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In Kizilyurt, during an armed attack, Aitemir Salimgereev, ex-Chief of the Kizilyurt GOVD (City Interior Division), was tortured prior to his death. This was reported by the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Eight residents of the village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan, are missing after the special operation, locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They added that the village is still blocked by power agents.

As reported by a law enforcement source from Dagestan, Aitemir Salimgereev, a former head of the ROVD (District Interior Division), was killed in his house in Kizilyurt.

Today is exactly one year after the murder in Dagestan of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Officials and investigators state that every effort is made to solve the murder, but no results are available so far. The case should be handed over to the federal investigation centre, renowned lawyers believe.

The Federation Council – the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – has approved the bill to create a new gambling zone in the city of Sochi. According to the document, gambling activities can be undertaken in the Olympic facilities, built not by the budget money.

Today, Jalil Ametov, a son of the farmer who was assassinated in the village of Kuschevskaya, has identified the body presented to him as the body of the criminal gang leader Sergey Tsapok, said Natalia Miller, the advocate of the victims of the massacre in Kuschevskaya.

In Chechnya, the criminal case against a resident of the Urus-Martan District, who is accused of killing his younger sister, has been brought to the court. Investigators believe that the man has committed a so-called "honour killing". The suspect has confessed to the crime. This was reported by officials from the Chechen law enforcement agencies.

The North-Caucasian District Military Court has found both Said Amirov, dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, guilty of plotting a terror act, and sentenced them to 10 and 8.5 years of imprisonment, respectively. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.

Today, in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified persons have shelled a car with two persons inside it. One of them was a policeman and he died from his wounds. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

Staff members of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) did not stop their activities to reveal and investigate the crimes involving Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office. In this connection, investigator may reveal new episodes of his criminal activities. This has been reported today by Vladimir Markin, Spokesperson of the ICRF.

Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has issued a statement, in which she has expressed her concern about the sentence of Azerbaijani bloggers Abdul Abilov and Omar Mamedov to imprisonment. Dunja Mijatovic has stated that the suppression of freedom of the media and of expression is a serious breach of the country's commitments to OSCE.

In Azerbaijan, Ramzi Zeinalov, a resident of the town of Sabirabad, has been arrested for two months on a charge of disorderly conduct in connection with the incident with shaving a believer's beard. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ibragim Ibragimov, Assistant Prosecutor of the Sabirabad District.

The "Caucasian Knot" announces the establishment of the annual contest for journalists, who write about Caucasus. The prizes will be awarded in memory of Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. The contest accepts texts written both by Russian and foreign journalists.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports with reference to local residents that today in the village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan, law enforcers have blown up eight households.

The defence did a huge job of proving the innocence of the temporarily removed from office Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, as Vladimir Postanyuk, the defence group leader, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The advocates urge the court to make a fair decision.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recommended its servicemen to refrain from fasting during the month of Ramadan – from June 29 to July 28. Several experts have expressed the opinion that this recommendation violates the provisions of the country's Constitution.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by residents of the village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan, that law enforcers had beaten up Rizvan Ustarov, 29, the Imam of the local mosque. Also, for refusing to participate in the sweeping of the village, they beat up Abu-Gasan Nurmagomedov, the head of the rural administration, eyewitnesses assert.

As of July 8, the number of refugees from Ukraine registered in Russia reached more than 167,000 people. This was reported by Pavel Astakhov, the Russian Children's Ombudsman under the President of the Russian Federation.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the victims in the criminal case against the organized crime grouping from the Cossack village of Kuschevskaya have sent an appeal to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. The victims insist on a genetic examination and their personal involvement in the identification of the body of Sergey Tsapok, the deceased leader of the criminal grouping.

The verdict to Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, will be appealed against. This was announced by Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate of the human rights defender. The decision of the Urus-Martan City Court pronounced against Ruslan Kutaev, is politically motivated and unprecedentedly severe, and the very criminal case was fabricated. This was stated by experts in the field of human rights protection.