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New ultimatum put forward by protesters against increase of electricity tariff to Armenian authorities; ECtHR's decision on acceptability of complaint of Beslan terror act victims; sentencing of Stavropol rights defender Bogatenkova, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 29-July 5, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

After more than a month after the dissemination of the information about the new leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz", militants have reported on appointment of Mukhammad Suleimanov, also known as Abu Usman of Gimry.

During the week of June 29-July 5, 2015, at least five persons 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.

In the village of Novogrozny, a mother of four children was hit by a car from the motorcade escorting the Chechen leader. This is stated by local residents, who do not trust the official denial voiced by the authorities.

Two men killed in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan were involved in the murders of two Imams of rural mosques in Dagestan and the attack on members of the family of Salimgereev, the former chief of the Kizilyurt GOVD (City Interior Division). This was stated by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The appointment of Magomed Daudov, the former chief of the Ramzan Kadyrov's administration, to the post of the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament is a promotion and aimed at further consolidation of power in Chechnya around Ramzan Kadyrov. This opinion has been expressed by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Sochi, pumping out of water from the local territory around the house No. 5 in Akatsij Street has been started. Residents of the house have complained about the lack of assistance from the authorities in elimination of the aftermath of the disaster. The authorities have explained their later assistance by "engagement in urgent activities at other facilities."

In Sochi, people held a sanctioned rally against high-rise construction in the Khosta District. The rally was attended by about 100 people.

Two suspected militants and a soldier of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation were killed in an armed clash that broke out in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan.

The pressure on the congregation of the mosque located in Hungarian Warriors Street in Makhachkala should be stopped, said Nafigullah Ashirov, the Mufti of the Asian part of Russia and Co-Chair of the Council of Muftis of Russia.

After the match "Dynamo"-"Gabala", Georgian fans trampled on the flag of Azerbaijan, which they took away from the beaten Azerbaijani fans. During the match, Georgian fans hang out a banner with a provocative hint about the belonging of two regions of Azerbaijan to Georgia.

The decision to suspend the powers of the lawyer Alaif Gasanov, a former advocate of the rights defender Leyla Yunus, was made by the Presidium of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan.

As a result of a ceasefire violation on the troops contact line, Arsen Khachatryan, a regular soldier of the Karabakh Defence Army, was wounded, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Residents of households located in Svanidze Street, partially destroyed during the June flooding in Tbilisi are afraid to return home. They state that until now the city Mayoralty has not requested their documents for payment of compensations.

A group of protesters in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan is preparing provocations in order to "escalate the situation," said a source from the Police of Armenia.

An agreement of Russian authorities and the victims of the terror act committed in Beslan in 2004, who filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), is possible only if an independent and impartial investigation into the terror act, said members of the "Mothers of Beslan" Committee.

Non-governmental and human rights organizations have disseminated an open appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia to immediately conduct an investigation into the beating in Tbilisi of Arthur Babayan and Philip Oganezyan.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the appellate court has cancelled the decision to extend the custody of Khavazh Temirsultanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of robbery. The case was returned to the court of Sochi.

The Adler District Court has scheduled for July 6 the continuation of the consideration of the case of Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on disobedience to police, and for July 7 – the case of ecologist Vladimir Kimaev.

In the course of the 32nd round of Geneva debates, delegates of Georgia and Russia have discussed the issues of security and the right to get education in one's mother tongue. The Georgian party has criticized Russia for its military exercises in Abkhazia and the violation of airspace.