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The whereabouts of Irina Dochiya, the Secretary of the Political Council of the "United Abkhazia" Party, who was abducted in Sukhumi, remains unknown for the fourth day already.

A soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was shot dead today by an Armenian sniper, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

President of Turkey should decide on extradition of natives of Chechnya, involved in terrorism and hiding in his country, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

In Turkey, a court has issued a ruling to take into custody 17 other suspects, including 11 citizens of Russia, on suspicion of involvement in the terror act at the airport of Istanbul.

The court has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of detention in custody against four persons, including three natives of Dagestan, who were detained in the Vologda Region on suspicion of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF), promoting terrorism, and illicit trafficking in arms and explosive devices.

Gairsolt Bataev, Chairman of the Public Chamber of the Chechen Republic, has been officially nominated as a candidate for the position of the leader of Chechnya.

Law enforcers are engaged in checking the version on the involvement of Vadim Osmanov, a native of Dagestan, in the terror act at the Istanbul airport.

Sergey Gorban, the chief of the city administration of Rostov-on-Don, has criticized the activities of officials of the city department for civil defence and emergencies during a flooding, which hit the city on June 30. The City Mayor has announced the dismissal of the chief of the city department for civil defence and emergencies.

Fikret Faramazoglu, the editor-in-chief of the website "Jam.az", has been caught red-handed when receiving the extorted money amounting to 3000 manats (1950 US dollars). This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan. The press-service of the Azerbaijani MIA has described the actions of the editor-in-chief as a "racket".

A court in Turkey has arrested Elchin Bunyadov, a citizen of Azerbaijan, on suspicion of committing the terror act in Istanbul "Ataturk" Airport.

On July 3, Rita Urusmambetova, a resident of Nalchik, turned to the "Caucasian Knot" with a message that grenades and narcotic drugs were planted on her younger son Rustam Urusmambetov, and then a criminal case was initiated against him.

On the eve of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, people are actively buying food for festive treats; and shop owners have raised prices, residents of Chechnya complain.

The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has cancelled the decision to initiate a criminal case on use of violence against power agents against Badrudin Musaev, a son of Musa Musaev, Mayor of Makhachkala, said law enforcement and power sources.

The "Yabloko" Party has put forward a coalition list of candidates for the State Duma, as well as candidates in 185 single-member constituencies, said the party's press service.

In connection with the statements made on the suspected organizer of the terror act in Istanbul, the interesting details have been revealed concerning former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and an investigation is likely to be opened against him. This was stated by Minister Sozar Subari. The Turkish police have already detained 27 persons, suspected of involvement in the terror act.

Direction to court of the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov; flooding in Rostov-on-Don; assistance to the people stuck on the Georgian Military Road, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 27-July 3, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Coordination Council of Ingush NGOs has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). In their appeal, the activists referred to the statements of Salakh Mezhiev, Mufti of the Chechen Republic, published on the Internet, which he made concerning Ingush religious leaders and their followers.

During the week of June 27-July 3, 2016, four persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, three persons were killed, and another was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) will not sign the draft agreement on fair elections to the State Duma initiated by the Sochi authorities, since it makes no sense to sign an agreement on the concept required by the law. This was announced by the leader of the Sochi Communists.

Igor Stenin, the leader of the community "Russians of Astrakhan", and activist Konstantin Koshkin held a protest action near the house, where Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko lived in Astrakhan. During their protest action, the activists demanded to release Stanislav Klykh, Oleg Sentsov, and Nikolai Karpyuk, sentenced in Russia to imprisonment.