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A mass rally with the participation of students and youth activists was held in Grozny, the Chechen capital, on the Day of Russia. Participants told about enforcement to participate in the event.

On June 11, activists of the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) threw soccer balls into the yard of the Russian Embassy in Belgium, demanding to restore justice in relation of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

A satirical song about the failure of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, as the coach of the Russian national football team, scored more than 1.7 million views within 24 hours. According to the author, an actor Semyon Slepakov, even the tough methods practiced in Chechnya will not be able to help the team at the FIFA World Cup.

According to the official information, about 20,000 people took part in the event.

The conflict with the Muftiate, disagreements with Ramzan Kadyrov, resonant trials of law enforcers and counterterrorist operations (CTOs) will not stop the Kremlin from reassigning Yunus-Bek Evkurov as the head of Ingushetia, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Not all of the 8000 spectators attended the open workout of the Egyptian national football team voluntarily, local residents said. Together with the participants of the FIFA World Cup, the leadership of Chechnya appeared at the stadium.

Arrival of participants of the FIFA World Cup in the cities of Southern Russia; special operation carried out in Nazran; two-day strike of metro drivers in Tbilisi; detention of a top-ranking police officer from Dagestan; strong earthquake in Azerbaijan; approval of Taimuraz Akhokhov as Mayor of Nalchik, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 4-10, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Policemen gave blocked streets at the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium and the Grozny Airport several hours before the arrival of the national football team of Egypt, thus created traffic jams, the townspeople have reported.

The reproach to Kadyrov for his appointment of a relative to the post of the Grozny police boss was not accidentally pronounced on air of the "straight line" with Vladimir Putin. The Chechen cadre policy has long been raising questions in the Kremlin, political analysts believe.

Stanislav Klykh, a citizen of Ukraine, sentenced in Chechnya to 20 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, declared hunger strike. The Ukrainian authorities announced their willingness to exchange prisoners, including Stanislav Klykh, with Russia.

Residents of the Chechen capital noted the enhancement of security measures in the area of "The Local" Hotel and the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium, where athletes from the Egypt national football team will be accommodated and trained for the period of the FIFA World Cup.

The minimum amount of this year's zakat (a form of alms-giving, treated in Islam as a mandatory religious charity that each believer should make upon completion of fasting in the month of Ramadan) should make 100 roubles (about $1.6), the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM of Muftiate) of Chechnya has informed.

In Saratov, participants of a picket organized by the "Strategy 6" called on the authorities to release political prisoners, including Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev.

An anonymous message shown on the air during the "Direct Line" with Vladimir Putin on June 7 was related to Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, a relative of the Chechen leader, appointed the chief of the police in Grozny.