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A burnt-down car with a man's body inside was found in the Buynaksk District of Dagestan. According to local residents, the casualty was the Imam of the mosque of the village of Stalskoe, Kizilyurt District. However, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) argues that the body has not been identified yet.

Last night, more than 400 people blocked the federal highway M4 "Don" at the entrance to Krasnodar for thirty minutes. Participants of the protest action demanded to punish the persons responsible for the death of Timur Ashinov, a resident of Adygea, after mass fight in a Krasnodar cafe.

In Chechnya, a former staff member of the Council for Economic and Social Security (CESS) and an elderly man were detained on suspicion of extorting money. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Today, in Azerbaijan, the court has pronounced the verdict to Parviz Gashimli, a journalist and a human rights defender, who was accused of smuggling and arms traffic. The court has sentenced Parviz Gashimli to 8 years of imprisonment. Tavakkyul Gurbanov, another defendant in the case, was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment.

On May 14, in Maikop, the National Museum of Adygea opened the exhibition "Captives of Destiny". The exhibition shows 60 female portraits created by artist Vitaly Barkin in the penal colony No. 6.

On May 14, the Salyan District Court of Azerbaijan has ruled to restrict the freedom of Emil Mamedov, the head of the non-governmental organization (NGO) "Promoting Democracy", who is charged of extortion, by a three-month arrest. The activist denies the accusation and treats it as politically motivated.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has not satisfied the cassation complaint lodged by the blogger Rashad Agaaddin (Ramazanov), sentenced to 10 years in prison, against the decision of the preliminary session of the Baku Court of Appeal to reject a repeated judicial investigation. The Ramazanov's lawyer believes that the blogger was deprived of the chance to protect his rights.

Relatives of Khyzyr Begiev, who was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria, claim that he was not a member of the armed underground and that he used to be an active fighter against drug dealers in the republic. The Khyzyr Begiev's family members appeal to human rights defenders for help to reveal the true causes of his death.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has opened a criminal case on the complaint filed by Argishti Kiviryan, a coordinator of the news agency "Armenia Today", about the police violence against him. The criminal case was transferred to the Special Investigating Service of Armenia for investigation.

Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "Promoting Democracy", has been detained today in Azerbaijan on suspicion of extortion. His detention occurred after Tofig Gasymov, an employee of the NGO, has testified against his boss.

Today Israfil Gadadov, an advocate of Felix Agaragimov, the Imam of the village of Kurkent, Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan, who was detained on May 6 after a search of his house, has reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he is not allowed to meet his client.