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Leonid Kozlov, a former assistant of Igor Bestuzhy, the former head of the Stavropol administration, was found guilty of mediation in taking bribes and fined 100 million roubles. This was reported by the website of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The Lenin District Court of Vladikavkaz sentenced David Kachlaev, a local resident, who disseminated extremist materials on the Internet, to six months of correctional labour. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the 24-year-old man was charged of inciting hatred or enmity and humiliation of human dignity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The verdict against Andrei Scherba, the ex-staff member of the private security department of the Krasnodar UVD (Interior Department), who was found guilty of causing death by negligence because of improper execution of his professional duties (Part 2 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), has come into force. This was reported by Natalia Smyatskaya, Assistant Director of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory.

Today, three officials of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Vladimir Zhamborov, the head of the administration of the KBR's leader, Khabdulsalam Ligidov, ex-Minister of State Property and Land Relations, and Ruslan Zhamborov, his former deputy, were charged of committing fraud on a large scale with the use of their official positions. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Olga Morozova, Judge of the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan, who pronounced the decision to refused Oleg Shein, the ex-candidate for the position of City Mayor, in granting his lawsuit to invalidate the outcome of the election of Astrakhan Mayor, held on March 4, read out only the findings of the court decision. Upon receipt of the reasoning of the court decision, Oleg Shein will begin preparation for appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Today, the court refused Oleg Shein to grant his lawsuit in full.

In the framework of the investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", investigators conducted a confrontation of two defendants in the case Sergey Khadjikurbanov, and Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Following the results of that investigatory action, Sergey Khadjikurbanov' lawyer intends to appeal to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a motion to stop the criminal proceedings against his client.

Members of power ministries in Ingushetia illegally detained Usman Albakov, pupil of school No 5 of the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya, for suspicion of storing ammunition, his mother Yakha Albakova reported. The woman went on a hunger strike on June, 8, demanding from District Department of Interior Affairs to execute the verdict of her son's release.

The personnel of Department of Federal Migration Service (DFMS) and the police of Krasnodar must inspect the activities of migrant laborers working at the building sites, participants of a citizens' gathering declared in the evening of June, 14. The action was held in one of the remote micro-districts of Krasnodar located in Solnechnaya street. Representatives of the Cossacks and Russian nationalists took part in it.

The Soviet Court of Makhachkala decided to inflict penalty against Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov, Minister of Industry, Energy and Communications of Dagestan, in the form of a fine amounted to 12,000 roubles for failure to fulfil the order of the Dagestani Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia.

Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan, does not rule out filing a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case if litigation with the City Election Commission on the case to invalidate the election results, which is under consideration of the Kirov District Court, will not succeed.

Today, Rasul Mirzaev, World Champion in Mixed Martial Arts, after the conflict with whom Ivan Agafonov, a 19-year-old Moscow resident, face charge in the final version of intentional infliction of serious bodily injury that resulted in death of the victim.

On June 13, in Helsinki, court sentenced Mikael Storsjo, the editor-in-chief of the website "Kavkaz-Centre", prohibited in Russian, who was found guilty of organizing illegal transportation of Chechen migrants to Finland, to four months of conditional sentence.

In Volgograd, investigation of the criminal case against the squad leader of the squadron of the patrol-and-post service of the UVD (Interior Department), who is suspected of abusing detainees, has been completed. The case was brought to the court for consideration on the merits.

Today, Budyonnovsk hosted mourning events to mark the 17th anniversary of the attack on the city and capture of the city hospital by grouping of Shamil Basaev.

The court fined each of opposition activists Yegor Laskin and Viktor Chirikov, detained on June 12 in Krasnodar, 500 roubles for disobeying police.

Investigation of a criminal case against Sergey Ivanov, ex-Chairman of Adygei non-governmental association "Russian Defense and Sporting Organization" (RDSO) with Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet (VSCAAF), accused of financial fraud with the use of his official position to a total sum of 2,5 million rubles is accomplished, web-site of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reports.

In Dagestan, Arsen Magomedov, a resident of the city of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, stated that his younger brother Nurmagomed Magomedov, who was killed during the special operation held on June 8, was not involved in the armed underground.

Late in the evening of June, 13, Mekhman Guseinov, press photographer of the Institute of Freedom and Safety of Reporters (IFSR) accused of disorderly conduct, was released from custody in Baku.

Khizri Aldamov, emissary of self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI) in Georgia and head of Chechen diaspora in that country returned home and had a meeting with Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. During his meeting with Head of Chechnya broadcasted by local TV channel Khizri Aldamov declared that he had been "absolutely wrong" criticizing the present Chechen authorities.

According to Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of the republic, in Ingushetia, internal policy should be aimed at sustainable development of the region and solution of problems of socially disadvantaged layers of population. He sees nothing wrong in substantive and constructive criticism of his actions. In case if his opponents do not descend to insults.