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On the occasion of the sacred Muslim month of Ramadan, the Juma Mosque in Makhachkala has organized the "Ramadan Tent” – a collective breaking of fasting for those who keep it, which brings together up to 1500 people. The action is carried out at the expense of mosque-goers, who bring foodstuffs and water, and make cash donations.

At the European Games in Baku, Russia took the first place in the medal standing; and Azerbaijan is the runner-up. Competitions are over; and the closing ceremony took place last Sunday.

Police have detained four residents of Chechnya suspected of helping Bislan Baidulaev, killed by power agents in Grozny on June 26.

The main outcome of protests in Armenia will be not the decision to cancel the increase of the tariff, but the appearance of a new political force, consisting of active and educated youth, believe the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The protesters against the increase of electricity tariff have stated that they would not leave Bagramyan Avenue until the decision to raise the tariff is cancelled.

The Committee for State Security of South Ossetia has prohibited Larisa Sotieva, an employee of the British NPO "International Alert", to implement projects in the territory of South Ossetia.

Mansur Usmanov and Bislan Baidulaev, killed by power agents in Grozny, will be buried into anonymous graves without notifying their relatives. According to power agents, they were involved in the commission of terror acts in Grozny.

The initiative group of residents of Dagestan has filed a lawsuit demanding to cancel the order of the head of the region to change the national anthem of the Republic of Dagestan. According to the claimants, the decision was made without public discussions and is insulting for Dagestanis.

Doctors of the Tbilisi Medical Centre have helped three inmates, who injured themselves in protest against the refusal to transfer them to another prison.

Arman Epremyan, a contract soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces was killed as a result of a ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia has reported.

In Gyumri, two protesters against the increase of electricity tariff have been delivered to the police. According to law enforcers, at detention, both of them were in a state of intoxication.

The Armenian capital has resumed motor traffic through the intersection of Mashtots Avenue and Sayat-Nova Street, which was blocked by protesters against the rise in electricity tariff. One of the protesters was brought to the police.

As stated by local residents, there was no warning about the upcoming flooding in Sochi; rescuers and utilities services failed to reach some localities; and rural residents had to cope with the consequences of the calamity on their own. There are people among them, who have not yet received any compensation for the past floods, which regularly affect the city.

Until now, the information about the establishment of a branch of the "Islamic State" (IS) in Northern Caucasus has caused no reaction of local militant leaders Mukhammad Suleimanov, Zalim Shebzukhov and Aslambek Vadalov.

The trial of the Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, will be held under the jurisdiction of the Armenian party. The decision was announced during the meeting of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov.

A sit-in strike continues in central Gyumri for the fourth day. Today, the number of protesters against the increase in electricity tariff has exceeded 500 people.

Today, the initiative group "No to robbery!" in Armenia has announced its new demands to the authorities. Activists demand to "reconsider the electricity tariff established last year in order to reduce it," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Russia's Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals against the sentence on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case, but excluded the episode of arms transfer from the verdict and decreased the prison term for the convict Djabrail Makhmudov from 14 years to 13 years and 8 months.

Two residents of Chechnya, who opened fire on law enforcers, have been shot dead in Grozny, said the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Two policemen were wounded. According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the casualties were involved in terror acts.

In one of the Khasavyurt facilities, where detainees are kept, a mass beating of people was committed, said the advocate Sapiyat Magomedova. She made an appeal on this issue, but supervisory authorities are doing nothing.