The Baku Court of Appeal upheld the 10-year sentence for activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The defense is preparing a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Chechnya has opened a criminal case over the attempted murder of law enforcement officers. This concerns yesterday's attack on a traffic police post in Achkhoy-Martan.

The prosecutor has asked for 17 years of strict regime imprisonment for 41-year-old Osman Abdurazakov, 51-year-old Leman Zekeryaev, 31-year-old Ayder Asanov, and 39-year-old Ekrem Krosh. They want to sentence 69-year-old Khalil Mambetov and 55-year-old Refat Seidametov to 17 and a half years of imprisonment.

In the city of Achkhoy-Martan, on Kadyrov Street, an unknown man attacked a road patrol post with a knife. Two police officers were injured and taken to the hospital. This was reported by RT, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

The Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Tamerlan Tsgoev, recalled his request addressed to Abkhazia. It is for the self-proclaimed republic to strip the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev of all state awards and titles. In the Russian Federation, he is recognized as a terrorist.

Moscow and Baku are looking for a compromise on resuming the work of the Russian House. This was stated by the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Yevgeny Primakov.

According to the Head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, Vladimir Putin is a "God-sent president." He said this during his speech at a rally on the occasion of the arrival of the retro train "Pobeda" in the region.

The highest share of overdue credit debt in Russia as of March of this year was recorded among residents of Ingushetia (almost 21% of the total volume of loans). A high share of overdue debt was also found in Chechnya (9.4%), Dagestan (8.9%), North Ossetia (8.7%), Karachay-Cherkessia (7.7%) and Kabardino-Balkaria (6.2%). These regions took the last places in the RIA Novosti rating, compiled on the basis of official statistics.

Former coordinator of the Crimean Solidarity movement Server Mustafayev was sent to a cell-type facility for two months. His wife said that this happened after the “Moscow inspection” that took place in the colony in the second half of March.

The fifth president Salome Zurabishvili, speaking at the "Meeting for Democracy" event in Paris, said that "Russia, with the help of its oligarch puppets, has achieved almost complete usurpation of power" in the country.