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The Russian citizens who have moved to Georgia held an action in Tbilisi against the military operation in Ukraine. Two more pacifist actions were organized by local activists.

On June 12, fighters of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) from Ingushetia returned home from the special operation in Ukraine; hundreds of people came to meet them, the press service of the head of the republic has reported.

On June 11, the youth wing of the "Resistance" oppositional movement held a march in Yerevan demanding the release of activists detained at recent activists' rallies. Protesters have treated these people as political prisoners and stated that authorities were trying to extinguish the opposition movement by means of arrests.

Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, has been appointed First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption; it was done as a reward for his staying in the special operation zone in Ukraine. His appointment evidences the growing influence of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Azerbaijani authorities should lift convictions from nine activists, including the journalist, Khadidja Ismayilova, and fully acquit them, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CE) has stated.

In the Ararat Region of Armenia, law enforcers have detained several activists who tried to block the local highway in protest against the arrival of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, in the region.

The resident of Dagestan, who made a remark to a couple, who were kissing each other in public at a Makhachkala shopping centre, should not have initiated a brawl, Mukhammad Mairanov, the chairman of the Dagestan Muftiate, has stated. Some network users believe that the tough reaction contributes to the protection of traditions, while their opponents condemned the violence.

On June 10, a court in Grozny extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva; the case of her attacking a law enforcer is being checked by the prosecutor's office, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a Musaeva's son, has informed.

A court in Sochi has imposed a fine of 15,000 roubles on Anna Kolmagortseva, finding her guilty of abusing the freedom of media for her interview with Vladimir Atamanchuk, the coordinator of the "Civil Initiative" public movement about the situation in Ukraine.

The Tbilisi State University (TSU) has agreed to comply with a students' demand to change the exam format after students seized the rector's study. During the students' protest, some TSU employees suffered; four of them were hospitalized.

A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced the lawyer, Ilham Aslanoglu, to six months in prison after finding him guilty of libel in his posted video about the "Terter case". This is Aslanoglu's second sentence this year within a defamation case.

Supporters of the opposition have called on their activists to gather on June 11 in a Yerevan square and speak out against political repressions.

Six other believers kept in jails of Azerbaijan have joined the hunger strike declared by Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM); in total, now, 11 persons are hunger-striking.

The National Security Service (NSS) of Nagorno-Karabakh has detained a military serviceman suspected of transferring secret information to a representative of a foreign intelligence service via a social network. The suspect received USD 1550 from the foreign service, investigators assert.

Ali Aliev, the chair of the “Citizens and Development Party”, who went on a hunger strike in protest against the third charge, has recently intensified criticism of the authorities, and that fact has become the reason for his persecution, analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” point out.

The authorities of Dagestan should adopt a law on the dress code and rules of conduct for tourists, note some users of the “VKontakte” social media outlet who watched a video with a female tourist in a swimsuit near the Khuchninsky waterfall. Other users point out that local residents themselves do not comply with the requirements for tourists.

Veronika Antonova-Trizno, the editor-in-chief of the “Sputnik-Azerbaijan” news agency, and the agency’s correspondent Pavel Antonov have been deprived of the right to temporary residence in Azerbaijan.

Participants in a march to the presidential residence, where the meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers is being held, state that the participation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the negotiations on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh illegitimate.

In Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), law enforcers have detained Kase Kik, an Adyg activist, and tortured him, after what he was charged with petty hooliganism, the activist himself has stated. The court sentenced him to seven days of arrest, human rights defenders have informed.

For their refusal to go to the special operation in Ukraine, military servicemen, including those from the regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal District (NCFD and SFD), face the risk of being accused of disobeying an order, but the criminal articles on desertion and unauthorized abandonment of a military unit are not applicable in these cases, lawyers have pointed out.