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Armenia will receive financial assistance from the United States to support Syrian refugees. An appropriate law was adopted by the House Committee on Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives.

In the Prokhladnensky District Court, two witnesses testified at the trial in the case against Arkady Akopyan, the former chief of the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (banned in Russia). They said that they heard Arkady Akopyan delivering an extremist speech.

The film "House of Others", a debut work by director Rusudan Glurdjidze, was awarded prizes at the film festival held in the Croatian city of Pula. The film described a story of two families during the civil war in Georgia.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has agreed to consider, as a matter of priority, the complaint about the arrest of the Armenian activist Karo Egnukyan, accused of assisting the “Sasna Tsrer” detachment.

The Yerevan court has found Ani Ovannisyan, Director of the “Analitik” Press Club, guilty of extorting money from the MP Tigran Urikhanyan, but acquitted her from the episode of extorting money from the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) “VTB Bank Armenia”. Ms Ovannisyan was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment.

Detentions of Chechnya residents for their dialogues by means of messengers were conducted in the cities of Shali and Grozny in early July, the edition named "Kavkaz.Realii" reports referring to a local resident.

In the Derbent District of Dagestan, residents of four villages demanded to find a new place for a landfill. They blocked the road to garbage trucks and were dispersed by policemen. The district authorities have announced that the landfill will be moved to another place.

Family members of Ruzanna Tuko, who appeared to be in the centre of the scandal with the gold medal of her classmate, were not attacked by their fellow villagers. They still live in their native village, reported residents of the village of Takhtamukai.

At the airport of Mineralnye Vody, border guards took off a plane a resident of Dagestan, who planned to leave for Syria and join militants. This was reported by the Border Guard Department of the Russian FSB Department for Kabardino-Balkaria.

The police have located the whereabouts of two wanted residents of Malgobek. They were interrogated and given out to their relatives, the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

The Senators of the Federation Council have approved the law adopted by the State Duma on introduction, in the test regime, in four Russian regions, including Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories, of fees for using the resort infrastructure.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found grounded the complaint filed by Tamerlan Eskerkhanov about the conditions of detention in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) during the investigation into the politician Boris Nemtsov's murder.

About 20 media representatives from China, Japan, Georgia, Tajikistan, France, and other countries are planning to visit iconic sites in Chechnya and meet Ramzan Kadyrov. According to the guests, they want to destroy stereotypes about Chechnya.

On July 20, the Azerbaijani shelling of the village of Chinari in the Tavush District damaged a kindergarten building and resulted in destruction and damage to the local residents' property. A minor avoided the death. This was stated by the Investigating Committee for Armenia.

More than three-quarters of Russian citizens who heard about the organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses support the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to ban them. This was found out by experts from the All-Russian Centre for the Study of Public Opinion (known as VTsIOM) and the "Levada Centre".

After a protest action held by residents of the villages of Khalimbekaul and Kumukh in the Buynaksk District of Dagestan against the prolonged absence of water, the authorities organized temporary supply of water. The head of the district has assured the protesters that the steps to solve problem are being made.

The right to host the 2019 World Boxing Championship was claimed by India, Ukraine, Thailand and Turkey. However, the executive committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) decided to hold the championship in Sochi.

Faig Amirov, the financial director of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Azadlyg", is found guilty of inciting interreligious hostility and tax evasion.

Power agents have detained 13 residents of Chechnya from the so-called "execution list", published by the Novaya Gazeta in the article on extrajudicial executions. Relatives know nothing about their fate, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin, sentenced for illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani border, will become possible after the court's decision comes into force. Alexander Lapshin has not yet decided whether he will appeal against the verdict. This reported by advocate Eduard Chernin.