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Due to the policy to appoint trusted people to official posts and refusal to change the regional policy, Magomedsalam Magomedov, the former leader of Dagestan, and Vladislav Surkov, who monitored the region of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, have been reappointed to the posts in the Russian presidential administration, political analysts believe.

On June 19, in Rostov-on-Don, more than 90 residents of a four-storey apartment building located near a fan zone of the FIFA World Cup were evacuated because of a fire. The fire area covered 400 square meters. Fire victims were temporarily accommodated at a school building.

Local authorities have managed to agree with court marshals about the temporary suspension of the court decision to demolish 19 houses built near the federal gas pipeline in the village of Novaya Shangoda-Shitlib.

A Yerevan court has ruled to arrest Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP, accused of stealing foodstuffs and equipment intended for the army, for two months.

Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd rights defender, has stopped his hunger strike announced in the Butyrka SIZO (pre-trial prison) in protest against his too long arrest.

The participants in a protest action held in the village of Novaya Shangoda-Shitlib, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, demanded to cancel the court judgement that prescribes to demolish their houses and blocked entry to the village for court marshals and policemen.

The US authorities have no moral right to demand the release of defendants or convicts in Russia, says the June 18 statement of Russia's Embassy in Washington.

The decision to deprive Manvel Grigoryan of his MP's immunity and the sanction for his arrest were approved by a majority of the Armenian MPs. The defence reported the deterioration of the Manvel Grigoryan's health state.

The Azerbaijani armed forces have shot down a drone during the border monitoring, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports today. The drone tried to fly over the army's positions, the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan reports.

Today, the former leader of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov has reported that the information about the detention of Dagestani MP Radjab Abdulatipov is false.

At a Moscow airport, FSB agents detained Radjab Abdulatipov, a brother of the former leader of Dagestan, when he tried to leave Russia, reports today an informed source of the "Interfax". The law enforcement bodies did not confirm the information.

The US Department of State has appealed to the Russian authorities with a call to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", accused of drug possession, as well as sentenced Oleg Sentsov and Stanislav Klykh, recognized as political prisoners.

For the fifth day, relatives of Ibragim Aliev, a resident of Ingushetia, cannot succeed in their request to give his body out to them. The Ingush resident was killed after being detained by law enforcers, his cousin reported.

After the victory of the England football team over the national team of Tunisia at the "Volgograd-Arena" Stadium, football fans filled Lenin Avenue. A large group of English fans went to Mamayev Kurgan. In the streets of the city, the football fans celebrated the victory of the national team with dances.

Residents of Dagestan report that people who have earlier criminal records for their involvement in militant activities are required to sign letters not to leave the republic. Lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe such letters contradict the constitutional human right.

On June 16, unidentified law enforcers took away a former OMON (riot police) commander in Chechnya; since then, his whereabouts is unknown, sources report.

The money raised in Kabardino-Balkaria for students and repatriates from Syria was spent to purchase food for the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Residents of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria actively support Syrian returnees, since helping those in need is part of the Adyg culture, note scientists and journalists.

Peter Tatchell, a British LGBT activist, accused of violating the order of picketing after a Moscow action in support of the gay people of Chechnya, has left Russia without waiting for a trial on his administrative case.

The Special Investigative Service (SIS) of Armenia instituted a new criminal case against MP Manvel Grigoryan, a delegate from the Republic Party of Armenia (RPA), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. RPA stated that Manvel Grigoryan should be held responsible under all the severity of the law.

Over 40,000 foodstuff sets were given out to residents of Chechnya during the month of Ramadan. However, the locals believe that the food help provided by the authorities fails to reach all those in need.