The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the conviction of Ansar Osmanov, an activist of Crimean Solidarity, and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in a strict regime colony.

The Russian Ambassador to Armenia has been summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry. The agency expressed strong dissatisfaction with the involvement of the Russian military contingent in Karabakh in the incident at the Lachin border checkpoint.

A well-known Moscow lawyer, a native of Dagestan, Dagir Khasavov, was released from the colony on the basis of parole. In 2020, the Izmailovsky City Court of Moscow sentenced him to six years in prison.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the southern direction. However, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said that partners have high expectations from the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Residents of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region accused the Russian military sent to confront the “Russian Volunteer Corps” of looting.

Physical, emotional and legal terror. Recent propaganda material about plans in Ukraine and the unsolved kidnapping of Yusup Mezhiev from Starye Atagi more than 20 years ago illustrates Russian methods of suppressing the will of the people in the territories it occupies.

On June 16, Crimean Tatar activist Ansar Osmanov was sentenced to 20 years of strict regime for “preparing for a violent seizure of power” (Article 30, Part 1, Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and “organizing the activities of a terrorist organization” (Article 205.5). Other Crimean Tatars, members of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia, but is allowed abroad, including in Ukraine, also received long sentences.

The day before, during a court hearing in Grozny, a native of Chechnya, Zarema Musayeva, stated that she had not committed any crimes.