near the monument to Dzerzhinsky in Krasnodar, have gone on a hunger strike, their advocates have reported. The advocate of Mr Chirikov said that a complaint had been lodged against the arrest. The advocate of Mr Knedlyakovsky is concerned about his client's health.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has announced its decision on the case of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: the conviction passed by the Shali District Court of Chechnya was upheld.

In his last plea at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, Zhalaudi Geriev a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, presented evidence of his innocence. The last session before the debate was held in a raised voice; one of the panel judges raised his voice on Geriev and ran out of the courtroom, taking the case materials with him. In doing so, he failed to respond to the request of the presiding judge, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev.

The promised payment of salary debts was made to 1000 miners from three companies of the "Kingcoal" Group, which unites 10 companies, the coordinators of miners' protests have reported. They noted that the authorities had offered to extend the repayment of debts until September 2017, to which protesters do not agree.

The decision to include the Krasnodar-based public organization "Southern Human Rights Centre" (SHRC) on the registry of foreign agents has been made on the outcomes of the check, the Russia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported.

The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", and the defendant himself have called on the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to cancel the verdict passed by the first-instance Shali District Court. The prosecutor asked to uphold this verdict.

Five materials posted by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" about political prisoners, in particular, about Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Nikolai Klykh and Sergey Litvinov, were not labelled as materials posted by the organization recognized as a foreign agent, the court has stated and fined the HRC by 300,000 roubles.

Today, the participants of mourning rally in Sochi have honoured the victims of the Tu-154 aircraft crash with a minute of silence and laid mourning wreaths and flowers at the edge of the sea pier. Residents and visitors of the city continue bringing flowers to the chapel at the airport.

Caucasian militants attack power agents on their own initiative, but under the brand of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"); and the IS itself is interested to be associated with as many attacks as possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that many statements, in which the IS takes responsibility for armed incidents in the Caucasus, are unreliable.

After the crash in Sochi of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a number of popular users of social networks have posted their critical comments on the victims, condemning Russia's actions in Syria. Among such authors are the journalist Bozhena Rynska and her colleague Arkady Babchenko, a veteran of two Chechen wars.