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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.

The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has mentioned Azerbaijan among the countries that are using restrictions imposed during the pandemic for repressing govt's opponents.

Within three days, the Instagram users, who have supported the initiators of the campaign under the hashtag #yamyvrachi (I and we are doctors), raised over one million roubles. The money will be used to buy medical masks and other personal protective means for Dagestani doctors.

Policemen have blocked all the entrances to Makhachkala and, referring to the order of the head of the city police. Only medics, law enforcers, and vehicles with foodstuffs and medicines are let into the city.

The Azerbaijani Court of Appeal has rejected the complaint about the administrative arrest of Natig Isbatov, a reporter of the website "7gun.az". His defence treats the refusal as unjustified and subject to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

An advocate of activist Batraz Gagiev filed an appeal against a court's decision on the activist's arrest. According to the advocate, the court did not take into account the fact that the defendant took care of his minor children.

In Azerbaijan, the authorities decided to uphold restrictions on crossing the country's state borders until May 31 because of the threat of the coronavirus infection spread. Exceptions are made for cargo and freight transportation and charter flights, the Azerbaijani operational headquarters announces.

The Second Western District Military Court found Dagestani blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov guilty of participating in activities of a terrorist organization.