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Russia has only one coat of arms (emblem) and it has crosses, Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary has stated in his comment on different types of the coat of arms – with crosses and diamonds on the Kremlin website. The discussion about the image of crosses in the Kremlin website arose after the son of the head of Chechnya received his award against the background of a coat of arms without crosses.

The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) has filed an application to the coutry’s Constitutional Court (CC) demanding that the Law on Registration of Foreign Agents be declared invalid and that the relevant articles of the law be suspended.

Novruz Tagiev, a bodyguard of the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been arrested within a criminal case; another PFPA activist, Rashad Aliev, has been sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest.

Monitoring of the condition of beach areas in Dagestan on the eve of the opening of the swimming season has shown that 12 out of 21 water samples taken by the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare) fail to comply with the safety standards. Almost the entire coastline in Dagestan is dangerous for swimming, since sewage discharges are spread into the sea, environmentalists note.

The programme for resettling Adyge people from other countries to Kabardino-Balkaria is designed for only 20 families during three years. However, there are no conditions or grounds for expanding the above programme, as there are few Circassians abroad who want to move to Russia.

Iran has executed the death penalty for Yasin Guseinzade, convicted of attacking the Embassy of Azerbaijan.

In their video appeal addressed to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), participants in the special military operation (SMO) from the town of Krymsk reported that they had received threats from an entrepreneur, whom they had earlier complained about his suspicions land frauds.

The activists who gathered in Vienna have called on the Croatian authorities not to allow the expulsion of arrested natives of Chechnya to Russia.

Residents of the city of Nalchik have come to the "Tree of Life" Memorial to take part in the memorial party dedicated to the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. At the end of the party, they lit 101 candles in casualties’ memory.

At the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, a public prosecutor requested terms of 11 to 12 years of imprisonment for employees of the “Abzas Media” online media outlet. The defence does not agree with the public prosecutor’s speech and intends to ask for the defendants to be acquitted.

The Court of Appeal has decided to uphold without a hearing the verdict against Georgia’s third President Mikhail Saakashvili in the case on illegal border crossing. The lack of consideration violated the Mikhail Saakashvili’s right to a fair trial, the defence claims.

Unidentified persons tried to break into the apartment of Moscow activist Varvara Kosheleva, who filed an appeal to the Russian presidential administration in connection with the case on the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya.

The ancient bridge, which has collapsed without waiting for repairs, in the Dagestani village of Kunki is now closed to traffic, but walking on it is also dangerous, although local residents have no alternative option for moving.

A criminal case has been sent to court against two colony inmates kept in Zabaikalsky Krai (Territory), who are accused of justifying the terror act committed in Beslan; one of them is a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced Igbal Abilov, a Talysh researcher, to 18 years of freedom deprivation for treason. The charges were based on subjective assumptions, his defence has stated intending to appeal against the verdict.

In response to criticism for running next to Adam Kadyrov’s car, former MP from Smolensk Maxim Baranov has explained that his goal was to highlight on social networking services the passing of standards for receiving maroon berets.

An advocate of prisoner Igor Nagavkin and human rights defenders have claimed that the conditions of his detention in the Uryupinsk penal colony-settlement are “torturous.” A court has accepted for consideration an administrative claim in which Igor Nagavkin is challenging seven penalties imposed on him.

Public prosecutors consider Khasin Kabardaev, a resident of the Adyge-Khablsky District, to be an organizer of an extremist cell, and five more local residents will appear in court as its members.

Nine persons, including eight teenagers, suspected of preparing attacks on policemen, have been taken into custody in the Stavropol Territory. Some of them have told how they had sworn an oath to a terrorist organization without understanding the meaning of the words.

A criminal case about a street brawl in Makhachkala, in which at least 50 people took part, is being investigated under the hooliganism article. According to sources, the mass brawl was preceded by a two teenagers’ conflict.