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This morning, law enforcers have started a special operation in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District of Dagestan, reports the operational headquarters for Dagestan. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced at 5:00 a.m. Moscow time.

Investigators do not inform Elizaveta Alieva and her representatives on the progress of the investigation into the murder of her sister, and she continues to receive threats, although she is under public protection. This became the basis for the request to transfer the investigation to Moscow, state advocates of the "Legal Initiative for Russia".

The announced gathering of citizens with the participation of Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov took place in the form of the Mayor's meeting with officials. Guards blocked the entrance to the "Turquoise living room" of the "Dagomys" health complex, where the event took place, and the citizens were not able to attend it.

Policemen must conduct searches in the presence of at least two witnesses and present a protocol under which the check is conducted. This was stated by the lawyers, who commented the complaint of the head of the Nalchik-based health and beauty centre against the pressure by power agents.

In Dagestan, the spouses Nutsalkhan Iskhakov and Madina Omarova are accused of participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and hiding militants in their house.

The Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan has sent to the Supreme Court (SC) a cassation protest against the verdict to rights defender Intigam Aliev, having found the judgement "too severe." His advocates expect replacement of the real prison term for conditional one.

In Yerevan, about 60 workers of the factory "Nairit" took part in the action of protest with a demand to resume the activities of the rubber factory.

The defence will file appeals against the verdict in the Said Amirov's case to the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was announced by Vladimir Postanyuk, the head of the team of advocates.

The Supreme Court (SC) has reduced the sentence to Yusup Djaparov, convicted in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, down to 17 years and 10 months of imprisonment. The rest of the sentence was left unchanged.

Today, at the court session in the case against Klykh and Karpyuk, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has allowed to question a defence witness Maria Tomak, a Ukrainian human rights defender and a journalist, a member of the Centre for Civil Liberties. She testifies about the alibi of the defendants.

Today, at the court session in the case against Klykh and Karpyuk, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has questioned Tamara Klykh, the defendant's mother. She said that in 1994-1995, Stanislav Klykh was in Ukraine. Other relative have confirmed that Klykh and Karpyuk did not left Ukraine for Chechnya.

The Congress of Ingush Muslims, which was to address the issue of the resignation of Mufti Isa Khamkhoev, was postponed. The procedure has been initiated to dissolve the current Muftiate. This was announced by Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov.

In South Ossetia, public activists expressed their dissatisfaction about the upcoming concerts of Georgian ensembles in Vladikavkaz. In North Ossetia, a number of organizations called on the authorities of the republic to take measures to cancel those performances.

In Dagestan, a resident of the village of Khebda of the Shamil District has reported that a local police checkpoint was shelled. This was confirmed by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). As a result of the attack, one of law enforcers was wounded, am ICRF's official reports.

The advocates, who represent the interests of Arghishti Kiviryan, the coordinator of the online edition "Armenia Today", have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the court's decision to impose a fine on the activist.

The information about involvement of Dovbash brothers from Belarus and Marat Yunusov, a native of Dagestan, in the terror act in Brussels has been reported by unreliable sources, and such disinformation only intensifies the panic and is beneficial for terrorists. This was stated by Sasha Kulaeva, the head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Department of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

About 100 farmers of nine districts of the Krasnodar Territory have announced their intention to hold a tractor ride to Moscow to file an appeal to President Vladimir Putin. The farmers want to use their action to draw attention to numerous raider takeovers of land plots and violations of their rights.

Investigators have collected sufficient evidence against nine persons accused of mass fight and shootout at the Kizlyar marketplace. This was reported by an official from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). The defendants and the victims attempted to reconcile, said an activist of the national-cultural autonomy "Tsez People".

The law enforcement bodies have launched the investigation into the criminal cases against Dana Mukova, Alina Chotchaeva, Madina Batchaeva, and Marina Batchaeva, suspected of involvement in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.

The ban on leaving Azerbaijan imposed on journalist Isolda Agaeva violates the freedom of movement guaranteed by the Constitution, states her advocate Yalchin Imanov. He intends to go to court.