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Anzor Gubashev, a figurant in Boris Nemtsov's murder case, intends to reject his earlier confessions; and in this context his advocate Musa Khadisov has turned to investigators with a request for a repeated interrogation of his client.

In Baku, policemen have detained a journalist Orkhan Rustamzade and brought him to the Nasimi District Police Office. According to eyewitnesses, he was filming at the courthouse, where the trial of journalist Khadija Ismayilova is on.

In Baku, increased security measures are applied near the Court of Grave Crimes, where they are trying the journalist Khadija Ismayilova. Her relatives, civil society activists and reporters were no admitted into the courtroom.

On August 7 and 8, the checkpoints on the border with Georgia will be closed in connection with the republic's mourning days, said the KGB (Committee for State Security) of South Ossetia.

Law enforcement bodies of the Stavropol Territory conduct searches of houses of local residents, who profess the Slavonic pagan cult, and confiscate the banned literature and audio and video records. The Territorial Department of the Russian MIA has confirmed detention of five persons.

Anzor Gubashev, a figurant in the murder case of politician Boris Nemtsov, has written an application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the violence applied to him by law enforcers, the "Kommersant" reports.

In Nalchik, a member of the armed underground, who opened fire on policemen, was killed, local law enforcement bodies have reported.

An appeal asking to revoke the ruling to reject clemency of the Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has been lodged to the court.

According to preliminary data, the sum of damage caused on August 3 in a special operation in Nalchik to apartments in the "Aleksandrovka" micro-district amounts to about 900,000 roubles. This was announced by Akhmat Ulbashev, the spokesman of the Chief Directorate for Emergency Situations of Nalchik.

Over the past 24 hours, the Stavropol Territory saw at least 19 searches in the houses of local residents, who stick to the Slavonic pagan worship, as reported by activists of the "Stavropol Veche of Russia".

Dagestani society activists try to attract the attention of controlling bodies to the damage caused to the walls of the ancient Naryn-Kala fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the experts, the activation of initiative groups, which demand to pay attention to the destruction problem of the monument, has to do with the upcoming jubilee of the city.

Today, the first-instance court in Armenia has found activist Narek Akopyan guilty of using violence to a policeman at the protest action against the increase of electricity tariff. Akopyan was sentenced to six months in prison; but he intends to appeal against the verdict.

In Azerbaijan, the state prosecutor has suggested to find the rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus guilty on all points of the indictment and sentenced them to 11 and 9 years in prison, respectively, said Shokhrat Allakhmanov, the defendants' advocate.

The first open session on the case of the desertion and theft of firearms by Valery Permyakov, who is also accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, will take place on August 12. The court has extended his arrest until January 30, 2016.

Private households of residents of Krasnodar Territory will not be affected during the construction of access roads to the bridge across the Kerch Strait, said Roman Starovoit, the head of the Russian Federal Road Agency ("Rosavtodor").

The chief nurse of the Republic's Children Hospital of Dagestan and her acquaintance are figurants in the criminal case about a sale of a newborn for 450,000 roubles. Both suspects are under house arrest.

The establishment of the single Union of Circassian (Adyg) Public Associations (UCPA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is not aimed to consolidate the Circassian movement in the region, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". In their opinion, the Union has been set up by the authorities in order to have influence on the International Circassian Association (ICA).

As stated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), 18 residents are internationally wanted for committing terrorist crimes. Other 16 residents of the republic are on the federal wanted list.

The residents of Makhachkala, who yesterday blocked Yaragskiy Street in protest against electricity outages in their homes, have reported today about restoration of electricity supplies.

Ara Zograbyan, an advocate, has petitioned about acquittal of Narek Akopyan, a protester against the increase of electricity tariff, who is accused of using violence against an authority.