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In Dagestan, the man killed during the special operation carried out on July 8 has been identified as Omar Rabadanov.

During the week of July 4-10, 2016, 17 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 13 persons were killed, and four 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.

On June 26, the primaries to determine the candidate for the post of the head of the Kletskaya rural settlement were accompanied by bribing of local people with alcoholic beverages and accusations of candidates of various violations. This was reported by the villagers.

In the Karabudakhkent District, the principal of the school in the village of Gubden has been killed last night.

Two persons are killed, and another, according to the preliminary information, is kidnapped. According to law enforcers, militants might be involved in the attack.

The Nalchik City Court has dismissed three claims filed by relatives of the men accused of the attack on Nalchik, who demanded to reveal the burial place of the deceased men. In total, 15 claims were filed.

In Abkhazia, the block of opposition forces has announced the refusal to take part in the referendum to be held on July 10. The referendum will put forward the question on the need of the early presidential elections to be held in the republic.

On July 8, Khadija Ismayilova appealed to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes with a request to remove the charges of illegal entrepreneurship. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed by her about the above fact.

Workers of the coal company "Kingcoal" were twice met by the Mayor and other officials of the town of Gukovo. The miners insist on full repayment of wage arrears; however, they do not believe in the willingness of the authorities to solve their problems.

In Abkhazia, the tomorrow's referendum on the early presidential elections was not preceded by agitation and appropriate information work. Thus, a lot of people do not understand the meaning of the event. This opinion was voiced by residents of the republic and experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Dagestan and beyond the republic, people still remember Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, as a courageous journalist. This was stated by colleagues of the murdered journalist.

A relative of publicist Rizvan Ibragimov, who claims in his books that Chechens are the Allah's chosen people and who is suspected of extremism, disagrees with the version voiced by investigators.

According to Asif Marzili, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tezadlar", his car was set on fire four months after the arson of his apartment. The journalist associates the incidents with his professional activities.

Last night, the armed forces of Azerbaijan have shelled the positions of the Defence Army from small arms. This has been reported today by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met Ilham Aliev and Serzh Sargsyan, Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, respectively. At the meeting, John Kerry has emphasized the need for the parties to enforce the commitments reached at the meetings in Vienna and Saint Petersburg. This has been reported today by John Kirby, Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson of the US Department of State.

The Armenian authorities should abandon the negotiations that jeopardize the security of Nagorno-Karabakh people. This was stated by the appeal, signed by Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Ombudsperson of Armenia, ethnographer Granush Kharatyan, and publicist Karine Danielyan.

In the Astrakhan Region, a district police inspector and a field investigator of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Volodarsky District are suspected of abuse of power with the use of special means and infliction of serious consequences.

The abductors of Irina Dochiya, the Secretary of the Political Council of the "United Abkhazia" Party, have not put forward any demands yet, and have not come in touch with her colleagues and relatives.

In her interview to the "Caucasian Knot", Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, explained her refusal to campaign in Chechnya for her election to the Russian State Duma by the danger for her supporters. Ms Gannushkina is No. 1 in the list of candidates from the "Yabloko" Party in Chechnya.

Bureaucrats are not obliged to react to requests placed on a private resource, in particular, to the petition against renaming a bridge in Saint Petersburg in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov, media professionals believe.