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An attempt on Adam Osmaev and his wife Amina Okueva has been committed by Arthur Denisultanov (Kurmakaev), a native of Chechnya, also known as "Dingo", several Ukrainian and Russian edition report with reference to sources.

In Paris, activists on protest in front of the Russian Embassy have handed over to Russian diplomats 120,000 signatures collected in France under the petition "To shed light on the repression of homosexuals in Chechnya."

The court will consider the administrative case against Ruslan Gvashev, the former chairman of the Council of Elders of Circassian Shapsugs, who on May 21 took part in a mourning service on the Memorial Day of Adygs and who has been detained today. This was reported by human rights defender Valery Khatazhukov.

Magomed Davudov, a native of Dagestan, and three natives of Central Asia, arrested in Moscow, had planned to commit a series of terror acts. They were planned at the restaurant and "Teply Stan" metro station, the "Kommersant" writes with reference to its sources.

A report about Chechen natives, fighting in the Philippines, is false, and "no Chechen militants have ever been there." This was reported by an officer of the Chechen law enforcement agencies. He has noted that the law enforcers have data about natives from Chechnya, who are fighting in Syria and Iraq on the side of Islamists.

Over the past day, the Armenian troops have violated the ceasefire in various directions of the front line 126 times. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The case against Rashid Kandji-ogly, sentenced in absentia under the charge of killing Gigi Otkhozoriya, has been closed in connection with the fact that Georgia did not provide the necessary investigative materials. This was reported by Adgur Agrba, Military Prosecutor of Abkhazia.

After the kidnapping of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani opposition journalist, his family members have considered further stay in Georgia to be insecure. This was stated by the journalist's wife. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has assured that the Georgian authorities are not involved in the Afghan Mukhtarly's kidnapping.

The shooting of the mutiny in Novocherkassk in June 1962 led to stronger fight against dissent and the revival of the atmosphere of fear in the country; however, it also contributed to the emergence of a strong dissident movement – this was stated by the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Actions in support of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly will be held every day, protesters said in Tbilisi. According to their version, Georgian authorities must clearly answer the question of who was involved in journalist's kidnapping – Georgian special agents or criminals.

Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, and his wife Amina Okueva were hospitalized to a Kiev hospital with heavy gunshot wounds, said Artyom Shevchenko, the head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia on the complaint filed by Noe Mskhiladze, a native of Georgia, will help to release stateless persons kept in special detention centres. This was stated by advocates Olga Tseitlina and Marina Dubrovina, who noted that earlier, Russian courts completely ignored the rights of stateless persons.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has dismissed the appeal lodged by Makhachkala Mayoralty, which demanded to invalidate the inspection certificates of the houses included into the programme of emergency and dilapidated housing.

As a result of the night shelling, two houses were damaged in the village of Baganis; no villages were hurt, said Narek Sahakyan, the head of the Armenian pre-border village.

The Zyuzinsky Court of Moscow has scheduled for June 13 the consideration of a lawsuit filed by staff members of the "Zvezda" TV Channel against journalist Arkady Babchenko because of his post in the social network about victims of the Tu-154 plane crash over the Black Sea in last December.

The Georgian special services may be involved in the kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly. This was stated by participants of a protest action in Georgia. They protested with whistles.

In the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, public prosecutors have considered the guilt of the defendants as proven and requested the jury to pronounce the verdict of guilty. Journalists how were monitoring the trial noted a number of inconsistencies in the case.

The Sabail District Court of Baku has dismissed the motion for changing the pre-trial restriction measure to Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested for three months. The defence intends to appeal against the Court's decision.

Ramzan Kadyrov has invited journalists to Chechnya after Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), requested him to organize a trip for a Finnish journalist who asked about the situation of gays in Chechnya.

Ramazan Guseinov won the gold medal of the European Youth Kettlebell Championship.