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The international human rights organization "Freedom House" has expressed concern about the health status of Intigam Aliev, a rights defender arrested in Azerbaijan, and urged the authorities to immediately provide him with the necessary medical care.

Arms were planted on Kurban Askandarov, Deputy Imam of a Makhachkala mosque, his mother Malikat wrote in her application filed today to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The Sochi City Assembly has approved changes to the City Charter, according to which in 2019 the Mayor will be elected not by residents but local deputies. The new city boss will be named City Manager.

The Krasnodar Regional Court has upheld the judgement of the Krasnoarmeiskiy District Court, which sentenced the local activist Darya Polyudova to 10 days of administrative arrest for disseminating leaflets.

Veniamin Kondratiev, the Acting Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, is the only leader of Southern Russia marked as "Excellent" in the rating of "survivability", compiled on the basis of experts' estimates by the "Petersburg Politics" Foundation and the "Minchenko Consulting" Holding. According to the rating, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is loosing his position in the rating.

The participants of the rally-march against increase of electricity tariffs in Yerevan are sure that the Commission for Regulating Public Services will increase the tariffs not by 17 drams, as requested by the "Armenian Power Grids", but by a little smaller amount, in order not to trigger mass protests.

Kurban Askandarov, the deputy imam of the mosque located in Kotrov Street in Makhachkala, has been detained. This was reported by mosque-goers. In their turn, officials from the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala did not confirm the information about the detention.

On May 27, two young men suspected of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground were detained by the police in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya. This was reported by the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya.

In Chechnya, the Court of Urus-Martan has announced the verdict against a 23-year-old local resident, accused of involvement in the Syrian war on the side of the militants.

Magomed Suleimanov (Abu Usman of Gimry), a Sharia militants' judge and the leader of the armed underground in Dagestan, has been appointed the new leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization. This was reported by Geidar Djemal, the Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia.

The participants of the action against the rise in electricity tariffs held in Yerevan threatened the authorities to scale up the protest should the electricity tariffs be raised.

The Russian media highlighted the scandalous wedding in Chechnya with bias, and the editor's policies of the most media have not been aimed at protecting the Goylabieva's rights. This opinion has been expressed by participants of the "round table" held today in Moscow.

The data on the number of casualties of the shootout in the Kurakh District of Dagestan was updated by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Earlier, two killed persons were reported.

The preacher Nadir Abu Khalid (Medetov), who has sworn to the terrorist "Islamic State", will not return to Dagestan, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot"; they predict that preacher's supporters will followed his call and emigrate to the Middle East conflict zone.

The oath brought by the preacher from Dagestan Nadir Abu Khalid (Medetov) to the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) aims to recruit new IS supporters in the Caucasus. The case should be dealt with by special services, which, however, need to understand that any repressions against Muslims are radicalizing them. Thus was the opinion of the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Last night, a shootout occurred in the western part of Moscow. As a result, four persons, natives of the North-Caucasian republics, were wounded. The number of victims includes two women, who just passed by the place.

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.