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After the ex-FSB officer for Dagestan was deported from Poland to Russia, contact with him disappeared
Human rights
After the ex-FSB officer for Dagestan was deported from Poland to Russia, contact with him disappeared
7 June 2023

The day before, the Polish authorities extradited, at the request of the Russian Federation, ex-employee of the Dagestan FSB Emran Navruzbekov. After that, the connection with him disappeared. This was reported by his wife, who received political asylum with her children in Poland.

In Dagestan and the KBR, hotel prices have risen sharply in the summer season
Economy
In Dagestan and the KBR, hotel prices have risen sharply in the summer season
7 June 2023

In the context of the closure of European borders and the rise in price of foreign tourism, the republics of the North Caucasus are in the TOP-5 for booking rooms for the summer. This was reported by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

Azerbaijan spoke about the conditions of peace with Armenia
Politics
Azerbaijan spoke about the conditions of peace with Armenia
7 June 2023

Azerbaijan and Armenia are on the threshold of peace for the first time since the restoration of their independence. This was announced by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, speaking in Austria at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.

Detention and torture of shepherds in the village of Mairtup, abduction in Grozny and an action of citizens in Argun against the atrocities of the Russian military
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Detention and torture of shepherds in the village of Mairtup, abduction in Grozny and an action of citizens in Argun against the atrocities of the Russian military
6 June 2023

On the morning of June 6, 2001, two armored personnel carriers arrived at the outskirts of the village of Mairtup, Kurchaloy district. At this time, a local resident, born in 1979, was grazing sheep a few hundred meters from the settlement. According to relatives, shortly before this, the Russian military captured and took away two of his brothers.

The dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was broken in the Kherson region
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
The dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was broken in the Kherson region
6 June 2023

On the night of June 6, the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was broken. The dam is located upstream of Kherson along the Dnieper in the village of Novaya Kakhovka. The local population is being evacuated from flooded areas. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for what happened.

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars wants to register as a representative body of the indigenous people of Ukraine
Society
The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars wants to register as a representative body of the indigenous people of Ukraine
6 June 2023

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people has submitted documents to the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience of Ukraine to secure its legal status as a representative body of the Crimean Tatar people.

In Chechnya, two former National Guardsmen were sentenced to a suspended sentence in the case of kidnapping
Human rights
In Chechnya, two former National Guardsmen were sentenced to a suspended sentence in the case of kidnapping
6 June 2023

The Gudermes City Court of Chechnya found former members of the National Guard Aslan Dukaev and Bekhan Abdurashidov guilty of illegally detaining Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan. The security forces were sentenced to two years probation under the article on abuse of power, excluding the article on kidnapping from the charge.

The President of Georgia called the blowing up of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station a
Politics
The President of Georgia called the blowing up of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station a "war crime of Russia"
6 June 2023

The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region of Ukraine, with further catastrophic consequences for the population, is a war crime on the part of the Russian authorities. This was stated by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

The NCFD has the fewest residents with above-average incomes
Economy
The NCFD has the fewest residents with above-average incomes
6 June 2023

Ingushetia and the KChR are named the most lagging regions in terms of the share of residents with incomes above the national average (45 thousand rubles). Those are 4.4% and 6.7% of citizens, respectively.

Georgia has provided assistance to more than 26 thousand citizens of Ukraine
Politics
Georgia has provided assistance to more than 26 thousand citizens of Ukraine
6 June 2023

In 2022, Georgia provided assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about $14.5 million. This is stated in the government's report submitted to Parliament.