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The Commission in the US Congress for Security and Cooperation in Europe (the US Helsinki Commission) discussed the situation with democracy in Azerbaijan on the eve of the upcoming presidential election in the country.

In the suburban dwelling settlement of Vinsovkhoz of Khasavyurt, Shamil Abdulmedjidov, a local resident, born in 1983, was kidnapped. Earlier, the name of the kidnapped man was included in the "Khadjalmakhi execution list," and he became the second man from the list, whose disappearance was reported on the last day.

Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani Branch of "Radio Liberty", has refused to perform community service in a place closed to the public. According to Khadidja Ismailova's report, she fears provocations.

A staff member of the Cherkessk SIZO (pre-trial prison) has again refused an advocate to visit her client and demanded to obtain the permission of the investigator. This was reported by Elvira Aidinova, the advocate of Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov, a native of Dagestan, accused of murder.

In anticipation of the pronouncement of the verdict to opposition activist Alexei Navalny on the case of "Kirovles", activists of nationalist organizations held actions in his support in the cities of Stavropol, Pyatigorsk, and Nevinnomyssk.

On July 17 in Makhachkala, Magomedtagir Timirchiev, whose name is on the so-called "Khadjalmakhi execution list", disappeared, said his son Magomed Timirchiev.

A citizen of Armenia Grachya Arutyunyan, accused of committing a major road accident in Podolsk, suffered abuse and humiliation after the accident, said the participants of the action in Yerevan.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has demanded to restrict access to the video message, posted by the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" Doku Umarov, and lodged a respective suit to the Leninsky District Court of Grozny.

The situation in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, remains calm despite the ongoing counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, local residents report. As stated by the head of the village Aliaskhab Magomedov, the curfew that is still in force in the village was shifted to a later time for the convenience of the believers who observe the Ramadan fasting.

US Senator Lindsey Graham has called to boycott the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, if Russia grants political asylum to former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

The "Patrioty Rossii" (Patriots of Russia) Party has decided on the candidates for the position of the leader of Dagestan to be submitted for the consideration by the President of the Russian Federation.

The FBI does not allow publishing the results of the autopsy of the body of Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, who was killed in the United States.

Investigators have combined into a single case two criminal cases against a resident of the Cossack village of Lysogorskaya of the Georgievsk District of the StavropolTerritory, suspected of using slave labour and attempting to bribe.

The Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory has approved Sergey Myshak, a former staff member of the regional administration, on the position of Ombudsman. In fact, Sergey Myshak has been appointed to the position by the direct resolution of the regional administration. This was stated by Alexei Todorenko, the leader of the public organization "For Krasnodar!"

A rally against illegal construction held in Khosta was attended by about 120 persons. Participants of the protest action demanded to stop unauthorized construction, to stop destruction of parks and playgrounds.

Investigators conducting investigation into the murder of teacher Abusupyan Omarov in Dagestan do not rule out involvement of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the murder.

To date, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has received 11 applications for participation in the upcoming presidential election. Two applicants have been denied registration because of revealed incorrect documents.

The authorities of Dagestan have negated the dialogue between religious movements and focused on the methods of solving the problems by force, the participants of the roundtable on the topic: "Contours of New Policy in Dagestan Early Successes and Dangerous Trends", held on July 16 inMoscow, have concluded.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started its communication with the Government of Azerbaijan on the complaint lodged by Emin Guseinov, the director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), in connection with his beating at the police station in June 2008.

At least 82 persons suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in June 2013; of them 39 persons were killed and 43 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.