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Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" have collected over 3500 signatures to the petition demanding resignation of the members of the Commission on Regulating Public Services (CRPS). On June 17, this Commission adopted a decision to increase the electricity tariff, which led to mass protests in Yerevan and other cities.

In the near future, the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) intends to move the recruiting of its new members from the Arab region to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Indonesia. This is stated in the report of the Chief Department for Religious Precepts of Egypt.

Today, the judge of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has interrupted the session on the case of rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus after Arif Yunus felt bad.

In Astrakhan, a criminal case was opened against three employees of the Federal Service for Drug Control (known as FSKN). According to investigators, they broke by force into the apartment of a local resident and conducted an illegal search.

Gadjimet Safaraliev, a State Duma MP, who was offered the post of the Acting Mayor of Derbent, is able to hide from Moscow the shortcomings of the preparation process for the celebration of the upcoming jubilee of the city, believe the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". But they disagreed as to the term of Safaraliev's stay in his new post.

After the murder of Magomed Suleimanov, the "Imarat Kavkaz" (IK) will suffer a split, while the positions of the "Islamic State" (IS) in Northern Caucasus will strengthen, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot"; they suggested that the strengthening of the IS may be beneficial for power agents.

The start of a two-day sit-in picket was announced in Gyumri today by activists of the group "In Defence of Volodya Avetisyan".

The court in Gyumri has sentenced Valery Permyakov in the case of desertion, theft and illegal possession of firearms, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A citizen of Azerbaijan was detained at the airport of Ankara, from where he planned to go to Syria and join the grouping named "Islamic State" (IS).

Residents of the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District of Dagestan report that the shelling of the venue of the special operation in the Untsukul District lasted until today's morning.

Azerbaijani border guards did not let Elchin Mamed, a journalist and public activist, out of the country without explaining the reasons, and took away his passport. This was reported by the journalist himself, who intends to challenge this decision in court.

In its second note of protest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia demands from the Russian Federation to observe its international obligations and not to create a threat of destabilization on the Georgian-South Ossetian border.

Today, the Armenia city of Gyumri has started hearing the case of Valery Permyakov, a soldier of the 102nd Russian military base, accused of desertion and execution of Avetisyan family.

In the opinion of experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the resignation of Imam Yaraliev from the post of the Mayor of Derbent was expected and became a result of the policy aimed to improve the governance and strengthen the control over local authorities, pursued by federal authorities and the head of Dagestan.

A military leader may head "Imarat Kavkaz" (IK), recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia, since there are no influential religious leaders in it. The number of known candidates for the post is getting still smaller, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The mother of Magomed Karakhanov, who went missing on May 6 in Dagestan, has turned to the police of Derbent asking to hand the case of searching for his son to another investigator. According to her story, the current investigator is inactive.

The ruling of the Sochi District Court about a three-day arrest of Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on charges of disobeying police, has been upheld today by the Krasnodar Territorial Court. Anna's advocates now intend to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

On August 10, residents of the village of Korkmaskala blocked a highway in Dagestan in protest against the decision to arrest the head of their village Rustam Akaev, suspected of a robbery. Armed power agents arrived at the venue and began beating the protesters.

All the four casualties of the special operation in the Untsukul District of Dagestan have been identified. Apart from Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz"; Kamil Saidov, the head of "Vilayat Dagestan" and Abdul Abdulaev, Omar Suleimanov was also killed, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

The parties to the conflict in South Ossetia are unable to conduct an objective investigation into the events of 2008; it should be done by a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Simon Papuashvili, a rights defender, said in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot".