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The participants of the action against the rise in electricity tariffs held in Yerevan threatened the authorities to scale up the protest should the electricity tariffs be raised.

The Russian media highlighted the scandalous wedding in Chechnya with bias, and the editor's policies of the most media have not been aimed at protecting the Goylabieva's rights. This opinion has been expressed by participants of the "round table" held today in Moscow.

The data on the number of casualties of the shootout in the Kurakh District of Dagestan was updated by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Earlier, two killed persons were reported.

The preacher Nadir Abu Khalid (Medetov), who has sworn to the terrorist "Islamic State", will not return to Dagestan, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot"; they predict that preacher's supporters will followed his call and emigrate to the Middle East conflict zone.

The oath brought by the preacher from Dagestan Nadir Abu Khalid (Medetov) to the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) aims to recruit new IS supporters in the Caucasus. The case should be dealt with by special services, which, however, need to understand that any repressions against Muslims are radicalizing them. Thus was the opinion of the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Last night, a shootout occurred in the western part of Moscow. As a result, four persons, natives of the North-Caucasian republics, were wounded. The number of victims includes two women, who just passed by the place.

In the Rostov Region, a trench has been dug, and additional barriers have been installed on the border with Ukraine. The enhancement of the border security is necessary to ensure the stability of the region, the Border Guard Department of the FSB Department for the Rostov Region reports.

In the case against Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova, the investigators have appointed the examination of her statements and posts on the Internet. Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of the Krasnodar activist, believes that the investigators apply such measures to prevent the collapse of the main criminal case.

In the Kurakh District of Dagestan, during the shootout, law enforcers killed two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

The investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has checked the complaint filed by Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, about the use of illegal actions against him. The ICRF has refused to institute a criminal case on the complaint.

At the court session held on May 26, the North-Caucasian District Military Court questioned Ruslan Rabadanov, who was recognized a victim in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala. The victim has noted that he has no claims against the defendants and that he quits being involved in the trial.

The effect of the documentary filmed by the "Open Russia" about the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is too weak to contribute to the investigation of the crimes mentioned by the authors, said Igor Kalyapin, the head of the movement "Committee against Torture".

The case of the 41-year-old resident of the Dagestani city of town Izberbash, who, according to investigators, was going to sell her 5-year-old daughter for 100,000 roubles, has been sent to the court.

The case of the resident of Makhachkala named Alkhasov has been sent to the court today. He is accused of helping members of the armed underground and keeping weapons and explosives.

Today, the premium of the President of Armenia was granted to 23 women, born before 1915, who survived the events of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, and to the American Fund, which helped refugees and orphans during the genocide.

The complaint, lodged by the lawyer Alexander Popkov against the illegal detention of the Krasnodar activist Leonid Martynyuk, has been registered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.

This morning, an explosion occurred at a gas-filling station, located on the highway running to the city of Echmiadzin in Armenia. Three injured persons were taken to hospital.

In Moscow, two women, who were at the place of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, could witness the crime. Investigators and an advocate of one of the defendants are engaged in the search for the possible witnesses, the "Kommersant" reports today.

On May 25, in Adygea, searches were conducted at the house and the working place of Adnan Khuade, a member of the movement "Patriots of Circassia". One more Circassian activist, Ruslan Kesh, was detained on May 23 and was kept at the police for several hours.

The Azerbaijani state-owned company "SOCAR" intends to initiate a lawsuit against human rights defender Bakhtiyar Mamedov. Lawyers of the "SOCAR" accuse the human rights defender of spreading the information, which discredits the company.