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During the inspection held to detect causes of mass poisoning in the town of Alagir, the Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia has revealed numerous violations of the sanitary and epidemiological laws.

The charges in the case of the armed attack on the town of Budyonnovsk in 1995 are filed against Ramzan Belyalov and Magomed Mazdaev, two natives of Chechnya. Today, investigators have reported that one of them was detained by Stavropol law enforcers in Gudermes on June 2.

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) was forced to cancel its planned visit to Azerbaijan after the authorities at the last moment refused to let the delegation enter Baku. The purpose of the visit was to conduct the briefing in Baku on the theme "Azerbaijan: repressions against the background of the European Games."

Last night, Emma Hughes, a British journalist, a member of the international human rights platform "Sports for Humans", was detained by border guards at the Baku airport. She was denied entry into Azerbaijan despite her visa and her accreditation to cover the European Games.

In Russia, the number of people, who consider the situation in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) to be calm and who are confident in its future improvement, has started to decline, while the events in the region happen almost unnoticed by most Russian residents. These are the results of a new public opinion survey, the "Levada Centre" reports.

Today, Sergey Takoev has resigned from his post as the head of the government of North Ossetia. He mentioned the resignation of North-Ossetian leader Taimuraz Mamsurov as a reason for his own resignation.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, four local residents have been detained. They are suspected of involvement in the supply of weapons and ammunition as members of a criminal grouping. This was reported by the press service of the Russian FSB Department for the KBR.

The Central District Court of Sochi has cancelled the decision of the magistrate court to seize from a shop of private collector Dmitry Lazarenko a uniform with Nazi symbols and fine him for the Nazi propaganda.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has extended until September 15 the detention in custody of Saida Khalikova, a student of the Astrakhan Medical Academy, accused of financial support to the "Islamic State".

Patimat Razhapova, a resident of Grozny, has sent her appeals to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the General Prosecutor's Office, FSB, and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. The woman complains about the poor progress of the investigation into of the case, in which her son Khamid Razhapov is involved as one of the defendants.

The Investigating Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has recognized the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) and the Committee against Torture (CaT) victims in the case of pogrom.

Representatives of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office have appealed to the National Security Service of Armenia. They demand to institute a criminal case against Russian border guards, who detained Valery Permyakov.

The 26th International Film Festival "Kinotavr" runs in Sochi starting from June 7. Fourteen films are presented to the main contest of the film festival, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. A number of the films presented to the jury will include films devoted to Chechnya and Kalmykia.

Today, the court has sentenced Enver Guseinli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to 30 days of administrative arrest for charge of disobeying police.

Washington is disappointed by the plans of the Azerbaijan's authorities to close the Baku OSCE office; however, such a decision should be taken collectively by all 57 member states of the organization. This was stated by US official.

On August 1, the electricity tariffs for Armenian consumers will grow by 6.9-7 drams per 1 kW/h. This was announced by Robert Nazaryan, the Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC). The Public Council has sent a letter to the Armenian President with the request to prevent the increase in tariffs.

An advocate of Khavazh Temirsultanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of robbing a pensioner in Sochi, has filed a complaint to the court. In the complaint, the advocate asks to oblige investigators to organize the translation of the materials of the criminal case against his client into Chechen language.

In Yerevan, the conference "Caucasus our Common Home" was attended by representatives of the republics of Northern Caucasus, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, a number of embassies in Armenia, members of the Yazidi community and international organizations of NATO and UNICEF. The main theme of the event was the role and rights of women in the Caucasus.

In Belgium, the police detained 16 natives of Chechnya on suspicion of extremist activities. Two of the detainees were arrested on charges of recruiting mercenaries to take part in the combat actions in Syria. The other detainees were released.

In Rostov-on-Don, Tamara Novikova, the mother of Dmitry Novikov, the former Judge of the Khosta District Court of Sochi, held a picket in defence of her son.