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The financial sanctions imposed against the suspected leaders of the Caucasian unit of the "Islamic State" (IS), which is recognized as a terrorist organization, will not affect the situation of the armed underground in Northern Caucasus. This opinion has been expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, the body of Migitin Djavadov, the head of Karamakhi village of the Buynaksk District of Dagestan, has been found in a forest in the Karabudakhkent District.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has been contacted by relatives of Omar Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala. They claimed he was tortured and beaten by law enforcers and asked for help.

Over the past year, the investigations into the killings of journalists in Dagestan, including the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, have shown no progress. This was reported to the Russian President by Maxim Shevchenko, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC).

Members of the Israeli delegation, who arrived to take part in the celebration of the anniversary of Derbent, had to leave the city because of the actions of Dagestani officials. This was reported by the Mayor of the Israeli city of Hadera. The Dagestani leader has declared that no one forced the members of the Israeli delegation to leave Derbent and that the information about the incident was disseminated by provocateurs.

In Armenia, the Prosecutor's Office of the Arabkir Administrative District has resumed the criminal proceedings against the demonstrators, who on June 22 blocked Bagramyan Avenue as part of the protest action.

In Azerbaijan, Mamed Ibragim, Adviser to the Chair of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is detained on suspicion of disorderly conduct. Members of the PFPA believe that Mamed Ibragim is being persecuted for political reasons and that he was detained after a provocation.

After the verdict in Russia is pronounced, Nadezhda Savchenko will be able to make a claim for her extradition to Ukraine. Advocates of the Ukrainian aviator will have a chance to ask for the extradition of their client as soon as the verdict comes into force.

At the trial in the case against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko, the court in the Rostov Region has questioned two victims and listened to the written testimony of the third victim. The defendant's defence has claimed a lot of coincidences in the testimonies of the victims and called that fact an "intellectual fraud".

In Armenia, the initiative group "No to robbery!" has expressed its distrust of the results of the first phase of the audit in the energy sector of the country. According to the activists, the audit was based on the documents, selectively provided by the Company "Electric Networks of Armenia".

At the trial in the case against Pyotr Parpulov, accused of treason, the Court has dismissed all the motions filed by defence. This was reported by Oleg Eliseev, an advocate of Pyotr Parpulov.

In the Astrakhan Region, women, who take part in the hunger strike of the employees of the "Akhtuba ATP", have suspended their participation in the protest action because of sharp deterioration of their health. Three employees of the "Akhtuba ATP" continue the hunger strike, and they are joined by two deputies.

About a dozen members of the initiative group "You won't deceive us!", opposing the constitutional reforms, marched in the capital of Armenia.

After the discharge of chemical substances from the Volgograd enterprise "Caustic", city residents demanded from the authorities to bring the guilty persons to justice.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has proposed to engage ground forces in addition to the Russian air forces to combat the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.

Sarabi Seyunov, a defendant in the case of the attack on Nalchik, has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine has expressed its strong protest in connection with the trial against Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian citizen and a people's deputy of Ukraine. The Ukrainian MFA has demanded to release Nadezhda Savchenko.

In the village of Gluboky of the Kamensk District, participants of the hunger strike made a decision to stop their protest action after the conversation with the Deputy Prosecutor of the Rostov Region and the Deputy Chief of the Investigating Department for the Rostov Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

In Nalchik, the office of the NGO "Adyge Khase" hosted the presentation of the three-volume book "Circassians" written by Turkish writer Yalcin Kaya. The presentation was attended by the author, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

At the trial held at the Yasamal District Court of Baku, advocates of the defendants in the case against the Said Nursi followers, detained in April 2014, have asked the Court to acquit their clients. The advocates also claimed the political background of the case.