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Mekhman Balakishiev, a citizen of Azerbaijan, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the civil war in Syria, was charged under Article 279.1 (creation of illegal armed formations (IAFs) or involvement in them) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

Gandaloev and Bulguchev, residents of the village of Sagopshi, detained by law enforcers, are kept at the Malgobek ROVD (District Interior Division). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by relatives of the detainees.

In the Azerbaijani city of Ganja (Gandzha), the court has arrested journalist Arshad Ibragimov, who is accused of fraud. This was reported by Kyamran Gashimli, an uncle of Arshad Ibragimov.

On Wednesday, in front of the building of the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Karachay-Cherkessia, relatives of Zaur Ozrokov have held a rally. Zaur Ozrokov, a resident of Cherkessk, was killed in a road traffic accident by a policeman's car.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has extended for six months the detention in custody of Orkhan Zeinalov, a citizen of Azerbaijan, who is accused of murdering Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow District of Western Biryulyovo.

In Kizlyar, three people were shelled in the street. Later, one of them died in the hospital. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Law enforcers have detained a man suspect of the crime.

Members of the initiative group "Save Afrikyan's Clubhouse", who spoke against the demolition of the house No. 11 in Teryan Street, have announced they organize twenty-four-hour watch near the building. About 1500 persons joined the page "SOS! Save Afrikyan's Clubhouse" in Facebook.

The Sochi administration goes to the court to recognize a high-rise building under construction near the land plot of pensioner Nina Dubovaya an unauthorized construction and demolish it. The pensioner intends to join the proceedings as a third party, since she believes the construction of the high-rise buildings has affected her rights.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" plans to appeal against the ruling of the Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow, which had dismissed the complaint lodged by the Centre against the demand of the Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a "foreign agent", said Kirill Koroteev, the lawyer of the HRC "Memorial".

Observers possess sufficient evidence for cancelling the election results at several precincts in Georgia, said Irma Pavliashvili and Arnold Stepanyan, activists of the NGOs "Association of Young Georgian Lawyers" and "Multinational Georgia", accordingly.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal lodged by the Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov against the denial to meet a notary. The journalist wanted to notarize a power of attorney granted to a foreign lawyer to represent his interests in Turkey. Now, Mirkadirov's defence intends to complain to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The defence of Abdul Abilov, the founder of the group "Let's stop toadies!" on the Facebook, sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for illegal drug dealing, has appealed against the verdict.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a 20-year-old local girl is suspected of being a militants' helper.

In Georgia, the municipal elections were held in a quiet environment with a minimum number of violations. This was reported by observers representing different countries, the European Union and the Council of Europe (CoE).

At the seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) held in Baku, Ziyafet Askerov, Vice-Speaker of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani Parliament) has proposed to exclude Armenia from the organization. The politician has accused Armenian representatives in an attempt to disrupt the seminar.

The Nariman District Court of Baku has held a preparatory court session on the case against Zabil Mugabiloglu, the editor-in-chief of the new website "Gunxeber.com" and the editor of the newspaper "Yeni Musavat", who is accused of defamation.

In Armenia, it was announced that within the accumulative pension system a social tax will be introduced instead of the 5-percent deductions from salaries. Activists protest against the decision, since, in its essence, it does not change the very pension draft law.

Relatives and advocates of 50 imprisoned Muslims, who went on hunger strike against the obstruction in the performance of religious rites in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Nalchik, claim being not aware of the protest action.

The court session to consider forced resettlement of the Lavrikov family from their emergency housing into a one-room flat in the house built for Olympic Games volunteers has been rescheduled for June 30.

The second round of the mayoral election in Tbilisi represents a good sign for the political life of Georgia. It indicates the development of democracy in the country. This opinion has been expressed by Georgy Volsky, a member of the coalition "Georgian Dream", and Koba Khabazi, a member of the "United National Movement" Party.