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The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has started to study the materials of the inspection carried out to check the complaint of Nikolai Karpyuk about torture. Investigators found no grounds for institution of criminal proceedings.

This morning, law enforcers have started a special operation in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District of Dagestan, reports the operational headquarters for Dagestan. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced at 5:00 a.m. Moscow time.

Policemen must conduct searches in the presence of at least two witnesses and present a protocol under which the check is conducted. This was stated by the lawyers, who commented the complaint of the head of the Nalchik-based health and beauty centre against the pressure by power agents.

The Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan has sent to the Supreme Court (SC) a cassation protest against the verdict to rights defender Intigam Aliev, having found the judgement "too severe." His advocates expect replacement of the real prison term for conditional one.

The defence will file appeals against the verdict in the Said Amirov's case to the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was announced by Vladimir Postanyuk, the head of the team of advocates.

The Supreme Court (SC) has reduced the sentence to Yusup Djaparov, convicted in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, down to 17 years and 10 months of imprisonment. The rest of the sentence was left unchanged.

Today, at the court session in the case against Klykh and Karpyuk, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has allowed to question a defence witness Maria Tomak, a Ukrainian human rights defender and a journalist, a member of the Centre for Civil Liberties. She testifies about the alibi of the defendants.

Today, at the court session in the case against Klykh and Karpyuk, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has questioned Tamara Klykh, the defendant's mother. She said that in 1994-1995, Stanislav Klykh was in Ukraine. Other relative have confirmed that Klykh and Karpyuk did not left Ukraine for Chechnya.

In Dagestan, a resident of the village of Khebda of the Shamil District has reported that a local police checkpoint was shelled. This was confirmed by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). As a result of the attack, one of law enforcers was wounded, am ICRF's official reports.

The advocates, who represent the interests of Arghishti Kiviryan, the coordinator of the online edition "Armenia Today", have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the court's decision to impose a fine on the activist.

The information about involvement of Dovbash brothers from Belarus and Marat Yunusov, a native of Dagestan, in the terror act in Brussels has been reported by unreliable sources, and such disinformation only intensifies the panic and is beneficial for terrorists. This was stated by Sasha Kulaeva, the head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Department of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

Investigators have collected sufficient evidence against nine persons accused of mass fight and shootout at the Kizlyar marketplace. This was reported by an official from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). The defendants and the victims attempted to reconcile, said an activist of the national-cultural autonomy "Tsez People".

The law enforcement bodies have launched the investigation into the criminal cases against Dana Mukova, Alina Chotchaeva, Madina Batchaeva, and Marina Batchaeva, suspected of involvement in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.