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In the USA, a sister of Tamerlan and Johar Tsarnaev suspected of committing terror acts in Boston, is charged of possession of drugs and intention to sell them. On May 28, a court session was held on her case, at which she refused to plead guilty, the US media report.

On May 22, Kamil Agamagomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, was detained and taken away for questioning to the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, and his whereabouts is still unknown. This was reported by his brother Ramaldan Agamagomedov. Officials from the unit on duty of the ROVD report that the man with such data has not been brought to their place.

Law enforcement agents of Dagestan are searching for Layuza Gaidarbekova and Aina Abdulkadyrova, disappeared students of the Buynaksk Teachers College. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Rostov Publishing House "Kniga" (Book) has agreed to edit the publication of the fairy tale "Moidodyr" at the request of Muslims. Believers were offended by an image of a crocodile, which held in its paws a sheet of paper, similar to the Koran. Muftis call on not to give any meaning to the story.

On May 27, the Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal filed by Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "ReAL", against the extension of his arrest till September 4.

Mustafa Gadjibeili, an adviser to the leader of the Azerbaijani "Musavat" Party, was detained after a rally on the occasion of the Day of Republic in the village of Novkhany. This was reported by Gulyagi Aslanly, Deputy Chairman of the Party.

If Ramzan Kadyrov were the football referee, who had beaten in Grozny the football player from Perm, he could kill the football player. This was told by the Chechen leader himself at the meeting with journalists. Bloggers and commentators believe that such statements not only fall under the provisions of the Criminal Code, but they also indicate the global crisis in the vertical power of the Russian Federation.

Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has concluded his visit to Azerbaijan, holding meetings with the authorities of the country and with representatives of the civil society. A number of human rights defenders expressed their scepticism about the position of the PACE's leader on the country's problems with human rights. However, according to the opinion of Natiq Djafarli, a representative of the movement "ReAL", the forthcoming chairmanship of Azerbaijan at the PACE will inevitably contribute to the removal by the authorities of existing human rights problems.

A patient of the Volgograd hospital kidnapped this morning was found by law enforcement agents in the house of his father. According to the patient's story, kidnappers released him, since they realized that they had kidnapped the wrong person. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

On May 22, Beslan Baidulaev, a resident of Grozny, born in 1977, disappeared without leaving a trace. According to his relatives' story, in 2009, Beslan Baidulaev was convicted on charges of aiding and abetting militants, and after he had served his sentence, he led a peaceful life. This was reported today by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Vladimir Kimaev, a member of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the leader of the Sochi Branch of the "Yabloko" Party, has reported on the searches that were held today in his apartment and at the summer cottage. Law enforcement agents were carrying out the searches starting from 04:00 p.m. till 05:00 p.m. Moscow time, the ecologist reports.

Today, Nazirbek Nazhmudinov, a resident of the village of Tyube of the Kumtorkali District of Dagestan, was beaten and kidnapped in Makhachkala by a group of armed men. This was reported by his wife Aishat Magomedova.

Boris Silevich and Martin Jensen, Co-Rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee, called on the Georgian authorities to punish the persons responsible for massive clashes that took place in Tbilisi on May 17.

The Azerbaijani government is using dubious charges of drug possession in order to silence the political activists who are criticizing the authorities, says the today's statement of the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

As stated by Elnur Aslanov, the head of the Division for Political Analysis and Information Support of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) uses outdated methodology to compile its reports on the human rights situation; therefore, there is no need to discuss its reports. At the same time, Azerbaijani human rights activists believe that the AI's conclusions are correct.

The Azerbaijani leadership should stop criminal prosecution of citizens for their statements and respect democratic norms in the country, Nils Mujzhnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), said after his visit to Azerbaijan.

The Director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports of the Sochi Administration has been arrested on suspicion of an attempted large-scale fraud. He is accused of soliciting a bribe of 1.1 million roubles, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) said today.

After the explosion near the MIA building in Makhachkala on May 25, 19 victims were hospitalized; 13 of them are still there, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan.

On May 20, Muslim Bibulatov, a native of the Chechen city of Argun, disappeared under unclear circumstances on the Azerbaijani-Russian border, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The confessions of Igor Bestuzhy, the former administration head and city manager of Stavropol, were obtained by torture, his advocate Inna Denisova said today at a preliminary court hearing.