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On June 22, five residents of the Chechen Republic accused of kidnapping people for ransom and of other grave crimes were sentenced by the Republic's Supreme Court to long terms of imprisonment.

The militants' grouping operating in the territory of Ingushetia and presented as "Mujahads of Vilayat Galgaiche" has stated they had committed murders of Gazgireeva, deputy chair of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, and former vice-premier Bashir Aushev, as well as the shelling of Osman Vyshegurov, an employee of the tax service. The statement appeared in one of separatists' websites.

Today, the website of the RIA "Dagestan", founded by the Ministry of National Policy, Information and External Relations of Dagestan, suffered from a hacker's attack again: supporters of separatists have placed their appeal to law enforcers on behalf of one of extremist groupings in the main page of the website.

The health condition of Ramzan Evkurov, 35, a President's bodyguard who was wounded in the attempt on June 22 remains extremely grave. Today, he will be prepared for repeated surgery.

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has unexpectedly arrived to Ingushetia, where he met Rashid Gaisanov, temporary head of the republic, as reported by a source in the government of Ingushetia. Mr Kadyrov has offered remuneration to residents of Ingushetia for information about any prepared terror acts and militants' whereabouts.

Today, the court of the city of Novorossisk has rejected the suit lodged by Tamara Karastelyova, director of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR), challenging the non-normative acts of the city's prosecutor's office, which had found attributes of extremism in criticism of key provisions of the so-called "curfew law". According to Ms Karastelyova, the today's trial "looked like a play": the decision was prepared in advance.

Tamara Karastelyova, director of the Novorossisk Human Rights Committee (NHRC), has complained of a discrediting campaign launched against those who stand for cancelling the law on "curfew" for children in Novorossisk; the campaign is conducted with use of mass media and Internet portals.

Several members of the NGO named "Equal Rights Institute" have started hunger strike at the representative office of the European Union in the capital of Georgia. The hunger strike is related to the events on June 15 in Tbilisi.

The Memorandum on Human Rights, addressed by the Amnesty International (AI) to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev, expresses concern because of closing and forced eviction of people from Temporary Accommodation Centres (TACs) in Chechnya.

In Azerbaijan, activists of the pro-governmental party named "Modern Musavat" made an attempt on June 22 to hold a picket in front of the Iranian embassy in Baku with a demand to put an end to violence against participants of protest actions against falsification of presidential election.

Patimat Mutalieva, named by the investigation to be a probable terrorist involved in the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, at the moment of the terror act was on her way to exam in psychology at the polytechnic college in Nazran, where she is a student. The girl told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it by telephone.

Nikolai Uschipovskiy, senior inspector for especially important cases of the Chief Investigatory Department of Russia's Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO), who headed in 2007-2008 the investigatory group dealing with the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has stated today that no pressure had been exerted on Salambek Dzakhkiev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of involvement in this crime.