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One person was killed and four others injured as a result of the crash of the cableway; two of the victims were hospitalized.

The Shali City Court of Chechnya has extended the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", until December 22.

In Moscow, Svetlana Gannushkina and Oleg Orlov were detained while they held solo pickets with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny.

Today, at a meeting with officials from the Yerevan City Mayoralty, Taron Margaryan has announced his resignation, sources report.

Presentation of the film "Deep Rivers" at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival is important for its promotion, film director Vladimir Bitokov believes.

During the week of July 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus.

In Adygea, researchers from the Higher School of Economics studied the living conditions of Syrian Circassians who decided to return to their historical homeland. Both in Adygea and in Karachay-Cherkessia, Syrian refugees face the same problems, including registration of their documents and difficulties in finding a job.

Bad weather in Georgia and several regions of Northern Caucasus, which led to emergency situations; accident at TPP which de-energized Azerbaijan and court's decision in the case against Azerbaijani oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov; detention of Dagestani Vice Prime Minister Ramazan Aliev; quarterfinal match between the national football teams of Russia and Croatia in Sochi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 2-8, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Five years ago, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was shot dead. Over these years, investigators failed to establish the killer and the customer. The investigation was repeatedly suspended. The last, eighth decision to suspend it was made in April 2016. This June, it was resumed, but no particular results are known yet.

The authorities have revealed no interested in the resolution adopted by representatives of 12 national republics of Russia, which treated the law on voluntary study of native languages as unconstitutional. The conference delegates received a response only from Dzambolat Tedeev, an MP from North Ossetia.

The outcome of the Russia-Croatia quarterfinal match at the FIFA World Cup-2018 was decided by a series of penalties. Today, the Russian national team has played its last match at the tournament.

The situation in the Georgian village of Chuberi, which suffered from a flood, has nothing to do with the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Nenskra River, the company-builder of the HPP has stated. In their turn, environmentalists have suggested that the consequences of the flooding are associated with a large-scale deforestation.

On July 6, in Rostov-on-Don, the court found Judge Dmitry Novikov guilty, but freed him from punishment.

Levon Sargsyan, a brother of the former President of Armenia, is accused in the case of illegal enrichment and is wanted. The charges are also brought against a son and a daughter of Levon Sargsyan, investigators report today.

In Gelendzhik, local residents believe that the presence of the national football teams of Iceland and Sweden that chose the city to be their training base had produced a negative impact on the tourist season and prevented tourists from coming.

On July 1-7, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired about 1500 shots and thus violated the truce in the conflict zone, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Today, Tanka Ibragimov, the former Minister for Public Health of Dagestan, who resigned in April 2018, has been detained in his Makhachkala house on suspicion of embezzlement of funds from the budget, reports a source from the local law enforcement bodies.

Four tourists, who on July 5 got stuck in the Gili-Su Gorge in the Karachay District because of bad weather, were taken to the village of Khurzuk.

Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov was detained 1.5 months after his release. At the moment, his relatives are not aware of his whereabouts.

Pavel Grib, a Ukrainian citizen, accused of terrorism, is held in Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison) without violations; and he has no complaints about his custody conditions, the regional Ombudsperson stated on July 6.