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On the central beach of the city Gelendzhik, a sewage discharge occurred; for about an hour, the sewage was discharged into the sea; it was accompanied by an unpleasant smell, after which bathing was banned, tourists have reported. However, the Gelendzhik administration explained that the bathing ban was introduced because of a sharp drop in water temperature.

David Ambartsumyan, the Mayor of the city of Masis, and his brother Gor Ambartsumyan were arrested on June 6 within the case of an attack on protesters in Yerevan, the Armenian Investigating Committee has stated.

Today, the situation at the "Verkhni Lars" border checkpoint has worsened; the congestion of cars has increased, a source from the North-Ossetia Border Department and drivers have reported. According to Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the waiting time is about five hours. In their turn, drivers assert that they have to wait for 9 hours or more.

Law enforcers have found in the apartment of Narek Sargsyan, a nephew of the third president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, drugs and weapons. The country's National Security Service (NSS) has declared him wanted.

In the Adler District of Sochi, the streets were flooded by water after the rain. Heavy rains will also fall on July 7, when a quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup between Russia and Croatia is to be held in Sochi.

Yunis Safarov, who attacked Elmar Veliev, the head of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, planned to assassinate a number of well-known government officials to sow panic and seize power, the Azerbaijani power agencies report today.

Today, defenders of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, have filed a complaint against the decision pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which refused to transfer the trial to another region.

A resident of the Georgian village of Arkhisi has been detained by law enforcers near the border with South Ossetia in the vicinity of the Zemo Artsevi village, the "1tv.ge" reports today with reference to local residents.

Today, on the territory of a vegetable storage base in Rostov-on-Don, two persons have been injured in an explosion of a grenade, and not a gas cylinder, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) clarifies.

Mindiya Gogochuri, a husband of a Georgian President's daughter, got four gunshot wounds. He underwent surgery and was placed to a resuscitation ward.

The former Vice Prime Minister of Dagestan has been placed to the Lefortovo SIZO (pre-trial prison), sources from the law enforcement bodies report today.

During the past day, the Armenian armed forces 102 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given hope to participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, who seek for compensation, earlier recognized illegal by the court in Kabardino-Balkaria. 120 people filed claims to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Tonight, an armed attack was committed on Mindiya Gogochuri, a son-in-law of the Georgian President; he was taken to hospital with wounds.

Law enforcers threatened to punish the lawyer Kemal Kuscheterov, who had reported that he was beaten up during a search in Cherkessk, so that other lawyers did not interfere with their work, Kemal Kuscheterov and his colleague have stated.

The cancellation of mandatory study of native languages at schools will finally bury the languages of minor nations and lead to the death of Circassian culture, the leaders of the International Circassian Association (ICA) have stated.

Water is supplied to many Makhachkala districts with interruptions, and its low quality forces citizens to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking, Makhachkala residents informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has dismissed the motion filed by the defenders of Oyub Titiev, the head of the "Memorial" office in Grozny, who sought to change the territorial jurisdiction of the client's case, and extended the arrest of the rights defender until July 25.

The Nenskra River, which came out of its banks, swept off the bridges to the village of Chuberi in Georgia. Some of the houses in the village have been flooded, reported Nino Vibliani, the spokesperson for the Mestia district municipality. Residents of Chuberi believe the flooding was caused by a mountain collapse and construction of a hydroelectric power plant.

Today, the defence of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, has unsuccessfully requested to challenge the judge considering the transfer of the rights defender's case to another region.