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Gadjimurad Bekishev, a law enforcer, who was questioned at the trial of Said Amirov, said that militants may be involved in the murder of the investigator Arsen Gadjibekov, of which figurants in Amirov's case are accused.

An investigator engaged in the murder of Boris Nemtsov has sent a request for interrogation of the banker German Gorbuntsov, who was a witness in the murder of Ruslan Yamadaev, the "Rosbalt" has reported today, citing its source. The banker has agreed to take part in investigatory actions, says the "Rosbalt".

The militants who had barricaded themselves in an apartment building in Nalchik, planned to commit resonant terror acts in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The international organization to protect journalists "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) has demanded from the Special Investigating Service of Armenia to close the case against Kristine Khanumyan, the editor of the website "ILur.am", who refused to disclose the source of information about abuse of power by Vardan Nadaryan, the police boss of the Shirak Region.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has refused to open a criminal case on abuse of power by policemen from the Stavropol Territory, who conducted their special operation in Chechnya and killed Djambulat Dadaev. This was stated by Zaurbek Sadakhanov, the advocate of the Dadaev family.

The active phase of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), launched today in the city of Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), is over, said a law enforcement source.

Mass fish mortality is observed in Lakes Karasun in Krasnodar: the waters adjacent to Tramvainaya, Oktiabrskaya and Borodinskaya Streets are notable for an unbearable smell, locals report to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They associate the accident with the treatment of the lakes against mosquitoes. However, ecologists suggest other reasons.

In Yerevan, Narek Akopyan, a participant of the protest against the increase of electricity tariff, who was detained in June 2015, is accused of using violence against an authority. The prosecutor asks the court to sentence Akopyan to six months of freedom deprivation.

The Goychay Court of Azerbaijan has found the rights defender Talekh Khasmamedov guilty of hooliganism and sentenced him to three years of freedom deprivation.

On July 21, advocates of Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, and ecologist Vladimir Kimaev submitted a statement demanding to open a criminal case against Sochi policemen to the Investigating Division of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Adler District of Sochi.

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has announced disappearance of Zaurbek Zhamaldaev, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from Poland.

Unidentified attackers opened fire on border guards in the Kuibyshev District of the Rostov Region; one of them was wounded and hospitalized.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has demanded from the non-profit organizations (NPOs) placed on the registry of foreign agents, including those working in Northern Caucasus, to indicate that the material published by them are being disseminated by an NPO-foreign agent.

As part of the agreements signed by Russia and Armenia, the first session on the case of the mass murder in Gyumri is to be held before August 10 in the territory of the 102nd Russian military base, the newspaper "Zhamanak" writes today with reference to its sources.

Azerbaijan has arrested, on charges of illegal drug dealing, Rufat Zakhidov, a nephew of Ganimat Zakhid (Zakhidov), the editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom), who is now in political emigration. This is the third relative of Ganimat Zakhidov arrested within the past three days.

The advocates of the rights defender Intigam Aliev have disagreed with the decision of the Court of Appeal (CoA), which has upheld the verdict to the activist. They believe that Aliev's guilt was not proved; and he was convicted on the basis of the prosecution, built on investigators' assumptions.

One of the two suspected militants killed at night on July 17 in the Derbent District of Dagestan has been identified, said his relative. The Derbent ROVD (District Interior Division) has not confirmed the identification information.

An Austrian court has sentenced Magomed Zakriev, a native of Chechnya, to five years in prison. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of the so-called "Islamic State" (IS), which has been recognized as a terrorist organization.

As reported by locals, Sayat Gadjimagomedova, a resident of the Dagestani village of Gotsatl and the wife of a suspected militant Magomed Gadjimagomedov, was released home by power agents on July 20.

A complaint against the decision to send the case of Nadezhda Savchenko to the Donetsk City Court in the Rostov Region was lodged by her defence to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia.