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Tonight, the police began searching the private publishing house "Qanun" (Law) in Baku after they received information about an allegedly planted bomb. The owner of the house fears that the search is a part of inquiry against the establishment.

Today, at about 7:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Elista City Court ruled to arrest Said Osmanov, who had been earlier placed in custody on charges of desecrating a statue of Buddha. Now, the Dagestani athlete is suspected of inciting ethnic hatred.

Power agents have detained Saida Vagabova, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was covering the today's rally, held by relatives of Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who went missing in Dagestan.

Today, relatives of Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who had disappeared in Dagestan, had a meeting with Ramazan Djafarov, Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan. He asked them to stop the rally and write an application to the head of the republic Ramazan Abdulatipov, and promised to personally report on the situation to the latter.

Magomed Suleimanov and Omar Musaev, who disappeared in Dagestan, are kept by power bodies, assert their relatives, who have held a spontaneous rally in Makhachkala today. They fear that the detainees are tortured.

The statements voiced by Ramazan Abdulatipov concerning d the facts that the Cabinet of Ministers has poorly planned out the budget and issued unreasonable budget guarantees will not result in real changes in the work of the Government of Dagestan. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Father and son Zautashvili were detained when they were grazing cattle in the village of Bershueti of the Gori District in Georgia. The municipal administration insists that the men did not cross the border.

Today, in the Nalchik residential district of Volny Aul, local residents have held a gathering. Some citizens dissatisfied with distribution of land plot went to the administration to hold negotiations with the authorities.

In their brief appeal, the defenders of Ukrainian citizens Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk ask to cancel the guilty verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. This was reported by Ilya Novikov, an advocate of the sentenced men, on June 10.

In Sochi, while fulfilling the court's decision, court marshals tried to evict a family with many children from an apartment in the municipal house. The eviction has been postponed due to the fact that the court has pronounced the decision with regard of two adults and two children. However, during the litigation on the allocation of an apartment, one more child was born in the family, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Dagestani wrestler Said Osmanov, accused of desecrating the statue of Buddha and released today by the court, was detained again, said his advocate Asad Djabirov.

Khabib Munteziri, living in Germany and working for the online television Meydan TV, has accused law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan of putting pressure on his relatives. According to Munteziri, his relatives are detained and demanded to persuade him not to criticize the Azeri authorities.

Omar Musaev, who was kidnapped on June 9, was hit by a car, trying to escape from his pursuers. After that, masked men dragged him into their car and drove away.

During the first week of its work, the Charity Fund "Aviation", set up to help the victims of the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, has transferred funds to 34 victims, the airport bosses have announced today.

Abkhazia intends to be independent and will not try to join Russia, the Prime Minister Arthur Mikvabiya has stated today in his comment on the plans of South-Ossetian leadership to hold a referendum on accession to the Russian Federation.

Power agents have reported about detection of weapons and ammunition in houses of six persons detained in Ingushetia. The six alleged members of an illegal armed formation (IAF) were detained during a special operation in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, said a source from the press service of the republic's FSB.

Believers of the Makhachkala mosque "Ikhlas" have announced an action to clean and improve quarters adjacent to their mosque. During Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, believers are going to reconstruct roads, set lamp posts for lighting, and lay asphalt.

On June 9, a shepherd was detained by Russian soldiers near the border with South Ossetia, on the territory controlled by the Georgian side. This was reported by an official of the Adzvi village administration of the Gori District.

In Chechnya, rescue and emergency services are working in emergency mode. They are engaged in elimination of the effects of prolonged heavy rains that partially paralyzed traffic in the republic.

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