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A court in Kazan has arrested Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan and the author of the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper", for 15 days. An ambulance was called to his trial because of a suspected brain concussion.

The Civil Service Law provides for the need for higher education in order to hold the position of minister; the Prosecutor's Office (PO) can eliminate the discrepancy on their own initiative or at citizens' request. Lawyers stated this when commenting on the appointment of Akhmat Kadyrov to the post of Minister of Youth Affairs.

Policemen have conducted prophylactic talks with 14 residents of Vladikavkaz, who, in memory of Alexei Navalny, tried to lay flowers at the memorial to victims of political repressions.

The employee of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in the town of Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Territory, interrogated in the case of the building arson, has failed to confirm any significant damage caused to the commissariat by fire. This gives hope for the mitigation of charges against Boris Goncharenko and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, their advocate has stated.

The court has sentenced Vladimir Barzykin, a resident of the town of Korenovsk, the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) to a fine, finding him guilty of evading military service.

The transfer of the case of five Makhachkala rioters to Krasnodar Territory can be challenged, but success is unlikely, lawyers have indicated. Many residents of Dagestan sympathize with the defendants, but refrain from public support, Magomed Magomedov, a journalist, and Shamil Khadulaev, an activist, have informed.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the sentence of Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist and blogger, sentenced to 8.5 years in jail for spreading fake news about the Russian Army, the human rights project "OVD Info"* has informed.

In Astrakhan, the police detained Maria Poplavskaya, who laid flowers at the monument to the victims of political repression. After a conversation at a police station, the young woman was released with a warning.

In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Valentina Mrykhina, who was detained while laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny*, guilty of failure to obey a lawful request of law enforcers and fined her 2000 roubles.

Contract soldier Vladimir Marchenko went twice absent from his military unit without leave, during one of which he acquired drugs. A court in Maikop sentenced Vladimir Marchenko to 7.5 years of imprisonment for the above offence. A court in Rostov-on-Don considered the appeal and upheld the verdict.

Local residents and activists continue bringing flowers to the memorial to Alexei Navalny* in Sochi, which was spontaneously formed near the monument to victims of political repressions. Law enforcers are questioning those who bring flowers and check their documents.

Relatives of the rioters at the Makhachkala Airport have asked Russian President, Vladimir Putin, for leniency. According to their version, the detainees fell victims to provocation and made a mistake.

Those detained at the monument to victims of political repressions in Stavropol while laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny* said that dozens of people were taken to police stations. Law enforcers demanded from detainees to provide access to their phones and sign warnings about the inadmissibility of taking part in mass rallies.

Stalina Erlenbach, an activist of the movement "Building Future Ourselves", has reported that during searching her home, law enforcers were looking for extremist materials; she has linked the search with her demand to nominate Svetlana Lada-Rus* as a candidate for Russia's presidency.

A court in Krasnodar has arrested for 14 days Andrei Vyazov, an activist, having treated his use of a banner from Navalny's* presidential campaign during the picket as a demonstration of symbols of a banned organization.

The 18-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, has been appointed the republic's Minister of Youth Affairs. He was also awarded Chechnya's highest award, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has announced.

A decision was made to transfer Zarema Musaeva from the colony in Argun to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny so that she could take part via video link in a court hearing, at which an appeal against her verdict will be considered, human rights defenders have informed.

The armed incident in the village of Stary Achkhoi, where law enforcers shot three people dead who had allegedly attacked them, could have been staged both by Chechen authorities in order to send fewer fighters to Ukraine, and by Chechen law enforcers to improve performance indicators, and then they gave it a new perspective, analysts have suggested.

Sochi townspeople and guests of the resort city wanted to lay flowers at the monument to victims of political repressions and honour the memory of Alexei Navalny*, but law enforcers interfered and removed flowers.

In Krasnodar, supporters of Alexei Navalny* laid flowers in memory of him at the memorial to the victims of fascism.