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During a search conducted at the office of the "Union of Don Women", law enforcers seized documents. The resolution to open a criminal case against Valentina Cherevatenko, the chair of the "Union of Don Women", will be challenged after receipt of the document at hand. This was reported by the advocate of Valentina Cherevatenko.

The Russian weightlifting national team may be disqualified for a year because of a positive doping test of the weightlifter Apti Aukhadov.

When examining the article by Valery Brinikh "The Silence of the Lambs", the expert of the forensic centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) made gross methodology mistakes in examining the article for extremist statements, Elizaveta Tolstunova, a linguist from Nizhni Novgorod, has stated at the Maikop City Court.

On the eve of the opened beach season, the Prosecutor's Office of Makhachkala conducted a check of the accessibility of the Caspian Sea coast for holidaymakers, and revealed numerous violations, a source from the Prosecutor's Office told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Last night Azerbaijani troops were shelling positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from small arms, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic has stated today.

Members of 17 families from the village of Tsa-Vedeno, who lost their homes as a result of a landslide, are settled in the new houses, built during less than two weeks. Employees of the construction sector interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" express their concern that the accelerated pace of the construction of the houses may have a negative impact on their quality.

During the past day, the Armenian side has violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line nine times. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

On June 24, the Parliament of Georgia adopted the draft law stipulating exemption from criminal liability for 116 elderly prisoners, including those jailed for serious crimes.

Staff members of the State Security Service have discovered a hiding with weapons, ammunition, and explosive substances in the Abkhaz village bordering with Georgia.

Members of the Presidential Council on Human Rights (HRC) have expressed their concern about a search conducted in the office of the non-commercial organization "Union of Don Women". The human rights defenders treat the above search as an attempt to put into question the implementation of the Minsk agreements. This was stated by Mikhail Fedotov, the chairman of the HRC.

Ibragim Tsechoev, the claimant in the case "Tsechoev vs. Russia", is dissatisfied with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), despite the fact that the court had sided with him. He believes that the court had disregarded his version, set out in the complaint, of the kidnapping in 2012 of his brother Abu-Bakar Tsechoev, a resident of Ingushetia.

Pope Francis, who has begun his visit to Armenia today, has reaffirmed his attitude to massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, treating them again as genocide.

Officials of the Dagestani Muftiate and residents of the settlement of Shamkhal have agreed to leave Bii-Murad Ustarkhanov as Imam of the local mosque.

The visit of Pope Francis to Armenia will improve the country's image in the international arena. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute.

The number of facilities in the Volgograd Region, now accessible for disabled persons, has increased; but the region still sees law violations at adapting such persons, says the report of the Volgograd association of blind specialists name "Nadezhda" (Hope).

Today, the Russian State Duma has approved, in the second and third readings, the package of antiterrorist bills. A number of provisions thereof have touched on non-traditional religious groups, including Salafists.

Investigators refuse to appoint a medical examination for Lecho Gadamauri, a resident of Ingushetia, who is being kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Vladikavkaz. This was stated by his relatives and his advocate.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, 543 people received one-time financial assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Each of them got assistance the amount of 75,000 drams (about 156 US dollars).

On June 23, in Vanadzor, supporters of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", a member of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia", held an action in his support. They have called the activist's arrest as unfounded and started collecting signatures in support of the oppositionist, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The investigation into the case on the kidnapping of Abu Bakar Tsechoev in 2012 should be resumed after the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on recognizing the violation of the rights of his family members. This was stated by Olga Gnezdilova, a lawyer of the human rights organization "Legal Initiative".