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Today in the morning, operative agents wearing masks detained Murat Balkarov, a resident of the village of Dugulubgey. This was reported by Elena Bairamkulova, an advocate of the Bar Association of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who is trying to establish the whereabouts of her client.

The federal authorities are getting rid of odious figures in Northern Caucasus, thus, sending an unequivocal signal to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, the court that considers the case of the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov continued questioning Magomed Akhmedov, who stated that investigators had used threats to force him to testify against Amirov.

The "Committee against Torture" (CaT), liquidated because of being put on the registry of "foreign agents", will be replaced by the "Committee to Prevent Torture" (CPT). The new organization will continue working in Chechnya, said its chairman Igor Kalyapin.

Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Dagestani Branch of the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR), is suspected of involvement in murders and financing terrorism.

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes that is trying the rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus has announced the indictment and questioned 11 witnesses. The spouses refused to plead guilty, and stated that the trial is non-transparent.

As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), within the last two days, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire on the frontline for about 320 times.

Yuri Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has set up a new agency in charge of crime prevention among young people. In his opinion, it should prevent the spread of radical ideas.

In Yerevan, at night, six activists managed to hold a brief protest action in the centre of Republic Square. However, their sit-in strike on the roadway was stopped by the police.

The today's session of the court in Rostov-on-Don on the case of ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov was attended by two representatives of the prosecution.

The investigating authorities have completed the investigation into the case against a 21-year resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In Yerevan, Square of Republic hosts a new protest action against the growth of electricity tariffs. The protest action has been organized by the civil initiative group "Arise, Armenia!" Police squads cordon off Square of Republic along its perimeter.

Law enforcers have reported on seizure of weapons and drugs from a resident of the Babayurt District of Dagestan, who was travelling in a bus to Moscow. The man was "preventively" registered at the police as a follower of Wahhabism, and he was taken in custody.

After detention of Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, firearms were found in his household, said a republic's law enforcement source. Vinogradov was brought to the city of Mozdok by helicopter.

An advocate of Russian banker German Gorbuntsov, a witness in the case of the murder of Ruslan Yamadaev, a former State Duma deputy, has confirmed the fact that the London Police had received a request from Russian investigators for questioning his client. According to the advocate, German Gorbuntsov agrees to testify in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

Armoured vehicles and armed men have blocked the entry into the territory of the private house and yard of Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Russian Pension Fund for Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A sit-in picket in support of Colonel Volodya Avetisyan is being held for the third day in Freedom Square in Yerevan. The picketers are compiling a list of his supporters, ready to start new protest actions.

Special operation in Nalchik, resulting in killing six alleged militants; terrible road accident in mountains of Chechnya with 11 casualties; sentencing of Ilya Goryachev in the BORN case, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 20-26, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The "Unheard Voices" project unites 20 journalists highlighting the problems of people living in the Karabakh conflict zone. The project participants have presented more than 270 of such materials.

During the week from July 20 to July, 2015, at least six people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.