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Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Dagestani Branch of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF) is not hiding from investigators in Dubai, but is recovering after surgery in Germany, said the participants of the press conference convened in his support.

On July 30, the Magaramkent District Court of Dagestan began a new consideration of the case of Nasir Javadov, a resident of Magaramkent, who died during interrogation in the building of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). During the session, the court questioned the expert, who examined the firearms belonging to Javadov.

The results of two biological examinations conducted within the Nemtsov's murder case fully correspond to investigators' version, the victims' advocate has stated, refuting the defence's statement that experts had failed to confirm guilt of the figurants in the case.

The court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has arrested Marat Balkarov, a villager of Dugulubgey, whose disappearance after detention was reported by his relatives. Balkarov is suspected of possessing firearms, but he refuses to plead guilty.

Said Amirov or figurants of his case were not involved in the shelling of the "Moskva" Shopping Centre in Kaspiysk in 2011, this incident is backed up by members of the armed underground, said the witness Bagand Abdullaev.

A criminal case has been opened in Chechnya by the demand of the Prosecutor's Office into the beating of a resident of the Grozny District committed in March by a group of unidentified persons, including, according to preliminary data, a policeman. Earlier, law enforcers rejected the victim's demand to investigate the incident.

So far, members of the movement "Arise, Armenia!" are in Republic Square, where they ended today their three-day picket against the rise of electricity tariff.

A protest action in front of the building of the Armenian government is continued by about 100 former and current employees of the "Nairit" Factory. The protesters, who demand immediate repayment of their salary debts, began a sit-in strike.

The participants of the press conference in Makhachkala, convoked in support of Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, and Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the republic's branch of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF), have treated the actions of power agents as a political order.

A chewing gum, which is copying the famous brand "Love Is" but adjusted for Muslim values, is manufactured by the "Arabian Secrets" Company, which has its representative office in Dagestan. Opinions about the new product have split among representatives of secular and religious circles.

North Ossetia has initiated a criminal investigation into the mass brawl at the Beslan Airport "Vladikavkaz", which resulted in grave traumas of two natives of Ingushetia.

A shootout of power agents with alleged militants occurred in the evening on July 28 in the outskirt of the villages of Ilaskhan-Yurt and Mairtup of the Chechen Republic and lasted for about an hour. There are no victims among civilians.

Activists of "Arise, Armenia!" have blocked Vazgen Sargsyan Street leading to the Republic Square, but policemen squeezed them off the roadway.

Former employees of the Terek ROVD (District Interior Division) claimed compensation for their service on the border of the counterterrorist operation (CTO); however, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has rejected their claims.

In the course of searching the administration of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, law enforcers confiscated documents, said a source from the administration.

All the tenants, who lost their property, completely or partially, on July 23 during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Shogentsukov Street in Nalchik, will receive monetary compensations, said an employee from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, suspected of murders and financing terrorism.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has passed a verdict against the organized criminal community, the creation of which was incriminated to Magomed Magomedov, a Deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan. He was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security colony, and his accomplices – Magomed Gadjiev and Sirazhudin Abakarov – to 6.5 and 6 years, respectively.

A man, who fought in Syria, has become the leader of militants in the mountainous part of Dagestan. This cannot but indicate the established links of "Imarat Kavkaz" with the "Islamic State" (IS), say Akhmet Yarlykapov and Mikhail Roschin. Ruslan Martagov does not rule out activation of militants in the Caucasus.

David Khuroshvili, a resident of Gori District of Georgia, earlier detained for crossing the border with South Ossetia, has reported his release after paying a fine.