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Sharip Zaipullaev, a resident of the town of Kovrov, born in 1980, disappeared in Dagestan, where he came to visit his relatives. From eyewitnesses, his family members have learned that Sharip Zaipullaev was taken away by people in masks who arrived in cars without state registration numbers.

Spouses Darya Cherkasskaya and Arthur Volkov-Minullin have appealed to Arthur Shmoilov, Prosecutor for Adler, with a request to conduct a check with regard to law enforcers who detained them during the action of Navalny's supporters on June 12. The spouses claimed that they had been detained unreasonably.

The authorities have started paying compensation to families of the Ekazhevo village, affected by the flood resulting from heavy rain. This was reported by Khadjimurad Sapraliev, the head of the Ekazhevo village administration.

Today was the first day of filming the first Dagestani reality show. During 20 days, 12 women, participating in the project, will run their households in the way their great-grandmothers did in the 19th century. The project is intended to show young people the uniqueness and originality of Dagestan, say the authors of the "Return" reality show.

The presentation of the book "Kadyrov's Factor. Confrontation" by Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen minister for national policy, external relations, press and information, was held on July 5 inMoscow in the cinema-concert hall of the "President-Hotel".

Today, during court hearing on the second case against members of the "Sasna Tsrer" unit, the judge has removed from the courtroom defendants Aram Manukyan, Oganes Arutyunyan, and Tatul Tamrazyan, who refused to participate in the trial in protest against the use of sanctions against other 15 defendants.

In Dagestan, the Council of Chechens Elders has recorded a video message to express the indignation over the conflict in the village of Leninaul and criticized the actions of the Dagestani government. According to the Council of Chechens Elders, the authorities are responsible for the tension which resulted in a fight in Leninaul.

During a meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Russian President is ready to answer a possible question about the persecution in Chechnya of men suspected of non-traditional sexual orientation. This was announced by Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary for the President of Russia.

The today's court hearing on the second case against members of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) unit is being held in the absence of 15 out of 18 defendants, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Deputies of district assembly, rural settlements, and activists of the Nogai District have sent an appeal to Russian presidential envoy to the North-Caucasus Federal District demanding to take measures to resolve the situation in the Nogai District where the conflict arose on the basis of the election of the head for the Nogai district administration.

On July 5, the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Kabardino-Balkaria reported on a registered fact of organization of the fundraising and transfer of money to Turkey to finance militants from the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court, who were fighting in Syria.

The Sochi Mayor's Office has transferred a beach in the area of the state residence "Riviera 6" to the Federal Security Service for unlimited use. Sochi activists have started collecting signatures under an appeal to the prosecutor with the demand to verify the legality of this decision.

Zhanna Mazikhova, the director general of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Zvezda Elbrusa", who is holding a hunger strike jointly with Arthur Baidaev, the founder of the CJSC, has complained about her low blood tension and heart pain.

Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative of the Acting Envoy of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and his staff are conducting an inquiry into the death of civilians as a result of shelling of the village of Alkhanly in the Fizuli District of Azerbaijan.

The special investigating service of Armenia has instituted a criminal case on abuse of power by policemen who in the courthouse used force against defendants in the case against members of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) unit. The case should be instituted under the article on torture, stated advocate Ara Karaghezyan.

According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), since the beginning of this year, 25 Russian citizens have been refused in entry to Azerbaijan. They were detained for several hours, in some cases they were left without food, water, and medical care and then sent out at their own expense. Armenian surnames of Russian citizens were mentioned as a ground for the refusal to let them enter Azerbaijan.

The Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has considered the case against Boris Kolomin, whom the police recognized as an organizer of a walk around the city of Alexei Navalny's supporters held on June 12. The activist was fined by 10,000 roubles. Meanwhile, Boris Kolomin himself announced his intention to challenge the Court's decision.

On July 5, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Russian Ambassador Igor Popov, French Ambassador Stefan Visconti, and US Ambassador Richard Hoagland made a statement in connection with the information received by them and related to "the resumption of violence late in the evening on July 4 in the village of Alkhanly of the Fizuli District, resulting in casualties, including among civilians."

After a re-check of the information that Murad Amriev is included in the federal wanted list, it has turned out that the athlete was removed from the wanted list. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Stavropol Territory.