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At least 180,000 natives of Dagestan took part in the Great Patriotic War (GPW, or WWII elsewhere in the world), of whom 90,000 perished in battles, Renat Abdulkerimov, representing the organization "Dagestan", has stated said at the roundtable "Contribution of Different Nations to Common Victory".

Four Chechen judges, from whom Ramzan Kadyrov demanded “a voluntary resignation”, did it, said a source from the republic's Supreme Court (SC). The locals, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe that the judges were forced to obey, because they occurred in the focus of a conflict of interests involving Kadyrov’s retinue.

In the evening on May 6, those residents of Novorossiysk, who protested against the construction of a quarry in a close vicinity to their houses, were left without gas supply. Then, after their threat to block the highway, the supply was resumed.

Anzor Shibzukhov, an employee of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of aiding militants, was tortured during the investigation, said his advocate.

Law enforcers have planted a grenade and drugs on Timur Temirov, his relatives assert. Temirov himself is detained. His family has appealed to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Mozdok District of North Ossetia asking to conduct a check.

In Sochi, policemen and officials of the City Mayor's Office have exceeded their official power while dispersing a picket in the Lazarevskoe District and should be prosecuted. This is stated in the appeal filed by Elena Nikitina, an organizer of the picket, to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Should Magomed Karataev, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Chechnya, resign as demanded by Ramzan Kadyrov, the actions of the acting head of Chechnya could be regarded as pressure, said Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia. Karataev himself claims that Kadyrov had been misled.

The abusive words, left by unidentified offenders on the monument to victims of the Caucasian War in Nalchik, were easily erased and cannot make the basis for legal action on vandalism or damage to property, the police have concluded.

Today, the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has ruled to arrest for two months the advocate Kheirula Shabanov, suspected of financing members of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In the case against a woman from Ingushetia, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF), acquisition of an improvised explosive device (IED) and use of violence against a public official, the indictment has been approved. This was reported by the Investigating Department for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has sentenced Batyr Pukhaev to one year and ten months of imprisonment on the charge of extremism, but found him not guilty of treason. Batyr Pukhaev was released from the courtroom, since he had already served the sentence pronounced to him.

Four already demobilized fellow-servicemen of Valery Permyakov have refused to attend the sessions of the court, which considers his case of massacring a family in Gyumri. According to the advocate Lusine Sahakyan, the testimonies of these soldiers, given during the preliminary investigation, were read out at the trial.

Bookmakers estimate the chances of the "Rostov" Football Club (FC) to win the football championship of Russia as 1 to 10 (coefficient 10.0). Today, the "Rostov" FC will get a chance to be in the lead the standing again at the background of its problems with financing and fans’ excitement.

During the pleadings in the case against Igor Stenin, the leader of the nationalist movement "Russians of Astrakhan", prosecutors have asked the court to sentence the defendant to 2 years of imprisonment in a settlement colony, while the defence requested to acquit the defendant. The verdict will be pronounced on May 11.

The "Caucasian Knot" continues filming various realities of the Caucasus in the "slow-action" mode and invites readers to share their ideas.

The Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has cancelled the resolution to put Vera Savchenko on the wanted list in the case of insulting a judge. This was reported by advocate Ilya Novikov.

The chief accountant of the ROVD (District Interior Division) was killed in the yard of his house in the village of Stalskoe.

In Vladikavkaz, a memorial plaque in memory of 14 journalists of North Ossetia, killed during World War II, was opened at the entrance to the House of Press, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Acting Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called on Magomed Karataev, Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, and three other judges to resign voluntarily.

Asker Kerimov, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been sentenced in Rostov-on-Don to four years in a high-security colony for participation in the activities of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia).