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Starting from the morning of June 16, water supply in several districts of the Chechen capital is interrupted. This was reported by residents of Grozny. The utility companies explain interruptions of water supply in Grozny by renovation works.

Ramzan Belyalov, a defendant in the case of the armed attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995, has been transferred from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Yessentuki to the "White Swan", the SIZO of Pyatigorsk. This was reported by Khusein Belyalov, a detainee's son. Relatives, friends, and defenders of the detainee declare his innocence.

In Armenia, the Commission on distribution of places in penal institutions (penitentiaries) has granted the appeals of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and Vardan Vardanyan, sentenced in the case of "Million Mask March", concerning their transfer to a penitentiary of closed type for further servicing of their sentences.

The Mayoralty of the capital of Georgia has agreed with the managers of five hotels on the temporary accommodation of the fmilies, whose private houses in Svanidze, Chikovani, and Makhiauri Streets were destroyed by the flooding. In the coming days, the people deprived of their houses will be settled in rented apartments.

In Rostov-on-Don, at the trial in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, defendants claimed being subjected to pressure during their stay at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). To express their protest, four defendants in the case have announced the beginning of their indefinite hunger strike.

The Cherkessk City Court has forbidden journalists to use their pens and block-notes, and to video the trial of Ruslan Rakhaev, the former deputy head of the Cherkessk OVD (Interior Department).

In Tbilisi, 80 families consisting of about 400 people, who suffered from the flooding, have been accommodated in ten hotels and ten private houses. The population of the city and a number of companies have gathered foodstuffs, daily necessities and medicines for them.

Boarding School No. 1, located in the village of Zayukovo, has no permanent water supply and a broken fire alarm system, said the Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The inspection of the boarding school was conducted on the demand of activists of the Movement "Republic is Our Common Cause".

The start of the session in Rostov-on-Don in the case of the former Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov was postponed, as the judge said that one of the prosecution witnesses would not be able to evidence as he went abroad.

Tbilisi has resumed motor traffic in Heroes' Square and on the right-hand embankment of the Kura River. This was made possible thanks to thousands of volunteers.

The Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don has reschedule the consideration of the case against Vladimir Bessonov, an MP of the Russian State Duma, accused of using violence against policemen, for June 23.

The Georgian authorities have reported that all the animals, which had escaped from the zoo in Tbilisi during the flooding, have been caught. Sick animals will be treated, including with the help of experts, who came from other countries.

Policemen have established those suspected of the robbery committed in the village of Shamkhal and are looking for their possible accomplice, who escaped from the scene.

The court in Sochi has postponed the hearing on the complaint lodged by the defence of Khavazh Temirsultanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of robbery, against the refusal to translate the case files into the Chechen language. The court session is scheduled for June 25.

In central Tbilisi, in "Mziuri" Park, a dead body was found near the zoo; according to preliminary data, it was one of the rescuers. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has officially confirmed 15 casualties.

A contract servicemen of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, has confessed of killing his colleague Ivan Novikov. A domestic conflict has been preliminarily announced as the reason of the murder.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan on April 24, has been cancelled.

Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area", who is accused of fraud, plans to deliver her final speech at the court session to be held in Budyonnovsk on June 18. According to advocates of Lyudmila Bogatenkova, no evidence of their client's guilt was presented in the course of the trial.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has appealed to the EU countries with a request for financial and expert assistance in the elimination of the aftermath of the flooding in Tbilisi.

The fact that Aslan Byutukaev has sworn to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS) on behalf of Chechen militants shows the growing influence in the territory of Northern Caucasus of the "Islamic State", which is recognized a terrorist organization. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".