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The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants to five years in a general regime penal colony.

After an incident in a Sochi kindergarten, parents of the children accused the kindergarten’s administration of concealing facts of child abuse and failing to act in response to complaints. At the same time, the prosecutor’s office drew up administrative protocols against the parents themselves, accusing them of insulting the kindergarten principal and her daughter.

The participants in the attack in Makhachkala had been planning the terrorist attack for about six months, the law enforcement bodies have concluded. The leader of Dagestan has promised to nominate the police inspectors for awards.

Investigators suspect Yuri Lysenko, the head of the Novocherkassk administration, of receiving a large-amount bribe from a developer. Yuri Lysenko has been caught red-handed, a source in the law enforcement bodies claims.

Activists have sent more than 5000 signatures in signature sheets and 2000 electronic signatures demanding to hold an investigation into Seda Suleimanova's case to the Russian Presidential Administration.

Adam Kadyrov has received the jubilee medal "25 years of ‘Akhmat-Grozny’ OMON"; the awarding was held in front of the Russian coat of arms without crosses.

The arrest of Artyom Ostanin, a comedian from the city of Yeysk, was extended by a month; a Moscow court has dismissed the defence’s notion to transfer Ostanin to house arrest.

By demonstratively refusing to attend the Victory Parade in Moscow, the President of Azerbaijan has underlined the geopolitical role of his country that has grown since the victory in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the desire to build relations with Russia only on an equal footing. Moscow is capable of responding harshly to the Ilham Aliev’s demarche, but the risks of such a development are minimal, Russian analysts believe.

Irakli Khufeniya, a resident of Zugdidi, who participated in protests against the policies of the “Georgian Dream” Party, has been accused by the Russian law enforcement bodies of calling for terrorism.

In Cherkessk, a court has sentenced Alexei Safonov, the former chief of the Stavropol Territory GIBDD (road police), who became well-known for his mansion with a “golden toilet,” to 20 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony in a case on multi-million-rouble bribes for cargo transportation in violation of the rules and regulations.

Said Amirov, a former Makhachkala Mayor, who uses a wheelchair, has filed several dozen lawsuits demanding to improve his custody conditions in the colony for life-sentenced prisoners.

Tourists have cancelled 60% of bookings at a large Anapa hotel; and they have already received more than two million roubles back. Employees of another hotel have confirmed that their bookings have dropped several-fold after the fuel oil (mazut) spill.

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has requested six years of freedom deprivation for Grigory Melkonyants, a co-chairman of the “Golos” (Vote) Movement* in the case of organizing the activities of an undesirable foreign nongovernmental organization (NGO).

In the village of Leninaul, despite agreements with the local authorities, a Chechen mosque built in the 19th century has been demolished, village residents report.

A local resident suspected of participating in the kidnapping of a man in Yandar has been detained in Magas. The kidnapped man has also been found and hospitalized.

Actress Maria Shukshina spoke out in favour of renaming Volgograd to Stalingrad. Users of her Telegram channel expressed different opinions on the issue. Meanwhile, many Volgograd residents have noted the city needs to solve a lot of problems and renaming the city is not the main one.

Activists have collected twice as many signatures as they had expected to the appeal addressed to the administration of Russian President in connection with the disappearance of Chechen native Seda Suleimanova. The campaign covered more than 20 Russian cities and found a response, including among residents of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kuban (Krasnodar Territory).

In the rural settlement of Yandare, six armed men have forcibly put a man into a car and fled.

At the request of his relatives, on the 40th day of his hunger strike, Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositional politician, has agreed to end his action, which he held in protest against his arrest and 9-year sentence awarded under a fraud case.

On the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow of the Chechen People, which is marked on May 10, the authorities of Chechnya emphasized the mourning for Akhmat Kadyrov. On the anniversary of the deportation, the day of February 23, residents of the republic continue to remember the people who fell victim to repression.