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In North Ossetia, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the village of Novy of the Prigorodny District. Power agents are searching for members of the armed underground in the vicinity of the administrative border with Ingushetia.

The statement voiced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the incident in Grozny about the possibility of opening fire on law enforces from other regions is unacceptable. This was declared by Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has left in custody Shagid Gubashev, one of the defendants in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, until August 28.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has left Zaur Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing politician Boris Nemtsov, in custody until August 28.

The court has sentenced Khadishat Albakova, a resident of Ingushetia, to three years of imprisonment on charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In Stepanakert, about 30 descendants of Armenians, who survived the genocide in the Ottoman Empire, attended the opening of the photo exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.

The international human rights organizations have condemned the imposition of the verdict of guilty against Intigam Aliev in Azerbaijan and urged the authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally.

The Shamil District Court has found a local resident guilty of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment with a restriction of freedom for one year.

When commenting on the murder of Djambulat Dadaev in Grozny by Stavropol power agents, the leader of Chechnya has stated that no one is authorized to carry out special operations in the republic without the sanction of the local authorities.

In the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, policemen shot and killed an armed man, who opened fire on them from a window car. This was reported by a Dagestani law enforcer.

Veniamin Kondratiev, an acting head of the Krasnodar Territory, is likely to become a plenipotentiary governor of the region after the September election. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that Veniamin Kondratiev is a person from the team of Alexander Tkachov, the former leader of Kuban.

The defence of Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Shaumyan, sentenced for aiding and abetting militants and for illegal possession of weapons and drugs, has appealed against the verdict.

In connection with the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, MPs of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) adopted appeals calling on all countries throughout the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide as a crime against humanity.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the advocates' appeals against the resolutions on arrests of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Shagid Gubashev, accused in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. The Court has refused to change pre-trial restriction measure against both defendants and replace it with the form not involving deprivation of liberty.

In the Znaur District of South Ossetia, KGB officers found a hiding containing anti-tank missile complexes and anti-tank grenade launchers.

The murder of Aliaskhab Kebekov left the terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz" without the actual leader; however, that fact is unlikely to lead to the dominance of the "Islamic State" (IS), despite the split among North-Caucasus militants. This opinion was expressed by analysts.

At the request of Anzor Gubashev, one of the defendants in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has dismissed the advocate Magomed Mamaev from his duties to defend Anzor Gubashev.

In Baku, the court has found human rights defender Intigam Aliev guilty on all the charges and sentenced him to 7.5 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

At the request of investigators, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Khamzat Bakhaev, a defendant in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, for four months, until August 28.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has left in custody Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, a defendant in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov.