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There is no information about the whereabouts of Chechen policeman Yasin Khalidov after his detention at the border with Kazakhstan, and the law enforcement bodies did not respond to complaints filed by lawyers, human rights defender Oyub Titiev reported.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to six activists from Krasnodar, Sochi, and Volgograd for detentions and arrests after protest actions. Compensation was awarded to activists against the backdrop of the Russian authorities’ refusal to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR.

Khavazhi Magomadov, brought from the Kuzbass colony as a witness in another criminal case, has died in the Grozny detention facility. Before his death, Magomadov feared for his life, human rights defenders inform.

Valery Kotovich, a Colonel of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) from the Rostov Region, has been sentenced to six years in colony for expressing his personal opinion about the actions of the Russian Army in Ukraine.

Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, has been convicted for symbolic non-violent actions under the article on terror acts, which gives grounds to recognize him as a political prisoner, Sergey Davidis, a human rights defender, believes.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court upheld a verdict to Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, an author of the “Wild Paratrooper” YouTube channel, who was sentenced for a year and two months of imprisonment.

The long-term arrest affected the health and psychological state of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva, and she began to get sick often, advocate Bilan Dzugaev reports. Public defenders of the Ingush activists say their main goal is reporting the maximum information about the progress of the trial.

Polish authorities are planning to deport Emran Navruzbekov, a former Russian FSB agent from Dagestan, to Russia, since they find his stay in Poland a threat to national security.

The Southern District Military Court has sentenced four Crimean Tatar activists to long prison terms within the case of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir-al-Islami"**.

A court in the Astrakhan Region has fined Evgeny Katyshevtsev, a local resident, finding discrediting of the Russian Army in his posts in his social network page.

A court sentenced Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug at the entrance to the FSB building in Krasnodar and a banner with a “Z” sign.

The court has satisfied the lawsuit lodged by the activists who demanded from Makhachkala authorities to make sidewalk ramps wheelchair-friendly, human rights defenders have reported.

The Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) considered the return of Idris Arsamikov home from a Moscow airport to be voluntary and refused to institute a criminal case on his kidnapping, the “SK SOS Crisis Group”* reported.

A court in Khabarovsk has banned Aisha Mutaeva, the wife and public defender of the Chechen-born Apti Visaev, who is accused of plotting a terror act, from attending the sessions.

The case of organizing a terrorist cell, for which four residents of Dagestan were convicted, was fabricated, the advocate has stated, adding that at least two of the convicts had been subjected to pressure and torture.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has replaced imprisonment for a fine of 100,000 roubles imposed on Ratmir Zhilokov, an advocate convicted of assaulting a law enforcer; the mitigation is due to the fact that the criminal punishment had been applied with no due reason, Boris Zolotukhin, Ratmir's advocate, has stated.

When commenting on a report about a drone attack on Moscow, Ramzan Kadyrov called on to announce martial law in Russia.

Three residents of Krasnodar, who spoke with journalist Alipat Sultanbegova, were searched, and the police seized their PCs and mobile phones.

A female resident of Kaspiysk has posted inaccurate information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces in a social network. The case against her has been sent to court.

On May 29, the traditional solo pickets evoked an active response from Makhachkala residents and guests of the city, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has stated.