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The advocate of Kurban Askandarov, a deputy imam of a mosque in Makhachkala, arrested on suspicion of illegal storage of firearms, intends to appeal against the ruling to place Askandarov behind bars.

A conflict of the youth of one of Chechen villages with local power agents broke put after three girls in hijabs were beaten up there, locals have reported, asserting that during the incident, power agents opened spontaneous fire into the air.

The Chechen leader and his retinue keep control over a multimillion flow of funds, aimed at realization of all major initiatives in the republic; it is done through the fund named after Akhmat Kadyrov and its affiliated organizations, the "Kommersant" reports.

USE passed not without incidents and violations in North-Caucasian republics; rains and hail resulted in state of emergency in Southern Russia; ex-president of Georgia awarded Ukrainian citizenship and appointed governor of Odessa Region; All-Armenian against rise of electricity tariffs; four Georgian MPs quit oppositional "United National Movement"; FC "Krasnodar" wins bronze in Russian Premier League, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 25-31, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The case files now have new videos, picturing all the suspected figurants in the crime, in particular, Zaur Dadaev and Ruslan Geremeev.

During the week from May 25 to May 31, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least three human lives; while no wounded persons were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. All the casualties are the persons, involved, according to law enforcement bodies, in the activities of the armed underground in Dagestan.

Patients of Dagestani medical institutions have to buy the medications prescribed by doctors, patients and their relatives assert. The local Ministry of Public Health states that all the hospitals are fully provided with the necessary medicines, and each such case should be checked.

The state of emergency was introduced in the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where 19 dwelling settlements of the municipality were struck by heavy rains.

The parade in honour of the opening of the resort season in Sochi was attended by about 24,000 people. The city is ready to receive tourists, officials from the Mayoralty assert; however, many residents and visitors complain about the non-compliance of the rest conditions created in Sochi to the status of resort-city.

The judicial board on civil cases of the Supreme Court of Adygea has refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by ecologist Valery Brinikh against the sentence passed by the Maikop City Court, which had found him guilty under the lawsuit on protection of honour, dignity and business reputation.

The Chertanovo Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest, till July 27, Nemat Rashidov, a native of Azerbaijan, who is accused of killing Junior Sergeant Andrei Bannov on the Ring Highway.

Two participants of the rally organized in Baku, who were chanting slogans, have been detained today by policemen.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has presented in Odessa the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili as the new head of the Odessa regional administration.

A picket against raising fees for kindergartens, staff reductions in them and demanding decent funding of preschool institutions was held today in Volgograd.

The Yasamal District of Baku hosted a rally sanctioned by the authorities. Protestors demanded to compensate losses from inflation, release political prisoners, and punish the persons responsible for the fire, which occurred on May 19.

While being on duty at the centre of the United State Examination (USE) in Chechnya, law enforcers beat up a 16-year-old schoolboy, broke his nose, and injured his jaw. This was reported by a relative of the teenager. Local residents have confirmed the information.

In Astrakhan, the advance inner-party voting to elect candidates from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party to the City Duma of Astrakhan was held in the conditions of uncontrolled agitation and exaggeration of the information on the number of voters. This was stated by city residents and participants of the primaries.

Residents of the residential district of Kudepsta in Sochi have blocked the road used by construction vehicles to reach the site of construction of a high-rise building. The local residents claim that the construction violates their right to healthy living environment.

Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian President, has become a citizen of Ukraine. This was reported by MPs of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian "Petro Poroshenko's Block" Party.

The systematic detentions of young people based on their appearance indicate the arbitrariness of authorities in Chechnya, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".