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The opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" is given two weeks to pay off its debt in the amount of 12,000 US dollars in front of the publishing house "Azerbaijan". Otherwise, the newspaper will be closed.

Ruzanna Egnukyan, an activist of the "Front of Armenian Women", who was recognized a victim in a clash with the police which occurred in Yerevan on March 24, refused to come to the investigator. According to her, she has nothing new to say to the investigators.

Last night, unidentified persons shelled a car of the director of the House of Culture of the village of Karabudakhkent. His life is not in danger, reports officials from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The explosion of a police car in the village of Novy Khushet which occurred last night became at least the fifth attack on law enforcers committed in the vicinity of the village during five years.

The new village of 30 houses is being constructed in the mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya, where on June 12, a landslide destroyed and damaged dozens of houses. According to the Shatoi District administration, the construction works are to be completed by July 6.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has stepped up the work on crimes that might be committed against the civilian population of South Ossetia in August 2008. In six months, representatives of The Hague Court are going to go to Tskhinvali.

The government of Nagorno-Karabakh completes the restoration works in the village of Alashan and continues the construction of a residential complex in the village of Kichan. It is planned to transfer residents of the village of Talysh there for a while.

Foreign visitors who intend to visit the events of the "Formula 1" Grand Prix in Baku should pay attention to the human rights problems in Azerbaijan. This was declared by the human rights organization "Freedom House". According to the organization, in Azerbaijan, more than 80 people were subjected to wrongful arrests.

Activists of the movement "New Armenia" have delivered a letter to the Yerevan Office of the United Nations (UN). The letter is addressed to the UN Secretary General, and it contains the demand to identify the instigator of escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On June 10, the court considered the claim filed by Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Transport and Construction of Communications" against the NPJSC "Krasnaya Polyana".

Just before the murder, Boris Nemtsov was fixed by a digital video recorder (DVR) of one of the passing cars. The record has no evidence that the persons accused of killing the politician had followed him, the "Rosbalt" reports, citing its source.

Valid Abdurashidov, the commander of the squadron of the "oil regiment" of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has replaced Umar Baisaev at the post of the head of the administration of the Urus-Martan District.

Visit of members of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) under the Russian President to the Stavropol Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia; beginning of Ramadan by Muslims of southern Russia; emergencies in Chechnya because of bad weather; "Kinotavr" film festival in Sochi; launch of campaign on the elections of deputies to the Parliament of Georgia; beating of an opposition MP in Nagorno-Karabakh, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 6-12, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

About 50 residents of the settlement of Dagomys held a rally and decided to appeal to the governor of the territory to take measures against constant flooding of the settlement that belongs to Sochi. Appeals to local authorities were fruitless, they said.

During the week of June 6-12, 2016, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The police carried out a raid at the marketplace "Empire" in Khasavyurt, specializing in selling clothes. According to merchants, the police seized goods, and as a result, clashes occurred. Merchants treat the police actions as unlawful.

In Baku, the police conducted one more search at the publishing house "Qanun" and seized part of the printed materials and the printing equipment. The owner of the publishing house treats the police action as unlawful.

According to the poll conducted by the "Levada-Centre", less than half of Russians – 44% – are aware that June 12 is the national holiday – the Day of Russia. On June 12, 1990, the declaration was adopted, thanks to which the country exists as such, Maksharip Yandiev, a social activist, believes.

Andrei Gormakh had presented the most optimized and economically viable programme of the port development, said the spokesman of the "Rosmorrechflot" (Russian Federal Agency for Sea and River Transports).

The "Kinotavr" Film Festival in Sochi has screened the film "The Apprentice" directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. The event caused an unprecedented rush among the participants and guests of the festival, having brought together the largest number of viewers for all the days of the festival.