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In the Rostov Region, a trench has been dug, and additional barriers have been installed on the border with Ukraine. The enhancement of the border security is necessary to ensure the stability of the region, the Border Guard Department of the FSB Department for the Rostov Region reports.

In the case against Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova, the investigators have appointed the examination of her statements and posts on the Internet. Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of the Krasnodar activist, believes that the investigators apply such measures to prevent the collapse of the main criminal case.

In the Kurakh District of Dagestan, during the shootout, law enforcers killed two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

The investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has checked the complaint filed by Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, about the use of illegal actions against him. The ICRF has refused to institute a criminal case on the complaint.

At the court session held on May 26, the North-Caucasian District Military Court questioned Ruslan Rabadanov, who was recognized a victim in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala. The victim has noted that he has no claims against the defendants and that he quits being involved in the trial.

The effect of the documentary filmed by the "Open Russia" about the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is too weak to contribute to the investigation of the crimes mentioned by the authors, said Igor Kalyapin, the head of the movement "Committee against Torture".

The case of the 41-year-old resident of the Dagestani city of town Izberbash, who, according to investigators, was going to sell her 5-year-old daughter for 100,000 roubles, has been sent to the court.

The case of the resident of Makhachkala named Alkhasov has been sent to the court today. He is accused of helping members of the armed underground and keeping weapons and explosives.

Today, the premium of the President of Armenia was granted to 23 women, born before 1915, who survived the events of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, and to the American Fund, which helped refugees and orphans during the genocide.

The complaint, lodged by the lawyer Alexander Popkov against the illegal detention of the Krasnodar activist Leonid Martynyuk, has been registered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.

This morning, an explosion occurred at a gas-filling station, located on the highway running to the city of Echmiadzin in Armenia. Three injured persons were taken to hospital.

In Moscow, two women, who were at the place of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, could witness the crime. Investigators and an advocate of one of the defendants are engaged in the search for the possible witnesses, the "Kommersant" reports today.

On May 25, in Adygea, searches were conducted at the house and the working place of Adnan Khuade, a member of the movement "Patriots of Circassia". One more Circassian activist, Ruslan Kesh, was detained on May 23 and was kept at the police for several hours.

The Azerbaijani state-owned company "SOCAR" intends to initiate a lawsuit against human rights defender Bakhtiyar Mamedov. Lawyers of the "SOCAR" accuse the human rights defender of spreading the information, which discredits the company.

The Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia has identified a source of pollution of the Terek River in Vladikavkaz: it is a workshop for the production of carbon dioxide located in an abandoned part of the territory of the "OZATE" plant not far from the Krasnogvardeisky Bridge.

Today, advocate Murad Velikhanov has visited two residents of the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan, detained during the counterterrorist operation, who are being kept at the IVS (detention facility) of the District Interior Division.

Today, the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala has announced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of 10-day arrest against Mukhammad Magomedov, one of the leaders of the public organization "League of the Just".

The "Open Russia", a public organization led by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, shot the film "Family" about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The film has been posted to open access at YouTube.

In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), members of the "Pussy Riot" punk group have stated that the law enforcement agencies violated the right to freedom of speech and fair trial when they refused to institute a criminal case against Cossacks, who allegedly attacked the "Pussy Riot" members in Sochi.

Starting from May 12, more than 150,000 Krasnodar residents, living in four districts, are deprived of hot water supply. The long interruption in hot water supply is explained by delayed repair works at the city thermal power plant (TPP).