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On June 6, at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", stated that charges against him fall under the articles on libel and contempt of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan and asked to re-qualify them. However, the Judge dismissed the motion, stating that it could be considered at subsequent stages of the judicial investigation.

In Volgograd, court fined three activists of the movement "For Fair Elections", who participated in the gathering in the city centre against the decision of the Russian State Duma on increasing fines for participation in mass events. This was reported by Artyom Panenko, the lawyer of the movement "For Fair Elections".

In Nazran, the memorial to the memory of victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict of 1992 was opened. Next to him, a mosque and a prayer house were built. Opening of the memorial was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Ingushetia.

In Astrakhan, Oleg Shein asked to prosecute 18 witnesses in the case of cancellation of the results of Mayor's election. According to Oleg Shein, witnesses of 18 precinct election commissions gave false testimonies.

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, called on the Azerbaijani authorities to respect human rights and democratic freedoms of citizens and release the journalists arrested "for their publications and activists convicted for their participating in public demonstrations."

In the centre of Volgograd, near the reception room of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, a gathering against the decision of the Russian State Duma on increasing fines for participation in public events was held. Activists of the movement "For Fair Elections" called on to dissolve the Parliament and to veto the draft law. According to organizers, six protestors were detained.

Last night, Azerbaijani reconnaissance and sabotage group tried to enter at the position of the Defence Army of Karabakh. As a result of the combat action, the Karabakh side lost one soldier, and two soldiers were wounded. This was reported by the Department of Information and Propaganda of the army of the unrecognized republic.

40 persons attended a picket, which was held in Maikop on 5 June, on the World Environment Day. Students, ecologists, working citizens and retired people with banners gathered near the Government House of the Republic. They chanted slogans: "We are for Russia without cruelty", "Animals have right to life and protection" and demanded to speed up the construction of kennel for homeless animals in the city.

In the Krasnodar Territory (also known as "Kuban" by the name of the main river), the priest, who participated in the protest action, which disrupted the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Icons" organized by Marat Gelman, was expelled from the court of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban Dioceses.

According to the rating of the Russian cities compiled by the Forbes magazine, five cities in southern Russia are the most convenient to do business. The first place among the 30 presented cities went to Sochi, the 10th place to Krasnodar, and the 7th place to Makhachkala. The rating caused ambiguous reaction of the Runet users.

Turkish textbooks contain a map, on which the territory of modern Georgia, in particular, Adzharia, and Armenia are parts of Turkey. At present, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) checks the information. The Turkish side calls the incident a mistake.

In Moscow, three persons were injured in a fight between natives of Northern Caucasus and football fans. Two victims are in serious condition.

Tonight unidentified persons in Stavropol region burned down the campaign office of Alexander Dunaev, ex-Head of Lermontov, nominee as deputy of the City Council of the fifth convocation, representatives of the office reported.

On June, 5, trial on cassational appeals of four activists convicted in connection with the oppositional meeting of April, 2, 2011, was held in the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of judge Farman Kerimov. Sahib Kerimov, Babek Gasanov, Elshan Gasanov and Elnur Israfilov asked the court to revoke the verdicts of guilty against them and bring verdicts of complete acquittal, however the Supreme Court dismissed the activists’ appeals.

Relatives of resident of Makhachkala Magomed Rasulov appealed to the police reporting his disappearance. Father of Esmira Ganieva reported his daughter’s disappearance in the settlement of Akhty, web-site of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Dagestan informs.

Members of the Bar of Armenia announced their plan to hold a one-day strike on June, 11, in this way expressing dissatisfaction with the activities of the judges of the Court of Cassation, lawyer Lusine Saakyan, member of the pressure group for organization of the strike, reported. As of June, 5, there were 100 lawyers ready to take part in the strike.

In Azerbaijan, in the evening of June 5, near the town of Zaqatala, an earthquake measuring 4 points on the 12-point scale occurred, no one was injured.

About 30 persons gathered in Victory Square in Vladikavkaz to attend the last rally, organized by the initiative group "Electrozink. What do we breathe?" against the activities of the factory.

Till the end of the year, the number of returnees, coming from Syria to Kabardino-Balkaria, will increase by 300 more persons, and 150 returnees have already arrived. This was reported on June 5 by Anzor Kurashinov, Chief of the Division of the State Committee on affairs of public and religious organizations in Kabardino-Balkaria, at the seminar on adaptation of returnees from Syria, held in Nalchik.

On June 4, after a break, the Karabulak Court of Ingushetia resumed court hearings on the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of torturing detainees.