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The problems of human rights violations and restrictions on democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan were discussed at today's meeting in Baku of the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso with civil society activists.

Today, the city of Budyonnovsk in the Stavropol Territory has held mourning events dedicated to the tragic events of June 1995. The actions were held near the building of the local OVD (Interior Division), in Memory Mini-Park and at the monument to fallen helicopter pilots, while the city temples conducted requiem services.

A lawsuit was lodged in Azerbaijan against Zabil Mugabiloglu, the editor-in-chief of the new website "Gunxeber.com" and the newspaper "Yeni Musavat". The journalist is accused of defamation and faces up to three years of imprisonment.

Today, residents of the Neftekumsk District of the Stavropol Territory have organized the people's gathering in connection with the disappearance of Zamir Taibov, who left the aul (village) of Tukui-Mekteb, to have a conversation with FSB agents. This was reported by family members of the disappeared man.

In Armenia, the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeitun held a court hearing on the case against Volodya Avetisyan, a Karabakh War veteran. During the court hearing, the judge and the defendant's supporters started a verbal altercation. As a result, the judge postponed the trial for indefinite term and left the courtroom.

On June 13, three Georgian cities Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Ozurgeti held rallies in support of the Batumi "Channel 25" TV Channel. The journalists were protesting in connection with threats and pressure against their colleagues.

In Dagestan, policemen twice refused to accept the complaint from the victims in the case on the murder of four Gamzatov brothers and Magomed Omarov. The family members of the murdered men want to file the complaint about shelling of the store in Kizlyar, belonging to the Gamzatov family. This was reported by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

On June 12, Ingushetia delivered more than 40 tons of humanitarian aid to a collection point in the Rostov Region. From there, part of humanitarian aid is to be sent to the cities of Lugansk and Donetsk, and another part is intended for refugees from Ukraine.

Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko reports that the administration of the colony, where he is serving his court-appointed term, sets other inmates against him, by encouraging them to demonstrate their hostile attitude to him. This is stated in Vitishko's record in the LiveJournal.

The children-orphans from Ukraine, who had arrived at the summer camp "Donetsky" in the Rostov region from the town of Snezhnoe, have been sent to Dnepropetrovsk, said Anna Temnikova, the first deputy head of the Donetsk administration.

At night on June 13, a Ukrainian infantry combat vehicle (ICV) broke the Russia's state border in the Rostov Region, said Vasily Malaev, the head of the press service of the Frontier Department of the Russia's FSB for the Rostov Region.

Ramazan Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, was kidnapped in the area of Gagarin Street and taken to an unknown place, activists of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On June 13, the Nizami District Court of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja (Gandzha) began the consideration on the merits of the case opened against Gasan Guseinli, the head of the "Intellectual Citizen" Education Centre, who is accused of hooliganism.

The guilty verdict pronounced in the case against Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), and activists Bashir Suleimanly and Elnur Mamedov has been appealed against. This was reported by advocate Djavad Djavadly.

The Russian side let armed men to illegally bring to the territory of the Russian Federation 16 orphans, Ukrainian citizens, who were kidnapped on June 12 in the city of Snezhnoye. This was announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This has been clarified today by the press service of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

Military vehicles, including three tanks, have arrived in the Donetsk Region through the Rostov section of the Russian-Ukrainian border. This was reported on June 12 by Arsen Avakov, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs.

In Sochi, about 30 residents of the two dilapidated houses No. 5 and No. 7 in Esaulenko Street complain about unlawful, in their opinion, resettlement to a house built for volunteers of the Olympic Games. According to the residents, they are provided with insufficient accommodation.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has adopted for consideration the complaint filed by advocate Oksana Preobrazhenskaya, Director of the "Centre for International Protection", against the fact of the death of prisoner Tarkhan Kartoev, who died on June 29, 2013, at the penal colony IK-2 in Yekaterinburg. According to Oksana Preobrazhenskaya, the complaint contains a request to recognize the fact that the Tarkhan Kartoev's death was resulted from torture.

Today, about 50 Muslims have declared hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They are protesting against the obstruction in the performance of religious rites. This was reported by bloggers.

Today, festivities in honour of the Russia's Independence Day were held in Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Astrakhan and Maikop. In Volgograd and Rostov-on-Don, celebrations were accompanied by protests.