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The Federation Council is engaged in a check initiated by Valery Rashkin, a State Duma member from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), concerning verification of the information stating that when Rauf Arashukov got his senator's mandate in 2016, he had a residence permit in the UAE, the "Kommersant" reports.

The Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don extended until June 17 the term of house arrest to activist Anastasia Shevchenko, accused of involvement in an undesirable organization. The defence's request to let Anastasia Shevchenko take her children to school and go for walks was dismissed.

Magomed Khanbiev, a member of the Chechen parliament, published a video in which he declared himself "the son of Ichkeria" and said that he "did not like Russians." Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny drew attention to the fact that the authorities of the country failed to react to the statement voiced by the MP.

Alexander Dvornikov, the commander of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, has become one of the Russian citizens included in the EU sanctions list. After the incident in the Kerch Strait, Alexander Dvornikov is banned from entering the territory of the EU member countries.

In Yerevan, after drawing up protocols on administrative violations, the police released participants of a protest action against the dismantling of cafes.

Azerbaijani authorities fail to persecute and punish those who violate human rights; and this creates an atmosphere of impunity, says the report of the US State Department about the state of human rights in the world in 2018. Azerbaijani activists agree with the criticism and believe that sanctions should be imposed on the country's authorities.

Children were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after they played with weapons found in the Levashi District.

Armen Petrosyan, one of the owners of the "Jazzve" café chain, has called upon his colleagues, café owners and workers, to stop protests in view of the current explosive situation, and move the struggle exclusively to the legitimate field.

Alan Margishvili and Giorgi Chitishvili, who were detained by South-Ossetian law enforcers, were released and, after paying a fine for violating the border, handed over to Georgian law enforcers.

A man, who introduced himself as a retired law enforcer, recorded an audio message on the YouTube service, criticizing his former colleagues, after his son was detained in Gudermes.

A policeman was fired after he got into the video showing him beating up a protester against the demolition of a café in Yerevan, the Armenian Police has reported.

Georgian medical experts have found traces of a rope on the body of Irakli Kvaratskheliya, who had been detained in Abkhazia. The border administration of the Russia's FSB has confirmed the version of his non-violent death.

Policemen have detained 41 protesters of the actions against the demolition of cafés held in Freedom Square in Yerevan; 25 detainees have already been released, the Armenian Police have informed.

Law enforcers conducted searches in the village of Ust-Nevinsky, not far from which a special operation took place at night. It was reported on the arrest of an accomplice of two killed militants.

The today's shootout with two suspected militants killed in the Shpakovsky District was the first armed incident in the Stavropol Territory since early 2019.

A policeman has become the third victim in clashes between law enforcers and opponents of the demolition of a cafe in Yerevan.

Today, two natives of the Volgograd Region have been killed by law enforcers in the Stavropol Territory. The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports that the suspects were plotting a terror act. According to the NAC, no one else suffered.

Today, in Yerevan, owners and employees of a cafe have blocked an avenue in protest against the demolition of catering enterprises. Law enforcers pushed the protesters away from the roadway, and 16 activists were brought to police stations.

On March 13, after they delivered speeches at a rally in Nazran, activists Akhmed Barakhoev, Akhmet Pogorov, and Malsag Uzhakhov were brought to the Ingush Centre "E" (Centre for Combating Extremism).

At a sitting in Stepanakert, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has unequivocally presented his policy of resolving the Karabakh conflict, speaking in favour of Nagorno-Karabakh's participation in the negotiations. Against this background, the Karabakh leaders, the protégés of the former Armenian authorities, are unfriendly towards Pashinyan, said the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".