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Zhanna Nemtsova has filed an appeal against the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to question Victor Zolotov, the head of the National Guard, in the course of the investigation into the murder of her father, politician Boris Nemtsov. This was reported by advocate Vadim Prokhorov.

Residents of the city of Martakert, who left home after the April escalation of the Karabakh conflict, start to return to their houses. According to an official from the City Mayoralty, the damaged buildings are being repaired at the expense of the authorities.

In Moscow, the mass fight at the Khovanskoye cemetery could be caused by a domestic conflict initiated by one of the defendants in the criminal case and natives of Tajikistan, who illegally worked there. This version was voiced by advocates of the suspects.

The meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan has formed the basis for a return to the negotiating table; however, no radical improvement of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone should be expected, said the Armenian political experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Upon receipt of compensations for the harm suffered at the 2011 terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, the victims would recall their complaints from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said their advocate Igor Trunov.

The Vienna meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has become neither a breakthrough nor a failure in attempts to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, the meeting can become a basis for advancing the peace process and achievement of the political settlement of the conflict.

A man with a firearm, who appears on the video record of the mass fight involving a Chechen athlete, can become involved in the criminal case in case if it is found out that he did not have a permit for the pistol. This was stated by lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Members of the Anapa District Cossack Society tried to stop a brawl in the city airport, Cossacks assert. According to preliminary data, six supporters of the Fund to Fight Corruption (FFC) suffered; one of them was hospitalized.

Alexei Volchenko, the head of the initiative group of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) farmers, is charged with disobeying the police. This was stated by the activist himself, who has linked his detention with the plans to hold a rally in the village of Kazanskaya, Kavkazian District, which the oppositional leader Alexei Navalny had planned to visit.

A delegation from Dagestan has visited the Chechen village of Kenkhi on the order of Ramazan Abdulatipov, the leader of the republic; no violations of villagers' rights were fixed, the Dagestani leadership has stated. The head of Dagestan instructed his subordinates to study a possibility of providing temporary housing to Djalaldinov's family, which has left Chechnya.

The number of signatories to the appeal of a resident of Yerevan to the organizers of the "Eurovision-2016" song contest demanding to revise the outcomes of the contest has increased within six hours from 68,551 to 250,173.

The court has sentenced a resident of the Urvan District to seven years in colony, finding him guilty of links with militants and illegal possession of ammunition and narcotic drugs.

A joint research team of the Centre for Regional and Urban Studies and the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy has started polling Dagestani Muslims on "Values of Dagestani population". The questionnaire intended to study Dagestani Muslim communities may be found on the "Caucasian Knot".

The Presnya Court in Moscow has ruled to arrest 12 people in the case of a brawl in the Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow, suspected of murder, illegal possession of weapons and hooliganism. They refused to plead guilty and testify. 22 participants of the brawl have been sentenced to administrative arrest for 15 days.

The organizers of the Moscow action in memory of the Circassians-victims of the Caucasian War have twice received refusals to sanction the action on May 21. Experts believe that these officials' actions are associated with another attempt to silence the consequences of the Caucasian War.

As a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, Khachatur Arutyunyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, was killed. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has condemned the arrest of Ibragimov and Mamedov, who were detained after the appearance of graffiti on the monument to Geidar Aliev in Baku.

The church service performed by Patriarch Kirill in Nalchik was attended by Orthodox believers and Muslims. Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have treated the pastoral visit of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church a significant event for the nations of the republic.

In Derbent, investigators have reported on discovery of the body of only one militant at the place of the special operation. According to Dagestani journalists, the actions of the police chiefs during the special operation show a lack of experience and a possible desire to receive a reward for the capture of the killers of Gadjiakhmed Kaziakhmedov.

The Chechen village of Kenkhi in the Sharoi District, the home of Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained to the Russian President, is being cordoned off by law enforcers since May 14, local residents report. According to them, the law enforcers demand from the villagers to reveal the whereabouts of Ramazan Djalaldinov.