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Five participants of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who shot dead OMON (riot police) fighters from Bashkiria in 2012 in Chechnya, have been sentenced from 3 to 25 years in a high-security colony. Their defence intends to appeal against the verdict.

In Yerevan, opponents of increased electricity tariffs have held an action aimed to inform about the planned protest march. Activists have also demanded from the authorities to provide guarantees that they have refused to increase energy tariffs, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The pogromists who attacked the office of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the apartment of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in Grozny had pre-planned their actions, said Dmitry Utukin, a CaT activist, and refuted the statement of the head of Chechnya that rights defenders had themselves provoked the incident.

Russian authorities are trying to put pressure on Mustafa Dzhemilev, an MP of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, by oppressing his son, the mother and advocate of Khaiser Dzhemilev, found guilty by the jury of the Krasnodar Territorial Court of manslaughter, believe.

The arrest of Mukhammad Magomedov, one of the leaders of the public organization "The Union of the Just", expired in the evening on June 2, said his advocate Magomed Magomedov and demanded to release his client from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In the village of Zakan-Yurt, law enforcers detain young people, who on May 30 blocked the local police station. This was reported by local residents.

Staff members of the Committee against Torture are not engaged in human rights activities, and they themselves have provoked the attack on their office "in order to receive more US grants." This was stated by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Akhmed Kutbudinov, a resident of the village of Kharachi of the Untsukul District, was kidnapped in Makhachkala by men in black uniforms. This was reported by relatives of the kidnapped man, who appealed for legal aid to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, local residents report on fire activities in the village of Kharachi cordoned off by law enforcers. Besides, the local residents report on helicopters in the sky over the village.

Four staff members of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of the Committee against Torture, which office in Grozny was attacked by unidentified men in masks, are out of danger. This was reported by one of them.

When commenting on the attack on the office of rights defenders in Grozny, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that illegal actions will be suppressed regardless of the motives for those illegal actions. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the incident involved relatives of Djambulat Dadaev, who was killed by policemen of Stavropol.

Last night, an armed clash occurred in the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan. Two law enforces were wounded during the shootout.

Two residents of the Nadterechny District of Chechnya have been detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground. This was reported by an official of the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic.

In Grozny, the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) was attacked after the authorities had announced the action against the information war against Russia and the Chechen Republic. According to the Chechen TV Channel, local residents held a spontaneous rally in front of the JMG's office against the politicization of human rights activities.

In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, the operational headquarters of the republic has introduced the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.

YouTube has blocked because of copyright infringement the film "The Family" about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov prepared by the "Open Russia", a public organization led by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. According to the "Open Russia", the film has been viewed more than 900,000 times during a week.

In the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, the case materials include no murder weapon. The advocates are not aware of the allegedly appointed examination. This was declared by Shamsudin Tsakaev, an advocate of Zaur Dadaev.

The defence of Mukhammad Magomedov, one of the leaders of the public organization "The League of the Just", suspected of illegal possession and manufacture of weapons, reports that he has been officially charged.

The announcement of interrogation protocols of the victims in the case of Ali Taziev, also known as "Magas", continues in Rostov-on-Don.

The Zolsky District Court has appointed an examination of the video record of the interrogation of Zaur Tokhov, a resident of the village of Kamennomostskoye of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of aiding militants.