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Activists of the movement "New Armenia" have delivered a letter to the Yerevan Office of the United Nations (UN). The letter is addressed to the UN Secretary General, and it contains the demand to identify the instigator of escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On June 10, the court considered the claim filed by Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Transport and Construction of Communications" against the NPJSC "Krasnaya Polyana".

Just before the murder, Boris Nemtsov was fixed by a digital video recorder (DVR) of one of the passing cars. The record has no evidence that the persons accused of killing the politician had followed him, the "Rosbalt" reports, citing its source.

Valid Abdurashidov, the commander of the squadron of the "oil regiment" of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has replaced Umar Baisaev at the post of the head of the administration of the Urus-Martan District.

About 50 residents of the settlement of Dagomys held a rally and decided to appeal to the governor of the territory to take measures against constant flooding of the settlement that belongs to Sochi. Appeals to local authorities were fruitless, they said.

During the week of June 6-12, 2016, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The police carried out a raid at the marketplace "Empire" in Khasavyurt, specializing in selling clothes. According to merchants, the police seized goods, and as a result, clashes occurred. Merchants treat the police actions as unlawful.

In Baku, the police conducted one more search at the publishing house "Qanun" and seized part of the printed materials and the printing equipment. The owner of the publishing house treats the police action as unlawful.

According to the poll conducted by the "Levada-Centre", less than half of Russians – 44% – are aware that June 12 is the national holiday – the Day of Russia. On June 12, 1990, the declaration was adopted, thanks to which the country exists as such, Maksharip Yandiev, a social activist, believes.

Andrei Gormakh had presented the most optimized and economically viable programme of the port development, said the spokesman of the "Rosmorrechflot" (Russian Federal Agency for Sea and River Transports).

The "Kinotavr" Film Festival in Sochi has screened the film "The Apprentice" directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. The event caused an unprecedented rush among the participants and guests of the festival, having brought together the largest number of viewers for all the days of the festival.

Tonight, the police began searching the private publishing house "Qanun" (Law) in Baku after they received information about an allegedly planted bomb. The owner of the house fears that the search is a part of inquiry against the establishment.

Today, at about 7:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Elista City Court ruled to arrest Said Osmanov, who had been earlier placed in custody on charges of desecrating a statue of Buddha. Now, the Dagestani athlete is suspected of inciting ethnic hatred.

Power agents have detained Saida Vagabova, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was covering the today's rally, held by relatives of Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who went missing in Dagestan.

Today, relatives of Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who had disappeared in Dagestan, had a meeting with Ramazan Djafarov, Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan. He asked them to stop the rally and write an application to the head of the republic Ramazan Abdulatipov, and promised to personally report on the situation to the latter.

Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who disappeared in Dagestan, are kept by power bodies, assert their relatives, who have held a spontaneous rally in Makhachkala today. They fear that the detainees are tortured.

The statements voiced by Ramazan Abdulatipov concerning d the facts that the Cabinet of Ministers has poorly planned out the budget and issued unreasonable budget guarantees will not result in real changes in the work of the Government of Dagestan. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Father and son Zautashvili were detained when they were grazing cattle in the village of Bershueti of the Gori District in Georgia. The municipal administration insists that the men did not cross the border.

Today, in the Nalchik residential district of Volny Aul, local residents have held a gathering. Some citizens dissatisfied with distribution of land plot went to the administration to hold negotiations with the authorities.

In their brief appeal, the defenders of Ukrainian citizens Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk ask to cancel the guilty verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. This was reported by Ilya Novikov, an advocate of the sentenced men, on June 10.