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On June 8, at the "Kinotavr" Film Festival, which is taking place in Sochi, in the short film contest, the film by Grigory Kolomiytsev "Maria" was screened, dedicated to the problem of terrorism in Northern Caucasus. The main role was played by Madlen Djabrailova, an actress of Lezgin origin.

Last night, unidentified persons painted a portrait of Colonel Yuri Budanov, who was accused of murdering a Chechen girl, next to the bridge over Dudergof Channel in the Krasnoselsky District of Saint Petersburg. Earlier, it has been proposed to rename the bridge after Akhmat Kadyrov.

Last night, in Armenia, houses in the village of Baganis of the Tavush Region were shelled. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed the information about the shelling.

Today, Saint Petersburg opens a retrospective of the works of film director Alexander Sokurov. The programme includes films of the master, as well as seven works of graduates of his director's workshop in Kabardino-Balkaria.

In Volgograd, a 44-year-old prisoner perished in the penal colony No. 3, as a result of the injuries he got when working with an angle grinder. The inspection has started to check the circumstances of the accident, reports the press service of the Department for the Volgograd Region of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

The advocate of activists Bairam Mamedov and Giyas Ibragimov, arrested in Baku, was searched at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his notes made during the meeting with his clients were examined. The defender believes that the SIZO administration violated his right to confidential communication with his clients and the activists' right to defence.

On June 8, in the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers conducted searches in houses and office of Dmitri Chernov and Roman Voryshev, members of the supporters of the Slavic neo-pagan organization "Stavropol People's Assembly of Russia". From the house of Roman Voryshev, the law enforcers seized books and detained the owner himself, and from the office, they seized office equipment and documentation, Dmitri Chernov reports.

A part of the social care institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) are overcrowded and in urgent need of repairs, members of the delegation of the Human Rights Council (HRC) stated after their trip to the republic. Besides, two detainees in pre-trial prison complained to HRC about tortures.

The investigation into the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", was inefficient, said advocate Tumas Misakyan, who has lodged today a complaint on the case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

In 2015, the banks associated with the family of President Ilham Aliev earned more than 64 million US dollars on the devaluation of the manat, says the report of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), released on June 6.

Boris Vishnevsky, a Deputy of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, has filed an application to the election commission on holding a city-wide referendum on naming a bridge in the Krasnoselsky District after the first president of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov.

Lawyers of the "Public Verdict" Foundation are engaged in preparation of a complaint to be filed to the law enforcement bodies in connection with the detention of its female members in Cherkessk, who were engaged in shooting a documentary film in the city. Officers of the Centre "E" have explained the detention of the women by the fact that they received operative information about their "extremist appearance." Meanwhile, the activists were released after interrogation without protocols drawn up.

The investigating authorities have closed the criminal case on the death of Timur Kuashev, a Kabardino-Balkarian journalist, since the examinations found no signs of toxic substances in his body. This was reported by advocate Zaur Shomakhov.

In the criminal case of the terror act committed at the "Domodedovo" Airport in 2011, the victims receive compensation and recall their claims against the top-managers of the "Domodedovo" Airport, filed in the criminal case. This was reported by advocate Igor Trunov. He has noted that 14 persons have already received compensation.

During the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, mosques of 14 cities and major dwelling settlements of Chechnya have provided free feeding for believers.

In Northern Caucasus, the authorities have almost completely returned to the methods of "state terror" and rejection of the methods of "soft power", which were used in 2009-2012. This opinion was voiced during the presentation by the authors of the report released by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on the state methods of combating terrorism in Northern Caucasus in the period starting from 2014.

According to Musa Musaev, Mayor of Makhachkala, people pay too much attention to the road conflict involving his son. The Mayor associates such excessive attention with his official position. Musa Musaev has stated that he did not intend to interfere in the course of the investigation and to free his son from blame.

Neither Magomed Suleimanov, nor his relatives had any conflicts with the police, said Sirazhudin Datsiev, the representative of the HRC "Memorial" in Dagestan. According to his version, so far, there is no reliable information on the whereabouts of Suleimanov, while power agents deny his detention.

The fasting in honour of the holy month of Ramadan has begun in Dagestan today, a day later than in other Russian regions.

The power methods of combating terrorism favoured by the authorities in Northern Caucasus, led to massive violations of law and human rights, thus, triggering a further increase of terrorist activity in the region, says the report of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" released today.