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Musa Musaev, who was appointed to the post of Acting Mayor of Makhachkala, represents the interests of the "Mekegin" clan, which includes also the head of the republic's government Abdusamad Gamidov. This was stated by the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has found lawful the investigators' actions of non-admitting the advocate of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) Evgeny Gubin to Zaur Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, involved in Boris Nemtsov's murder case.

Because of bad organization of repair works, the city of Derbent is all the time suffering from water, electricity and gas outages, locals complain. Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Nastoyascheye Vremya", said that the last major reconstruction of the city was carried out half a century ago.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has rejected the complaint lodged by the defence of Muslim Akhmaev, who was detained in the same group with a student Varvara Karaulova on the border with Syria, about the decision to arrest him.

Foreign non-profit organizations (NPOs) that implement educational and religious projects in Northern Caucasus will be added to the "patriotic stop-list" in order to later stop their work in Russia. This was stated by Ilyas Umakhanov, the Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

The Kirsanov District Court of the Tambov Region has granted a petition on appointing Elena Shmakova, an ecological activist from the city of Tuapse, a public defender Evgeny Vitishko. The consideration of the petition lodged by the advocate Sergey Loktev on softening the Vitishko's punishment has been rescheduled for July 31.

Appointment of second life sentence to Ali Taziev; dispersal of protest in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan; administrative arrest in Sochi of journalist Anna Gritsevich; resignation of Acting Mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleimanov; explosion at military factory in Azerbaijan with fatalities; statements at trial of Amirov about torture during investigation, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 6-12, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The psychological and psychiatric examination of the defendants in this case will help to establish the motive of Boris Nemtsov's murder. It should reveal whether the perpetrators acted for hire or because religion-motivated hatred, the "Kommersant" reports.

During the week from July 6 to July 12, 2015, at least two persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Department of the FAS (Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has instructed the administration of the Zolsky District to eliminate violations of the "Law on Competition" in allocation of the land of the former collective farm.

Larisa Sotieva, who was prohibited to work in South Ossetia, was exposed to undeserved treatment in Tskhinvali, said the non-profit organization (NPO) "International Alert", where Sotieva is working. The latter was also supported by Timur Tskhurbati, a South-Ossetian journalist, and Arda Inal-Ipa, a member of the Public Chamber of Abkhazia.

The Batumi City Court is considering a complaint lodged by the managers of the Muslim boarding house in Kobuleti about the pressure from local residents who oppose the work of the institution. According to rights defenders, the opposition in Kobuleti is stimulated by the local Orthodox clergy.

The conflict of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov and the former Acting Mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleimanov has brought no serious losses to either party, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They saw here the authorities' intention to put a person without ambitions to the post of the Mayor.

The work of the employees of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in Northern Caucasus will continue, said rights defenders.

On July 10, the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala found Ibadullo Nabotov, a budun (employee) of the mosque situated in Hungarian Warriors Street of illegal possession of weapons.

On July 10, Russian border guards set up information banners on the border with South Ossetia, by capturing part of Georgian territory near the Baku-Supsa pipeline, says a statement by the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

On July 9, at the trial of the former Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, Abdulmajid Akhmedov, one of the defendants, said that he was tortured after detention and during the investigation.

Rasul M., born in 1970, a resident of the village of Novoe Solkusheno, Naur District of Chechnya, who was considered kidnapped, has returned home.

Chechnya is holding large-scale religious events to mark the birthday of Kunta-haji Kishiev, one of the most revered saints in the republic.

The political experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe that Vasily Golubev, the current acting head of the region, is the undisputed leader at the upcoming election for governor of the Rostov Region.