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The Georgian General Prosecutor's Office has instituted a criminal case on abuse of power associated with the night interrogation in 2013 of Vano Merabishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had recognized the fact of violation of the politician's rights.

At the ceremony to celebrate the restoration of the Nardaran infrastructure, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has announced writing-off of the debt for electricity accumulated by the population of the village of Nardaran.

Journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been amnestied in the case, in which she was sentenced to a fine at the lawsuit filed by former oppositionist Elman Gasanov. Khadija Ismayilova has been exempted from the penalty. She intends to seek a verdict of acquittal.

Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the "100 years without regime", was arrested because of his criticism of the authorities concerning the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This opinion was voiced by Armenian opposition activists and human rights defenders.

Magomed Suleimanov, a Salafist, whose body was found at the site of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Southern Dagestan, could have been killed before, the experts of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have suggested. According to their story, such methods have been practiced by power structures of the region for many years.

People in masks, who kidnapped Ramazan Rashidov, a resident of Kaspiysk, moved in three cars, there were about ten of them, an eyewitness of the incident, who responded to relatives’ appeal for help, told the "Caucasian Knot".

The Election Committee of Saint Petersburg refused to register the initiative group, which stands for holding referendum on naming one of the city bridges after Akhmat Kadyrov. This was reported today by Boris Vishnevsky, a Deputy of the City Legislative Assembly, who added that the decision of the Committee is illegitimate and would be surely appealed against.

A solo picket was held today in Volgograd by Alexei Ulyanov, the chairman of the board of the regional organization "Public Independent Inspection", who stated that the local prosecutor’s office ignores his appeals.

Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan has requested from the law enforcement bodies to provide the explanation concerning the arrest of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of movement "100 years without regime", suspected of organizing illegal transportation and storage of weapons, and sent a team to visit him.

Sergey Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the "Yabloko" Party, has appealed to the General Prosecutor of Russia and the Minister of Internal Affairs with the demand to release scientist Dmitry Golovin, who was sentenced in the Krasnodar territory to 10 days of administrative arrest on the charge of disobeying the police.

Badrudin Musaev, a son of the Mayor of Makhachkala, involved in a traffic conflict, is charged, and he is being kept under house arrest. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.

Ramazan Rashidov and Shamil Ramazanov, who disappeared on June 16 and 17, were kidnapped by men in uniform. This was reported by relatives of the disappeared men. They managed to get a video record and find witnesses who saw how the men registered at the police station were detained, the "Chernovik" (Draft) reports.

During the week of June 13-19, 2016, 16 persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Following the results of the meeting in Saint Petersburg, no statements on agreement to promote the political settlement of the Karabakh conflict have been voiced. This opinion was expressed by the Azerbaijani political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that the lack of progress in the political settlement of the Karabakh conflict increases the probability of resumption of the hostilities.

Relatives of Lecha Gadamauri, a resident of the Sunzha District, have turned for help to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"; they claim that he was tortured and beaten up by power agents.

They confiscated the computer equipment and various items during the searches conducted in the house and office of the arrested Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without the regime" and a member of the "Constituent Parliament", said his wife.

Relatives of Magomed Suleimanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who disappeared on June 3, have stated distrust of the official version, according to which he was killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) near the village of Kasumkent.

The investigation of the case against Zaur Dadaev, Shagid Gubashev, Anzor Gubashev, Temerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhaev, accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, is over. They are accused of committing the murder for hire in an organized grouping, and of illegal acquisition, carrying, transportation and storage of firearms (points "g and h", Part 2, Article 105, and Part 3, Article 222, of the Russian Criminal Code). The maximum penalty under these articles is life imprisonment.

Zhirair Sefilyan, the head of the joint staff of the opposition and the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", was arrested on suspicion of illegal transportation and storage of weapons.

Today, Volodya Avetisyan, sentenced in Armenia for six years on the charge of fraud, has declared a hunger strike in connection with the dismissal of his motion for conditional early relief (CER) or commutation of his sentence.