The Southern Military Court extended the arrest for three months of Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Hajiyev, accused of financing terrorism. He has been in detention for almost four years. Two other persons, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiyev, will also remain in the SIZO.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov sentenced Rasul Baysultanov, a resident of Chechnya, to 11 years' imprisonment. He was convicted of a terrorist offence - planning an armed struggle against the authorities in Chechnya.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow arrested Timur Idalov, a lawyer from Chechnya, until June 10. He was charged under art. 318, para. 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation the day before (threat of violence against a representative of the authorities). 
At the trial, Idalov said that the accusation against him was fabricated by the FSB with the help of the investigative authorities. 

On April 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on electronic summonses and restrictions for draft dodgers. Before this, the bill quickly passed two readings in the State Duma and was approved by the Federation Council.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya sentenced to life imprisonment Shamil Basayev and Khattab, an alleged participant of the armed attack on a convoy of Perm OMON, a detachment of Chechen warlords, in 1999.

On the resident of Dagestan from the village of Tidib of the Shamil district Shamil M. a criminal case was initiated because of the publication of a video of the Ukrainian "Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea".

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don granted the prosecutor’s request to extend the arrest to activists from Crimea Rustem Tairovu, Zavor Abdullayev, Jebbar Bekirov and Rustem Murasov. Political prisoners of the Crimean Tatars will remain in detention until 23 July.

On April 13, the Russian government gave a negative response to the amendments proposed by the Chechen parliament to the federal law “On Combating Extremist Activities” concerning collections of hadiths and works of canonical Islamic schools.

On April 13, the Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested lawyer Timur Idalov for two months for allegedly threatening the prosecutor with violence. The arrested person stated that the charges were fabricated by the investigation at the direction of the FSB.

Activist of the Azerbaijan People’s Front party Zamin Salayev is on a hunger strike for 65 days in Baku SIZO. He is in a serious condition.