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Andrei Murga, a former deputy chairman of the government of the Stavropol Territory, who had been on the international wanted list, has been detained in Spain; the issue of his extradition to Russia is being decided, sources have informed.

In the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the number of cases of the coronavirus infection increased by 481 over 24 hours. The largest number of new coronavirus-infected patients was registered in Dagestan.

Today, in North Ossetia, courts have fined two more participants of a protest action in Vladikavkaz, and the total number of court's decisions on fines and arrests of activists reached 64, the joint press service of the courts reports.

In the city hospital of Dagestanskiye Ogni, an official inspection of the chief physician has been launched to verify complaints of a medical officer, the Ministry for Public Health of Dagestan reported. At the medical institution, personnel work in home-made masks, and doctors have to pay their own money to purchase medicines and protective items, the hospital anaesthesiologist complains.

In Gukovo, miners appealed to the Governor of the Rostov Region and to the President of Russia. The miners demand to pay 96 million roubles of wage arrears.

After Ramzan Kadyrov's demand to tighten control over people's movement in city streets, law enforcers' raids have frequented in Grozny, townspeople inform. Some Instagram users found the measures justified due to the coronavirus threat; their opponents treat the quarantine restrictions as excessive.

A total of 85 residents of the Tetritskaro municipality will be moved to a strict quarantine zone; the issue of supplying foodstuffs to them is being addressed, the district authorities have informed.

Arsen Besolov, a Telegram chat administrator, convoyed from Moscow to Vladikavkaz, is restricted in his right to defence, said his advocate. A chat administrator is not responsible for the content of participants' comments, said Galina Arapova, Director of the Media Rights Protection Centre.

In Baku, protesters have demanded to cancel the decision to withdraw the license from the commercial bank "Amrakhbank" and reinstate them at work.

The video in which military servicemen force their colleagues to shout "We serve Ichkeria*!" may be a fake aimed at denigrating the Chechen people, Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy Foreign Relations, Press and Information, has stated.

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has rejected the complaints against the administrative arrest of Batraz Gagiev, Kazbek Kasaev and Khetag Vataev, who participated in a spontaneous rally in Vladikavkaz. Batraz Gagiev remains in hospital, where he was taken from the detention centre at activists' insistence.

The court failed to establish whether Vadim Cheldiev, the initiator of protests in North Ossetia, had anything to do with publishing false information about coronavirus, his defence said in an appeal.

An advocate of Dagestani blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, announced the intention to challenge the decision of the court.

Residents of Chechnya who violate the quarantine regime will lose their cars and will be forced to clean the streets, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Policemen gathered quarantine violators at a football field and reprimanded them in public.

Residents of Grozny, who went on walks with their children despite the quarantine measures, explained the violation of the self-isolation regime by fatigue from a many-day stay at homes.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and mortar launchers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, a businessman, who disappeared in early April after being publicly scolded by Ramzan Kadyrov, has returned to his native village of Gekhi, Instagram users have informed.

Law enforcers have tortured Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), aiming to force him to testify against Ali Kerimli, his party comrade, the PFPA has stated. The country's police did not confirm this version.

In Moscow, law enforcers have detained Arsen Besolov, an administrator of a Telegram chat. The chat was for communication among the supporters of Vadim Cheldiev, the initiator of an unauthorized rally against self-isolation held in Vladikavkaz.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has ordered to toughen control over the travels of residents of the republic due to violations of the self-isolation regime. Grozny residents have complained about law enforcers' checks of public transport passengers.