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Today, the Volgograd Region holds the Cossack festival which involves 3000 people. According to the organizers of the festival, their purpose is to study the heritage of the Don Cossacks. Meanwhile, they do not believe in "complete revival of the Cossack culture".

Murat Kashirgov, who was sentenced for the attack on Nalchik, died in a punishment cell of the penal colony, located in Khabarovsk. This has been reported today by journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova.

The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors has approved the allocation to Azerbaijan of an additional loan in the amount of 66.7 million US dollars for improvement of the living conditions and increase in income of internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Half of the Georgia's population suffer from food availability problems: 61% of people cannot afford enough meat and fish products, 45% ‑ fruits and vegetables, and 20% ‑ dairy products. This was stated in the report prepared by the NGO "Oxfam".

Jane Buchanan, a member of the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), has called "disappointing" the comment of Bernie Ecclestone, the head of the company "Formula One Management", about the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan.

The draft of amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia, which is being prepared by the presidential administration and the non-parliamentary opposition, will become an alternative to the draft being examined by the Parliament.

Law enforcers have detained brothers Ruslan and Rasim Alborov from the village of Psyzh by falsifying evidence. They were tortured and forced to incriminate themselves. This was stated by the parents of the brothers in their complaint filed to the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Actions of supporters of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) against expansion of the NATO were held today in the cities of Volgograd and Volzhsky. Local residents were not interested in protesters’ foreign policy demands, but they supported claims to the socio-economic development of Russia.

A laboratory for making explosive devices was found in the household of the slain today resident of Nalchik; a powerful bomb was destroyed there in place, said law enforcement source.

Law enforcers have cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced this morning in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.

An alleged member of the armed underground killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The today’s session of the trial taking place at the Maikop City Court completed the questioning of prosecution witnesses. The ecologist’s defence filed a motion demanding to withdraw the Teuchezh District administration out of the trial, having stated that the administration cannot put forward a demand to compensate moral harm on behalf of district residents.

Until July 4, Moscow holds the evenings of the Caucasian Peoples within the project "Ramadan Tent". This project shall be of charitable and educational functions, focused not only on Muslims. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

One of the five power agents wounded in special operations in Dagestan has died in hospital. Earlier, 14 casualties were reported: four power agents and 10 suspected militants.

On June 16 and 17, 2016, Ramazan Rashidov and his relative Shamil Ramazanov, residents of Kaspiysk, disappeared under unclear circumstances. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The number of suspected militants killed during a special operation carried out in the south of Dagestan has grown up to 10 people. Four law enforcers are killed, and five others are hospitalized.

Lawyers of the "Committee against Torture" have sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) a complaint about violation of the Tamerlan Eskerkhanov's right to effective investigation and effective remedy. Tamerlan Eskerkhanov is a defendant in the criminal case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov.

Today, Grant Grigoryan, a soldier of the Defence Army, has died from a gunshot wound under unclear circumstances. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

In Dagestan, the today's operations carried out by law enforcers on the territories of the Suleiman-Stalsky, Derbent, and Tabasaran District have become the first operations in June. Since the beginning of the year, the total number of special operations and shootouts reaches at least 29.

Gasan Abdullaev, killed today in Dagestan and well-known by under the nickname of "Abu Yasir", was considered to be one of the leaders of North-Caucasian militants, who swore allegiance to "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia. The death of Gasan Abdullaev was confirmed by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).