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In Nagorno-Karabakh, 28 out of 32 deputies of the National Assembly voted for the candidacy of Bako Sahakyan, the current leader of the country.

In Azerbaijan, six local residents were detained on the charge of handing secret information concerning the country's security over to foreign secret services. This was reported by the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS).

A mother of a four-year-old boy, captured in the Iraqi city of Mosul, has appealed to the Chechen Prosecutor's Office with a request for help in returning the child home. This was reported by a source from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

Blogger Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, has informed journalist Zviad Mchedlishvili that he was detained in one of the countries he went to from Georgia.

In his interview to a US TV Channel, Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that the information about the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya is being disseminated by human rights organizations which are counting on making money on that.

Philip Budeikin, an administrator of a "death group" in the social network "VKontakte", also known under the pseudonym of Philip Lis, has been sentenced by court to three years and four months of imprisonment in the case on inciting to commit suicide.

Starting from the evening on July 16, in Chechnya, a video record is being actively disseminated among users of social networks, in which Iraqi soldiers demonstrate a Chechen boy captured by them during the battles for the city of Mosul.

Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, has sent an appeal to Elvira Nabiullina, the chief of the Russian Central Bank, with complaints about discrimination against residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) by Russian banks. The Shamsail Saraliev's appeal was supported by deputies of the State Duma from other Russian regions.

Ruslan Gvashev, a former chairman of the Board of Elders of Circassians-Shapsugs was hospitalized on the eve of the consideration of his complaint by the Krasnodar Territorial Court, his advocate Marina Dubrovina reports.

In Tskhinvali, prisoners of a penal colony continue their hunger strike for the eighth day already. One of the prisoners has made a decision to stop his hunger strike because of deterioration of his health state.

The complaint filed by Varvara Karaulova and communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) states numerous violations committed during the preliminary investigation and claims an unreasonably cruel verdict. This was reported by an advocate of Varvara Karaulova.

On July 17, at a meeting with Ara Babloyan, the chair of the National Assembly of Armenia, Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker for the Russian State Duma, suggested to accept the Russian language in Armenia as an official to secure the possibility for citizens of the country to work in Russia with driver's licences issued in Armenia.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has granted the request, filed by representatives of the mother of the schoolgirl who died after an attack of stray dogs, to involve in the case the Dagestani Veterinary Committee and the Dagestani Ministry of Finance as co-defendants.

The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has initiated an inspection of social networks in connection with the conflict in the village of Leninaul. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Prosecutor's Office. "At present, there are no materials available, since the inspection began recently," said the official.

Elena Khakhaleva, a judge from Krasnodar, treats as ordered the resonance caused by reports of multimillion-dollar expenses for her daughter's wedding party. The judge associates the scandal with her refusal to pronounce an unlawful judgment.

The Chechen Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information has concluded a cooperation agreement with the "VisitCaucasus" Foundation to form a positive public opinion on Chechnya.

In the Tselinny District of Kalmykia, a rare Buddhist monument has been opened. It is the Kalachakra Stupa. In total, there are about ten such stupas in the world.

Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is kept under arrest at SIZO (pre-trial prison) on charges of smuggling, is hardly walking around, because of an aggravation of her chronic illness. She does not receive the necessary treatment, said her advocate.

Lom-Ali Elbiev, a former director of the Grozny Municipal Unitary Enterprise told rights defenders that he was tortured after being accused of embezzling budget funds. Rights defenders have asked the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the man's statement; however, so far, law enforcement bodies have not responded to the appeal.

At today's session, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has ruled to reject the appeal complaint of "Jehovah's Witnesses". The decision to liquidate all the organization thereof has came into force.