EU High Commissioner for International Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell shared his impressions of his meeting with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. 

During the assault on pre-trial detention center-1 in Rostov, special forces eliminated three natives of Ingushetia - Malik Gandaloev, Shamil Akiev and Azamat Tsitskiev, as well as a native of Chechnya Tamerlan Gireev, Magomed Saipudinov from Dagestan and Daniil Kamnev from Stavropol.

At least four conscripts were sent from a military unit in Vladikavkaz to the military base of the Russian Armed Forces in the Armenian Gyumri.

Employees of the Russian Guard stormed pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, where six prisoners took two detention center workers hostage.

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr from June 16 to 19. In Chechnya, June 17 and 18 are declared non-working days.

For refusing to participate in the assault in Ukraine, the Russian military killed Rashid Dudarov from Ingushetia. Blogger Khasan Khalitov reported this.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a record payment for signing a military contract was set - 1.3 million rubles. The corresponding decree was signed by the head of the region, Rashid Temrezov. Before this, the amount was 13 times lower - 100 thousand.

The number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan over three months increased by 16 people and amounted to 303. This was reported by the Union of Freedom of Political Prisoners.

The Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Armenia instructed officials to exclude official visits to Belarus.

Today marks five years since journalist from Dagestan Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was imprisoned. He is recognized as a political prisoner, like other defendants in the criminal case - Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov.