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Remarks to tourists who violate the behaviour norms adopted in Dagestan are quite appropriate and necessary, some residents of the republic have stated. Others object believing that remarks to visitors can only be made in most egregious cases; they are commenting on the release in Dagestan of a new memo with conduct rules for tourists.

A public prosecutor requested court to sentence Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, and Kemal Tambiev, who were accused of financing terrorism, to 19 years of imprisonment.

The Naursky Сourt of Chechnya recognized posts of a local resident on the social media to be public calls for extremism and sentenced him to a year of suspended imprisonment.

Ulker Gashimova, a resident of Derbent, who tried to leave Russia, is at the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison). The girl's family has no money for an advocate, her bridegroom has informed.

In Moscow, policemen have detained Valentina Velichkina, an activist from the city of Mineralnye Vody who was holding a solo picket in defence of the nature reserve named "Beshtau Mountain".

Because of admitted violations in the case files, The Maisky District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has returned to the police the administrative case opened against Vadim Podkolzin, a local resident, under the article on discrediting the Russian Army.

Khutmat Kadyrova, a Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter, who was appointed a supervisor of the Chechen healthcare system in March, has been awarded the Order of Akhmat Kadyrov, which is awarded for exceptional services related to the development of statehood and achievements in work.

Activist Anatoly Berezikov, who died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, was buried by his relatives. Investigators instituted a case on incitement to suicide. The relatives of Anatoly Berezikov have the right to request holding an investigation into the circumstances of his death, lawyer Galina Tarasova points out.

In Sochi, law enforcers have detained Marina Melikhova, an activist, within a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Army.

The appellate instance has refused to satisfy the prosecutor's request to toughen the punishment for Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov, a resident of Makhachkala, convicted of creating a cell of the banned extremist organization "At-Takfir wal-Hijra".

Victor Ryzhkov, a resident of the Altai Territory, has been freed from slavery at a brick factory in Dagestan. However, he refused to write an application against those who kept him in slavery, the "Alternativa" movement against slavery has informed.

Residents of Dagestan are increasingly reacting to pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the solo picketers, Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov, have noted. Believers and the progressive part of the population are interested in Gadjiev's case, Djambulat Gasanov, an activist, has added.

The defence of Nurmagomed Labaev, a native of Dagestan, has appealed against the extension of his arrest in the robbery case, claiming numerous violations in the case. According to the advocate, the victim described the criminal as having a Slavic appearance, while Labaev has a characteristic Caucasian one.

The court of appeal in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to satisfy the appeal complaint against the decision to liquidate the Council of Elders of the Balkar People (CEBP).

Investigators are considering several versions of the death of three sisters in the Chegem District, including suicide and an accident. The women died after a conflict with their relatives, sources report.

In the Scherbinovsky District of the Krasnodar Territory, a court granted a public prosecutor’s request and appointed a new forensic psychiatric examination of activist Maxim Sokolov, who had earlier been forcibly placed in a psychiatric clinic.

In Kaliningrad, a court takes an unreasonably long time to consider a claim to restrict the parental rights of Nina, a native of Dagestan, and that prevents the children from leaving for the republic with their father’s family, woman’s relatives point out.

A court of cassation has upheld the sentence of Elnar Amirbekov, who was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment on the charge of terrorism and preparation of an attack on a road-and-patrol police (known as DPS) checkpoint in Dagestan. The court found unfounded the arguments of the defence about the falsification of evidence.

A female resident of Dagestan has held a solo picket, demanding the release of her brother, who was detained by law enforcers.

A court in Krasnodar has found the posting of a flag on a social network with a slogan glorifying Ukraine as a demonstration of extremist symbols and arrested Mikhail Lyakh, a local resident, for 15 days.