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During the week of July 11-17, 2016, five persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, three persons were killed, and two 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.

The package of anti-terrorism laws adopted by the State Duma violates the Constitution of Russia. This was claimed by participants of a picket in Rostov-on-Don sanctioned by the authorities.

Natives of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria took part in marches and rallies in Istanbul and welcomed the suppression of the attempted military coup by the Turkish authorities.

In Armenia, the seizure of a police station by supporters of the "Constituent Parliament" has been followed by mass detentions of activists. This was reported by the opposition. Detainees are not allowed to be visited by advocates, reports the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly.

Today, a regiment of the patrol-and-security service of the Armenian police has been attacked in Yerevan. The people inside the building were taken hostage. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by members of the opposition "Constituent Parliament", who demanded to release political prisoners, including their leader Zhirair (Jirair) Sefilyan.

In Sochi, at gatherings, tenants of multi-apartment houses were proposed by the management companies to install CCTV cameras on facades of their houses with a view to combat terrorism. According to agents of the management companies, the appropriate requirement was voiced by officials of the Sochi city administration. Members of the house committees criticized the offer to install CCTV cameras at the expense of the tenants of the houses.

At its 6th congress, the oppositional party "Free Democrats" has presented its first group of twenty candidates for Georgia's MPs, who will run by the party list.

In the Rostov Region, an official from the Prosecutor's Office of the town of Zverevo has sent to the court a request to change the pre-trial restriction measure to house arrest for Valery Dyakonov, First Secretary of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and one of the leaders of the miners on protest.

The relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey are based on common political and economic interests and are not determined by those persons who are in power. This opinion was voiced by political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Scherbinka District Court of Moscow has ruled to return the criminal case against three natives of Chechnya accused of assaulting employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) to the prosecutor; however, the court did not change their freedom restraint measure.

Azerbaijani citizens, who stay in Turkey, which continues to suppress a coup, may apply for assistance to the Azerbaijani diplomatic mission representative offices in Ankara, Istanbul, and Kars. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Flights from Azerbaijan to Turkey have been cancelled.

In court, Andrei Tazeev, an expert of the "Central Bureau of Independent Forensic Examinations", has compared two key examinations conducted in the case against Ruslan Rakhaev, the deputy chief of the UVD (Interior Department) for the city of Cherkessk.

The attitude of the Turkish authorities to the problem of repatriation of Circassians will not change after a failed military coup in the country, and at present, people should not expect any progress concerning the problem. This opinion was voiced by Circassian activists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

A trial of the case about the land plot of pensioner Nina Dubovaya started in Sochi; in her land plot now high-rise building is erected. This is the third trial on Dubovaya's lawsuit – the pensioner is trying to return her previously owned land plot.

Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has ordered to dismiss officials of the Ingush supervisory services, who failed to detect deficiencies during the construction in the village of Yandare of multi-apartment houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

The organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, has announced the mobilization of militants from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Northern Caucasus for the preparation of new terror acts. This was reported by the newspaper "Milliyet" with reference to the Turkish secret services.

Today, on the seventh anniversary of the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, ten people have held solo pickets in front of the building of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Moscow. The picketers demanded to find the guilty persons and bring them to justice.

15 candidates for the parliamentary elections nominated by the "Georgian Dream" Party are not well-known to the public, and they do not have political experience and their own voters. This was stated by political interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The number of the people injured in the terror act in Nice includes a girl from a Chechen family living in France. The girl got injuries to her legs. This was reported by a female friend of her parents.

Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the mosque "Yardyam" in Moscow, whose statements about religious figure Abdulla Gappaev, killed in Kizlyar, were treated by investigators public justification of terrorism, did not know about the possible involvement of Abdulla Gappaev in banned organizations. This was claimed by his advocate.