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As stated by Alexander Savenkov, the head of the Investigating Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia, the service check found no confirmation of the complaints about the police's inaction during the pogrom of the Grozny office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG).

The three persons killed in a special operation in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) were members of the illegal armed formation (IAF), responsible for numerous murders committed in the KBR and the Stavropol Territory, said the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia.

The case of the massacre Gyumri has not been delivered to Armenia yet. According to the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), the timing for the transfer has not been defined; however, the trial will be held in Armenia.

The defence of Rustam Gabibov, a resident of Dagestan, accused of a murder, has filed a complaint about non-provision of adequate medical care to him at SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Nalchik, said the advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

The protest actions against the increase of electricity tariff, as well as the massacre of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, have not quarrelled Armenia with Russia, despite the presence of the Russian factor on both of them. This opinion was expressed by Armenian political analysts, who believe that the reason is in the absence of anti-Russian sentiments in Armenia.

In the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the power agents discovered a base with militants, who opened fire and were killed. The area is under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.

A Russian businessman German Sterligov has categorically rejected suspicions of his links with the Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists (known as BORN) and announced the preparation of social and business projects to be implemented in the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

According to the ruling of the court in Adler, Khavazh Temirsultanov, who is accused of robbery, should stay at the place of his registration – in Chechnya.

Musa Musaev, who was appointed to the post of Acting Mayor of Makhachkala, represents the interests of the "Mekegin" clan, which includes also the head of the republic's government Abdusamad Gamidov. This was stated by the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has found lawful the investigators' actions of non-admitting the advocate of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) Evgeny Gubin to Zaur Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, involved in Boris Nemtsov's murder case.

Because of bad organization of repair works, the city of Derbent is all the time suffering from water, electricity and gas outages, locals complain. Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Nastoyascheye Vremya", said that the last major reconstruction of the city was carried out half a century ago.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has rejected the complaint lodged by the defence of Muslim Akhmaev, who was detained in the same group with a student Varvara Karaulova on the border with Syria, about the decision to arrest him.

Foreign non-profit organizations (NPOs) that implement educational and religious projects in Northern Caucasus will be added to the "patriotic stop-list" in order to later stop their work in Russia. This was stated by Ilyas Umakhanov, the Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

The Kirsanov District Court of the Tambov Region has granted a petition on appointing Elena Shmakova, an ecological activist from the city of Tuapse, a public defender Evgeny Vitishko. The consideration of the petition lodged by the advocate Sergey Loktev on softening the Vitishko's punishment has been rescheduled for July 31.

Appointment of second life sentence to Ali Taziev; dispersal of protest in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan; administrative arrest in Sochi of journalist Anna Gritsevich; resignation of Acting Mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleimanov; explosion at military factory in Azerbaijan with fatalities; statements at trial of Amirov about torture during investigation, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 6-12, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The psychological and psychiatric examination of the defendants in this case will help to establish the motive of Boris Nemtsov's murder. It should reveal whether the perpetrators acted for hire or because religion-motivated hatred, the "Kommersant" reports.

During the week from July 6 to July 12, 2015, at least two persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Department of the FAS (Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has instructed the administration of the Zolsky District to eliminate violations of the "Law on Competition" in allocation of the land of the former collective farm.

Larisa Sotieva, who was prohibited to work in South Ossetia, was exposed to undeserved treatment in Tskhinvali, said the non-profit organization (NPO) "International Alert", where Sotieva is working. The latter was also supported by Timur Tskhurbati, a South-Ossetian journalist, and Arda Inal-Ipa, a member of the Public Chamber of Abkhazia.

The Batumi City Court is considering a complaint lodged by the managers of the Muslim boarding house in Kobuleti about the pressure from local residents who oppose the work of the institution. According to rights defenders, the opposition in Kobuleti is stimulated by the local Orthodox clergy.