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One year after the flood in the Krymsk District, Krasnodar Territory; pre-election resignation of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov; united opposition of Azerbaijan nominates its presidential candidate, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 1-70, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

One year after the flood, the affected residents of the city of Krymsk state that they have no received their due compensations for damaged and destroyed houses. Still, about 200 people have not received their compensations, the head of the Krymsk District had to admit.

On July 5, inAzerbaijan, the Shirvan Administrative Economic Court considered the claims against the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), filed by 14 inhabitants of the Imishli District, who were affected by the flooding of 2010. All claims were dismissed. This was reported by Oktai Gyulalyev, the coordinator of the headquarters "Kura", protecting the rights of the victims.

Today, in the Krasnodar Territory, five wagons of passenger train No. 140 "Novosibirsk-Adler" got derailed. According to the preliminary data, 80 persons were injured.

Today, after verification of the documents, the police released Elena Denisenko, the representative of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Dagestan, Magomed Shamilov, Chairman of the regional trade union of staff members of the law enforcement bodies, and one foreign journalist, who were detained in the Untsukul District of Dagestan.

Three human rights defenders from Dagestan were not included in the list of participants of the visiting meeting of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia. This was declared by Magomed Shamilov, Chairman of the trade union of staff members of law enforcement bodies.

Today, Elena Denisenko, the representative of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Dagestan, and foreign journalists were detained at the entrance to the Dagestani village of Gimry. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source in the Untsukul District.

In the StavropolTerritory, the next meeting of the Regional Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted the Law "On the Public Chamber of the Stavropol Territory". The initiative of the authorities to establish the Regional Public Chamber was met sceptically by leaders of the public organizations and experts of the Stavropol Territory.

On July 4, the period expired, within which the government of the Russian Federation was to submit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the memorandum on the complaint about the kidnapping of Akhmed Buzurtanov, a wrestling club coach. As an exception, the ECtHR took emergency measures to consider the complaint about the kidnapping of Akhmed Buzurtanov. This was reported by advocate Musa Pliev.

Advocate Alexander Boichenko has challenged at the Krasnodar Regional Court the decision pronounced by the Adler District Court to fine 1000 roubles Sergey Krbaschyan, a detained builder. The investigation into the case against Sergey Krbaschyan should clarify the circumstances of the incident with builder Mardiros Demerchyan, who was detained together with Sergey Krbaschyan and who later claimed torture and beating at the police department.

The city of Krymsk, which exactly a year ago suffered from the flooding, hosted a series of mourning events. After the official events, the city held the civil action, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents report.

At the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in the city of Karabulak, hunger-strikers have temporarily stopped their protest action after on July 6 they were visited by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Acting Head of Ingushetia, who promised them that the problems of each participant of the protest action would be considered on an individual basis.

In Sochi, the court has denied the complaint lodged by Alexander Boichenko, the advocate of the builder Mardiros Demerchyan, against inaction of the investigator, who is considering the case of his client's beating and torture. The lawyer has appealed against the denial at the higher court – the Krasnodar Territorial Court.

Today, the Sovietsky Court of Makhachkala has ruled to arrest Zarema Bagautdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), and residents of Buynaksk Shamil Magomedov and Danyal Ilyasov for two months.

A policeman from the Khasavyurt GOVD (City Interior Division) has threatened Sapiyat Magomedova, who is defending the interests of the detained Rizvan Yakubov. The complaint about the threats has been sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, Sapiyat Magomedov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, Vladikavkaz hosts a protest action against the work of the metallurgical enterprises Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink". The protesters express their outrage at the reduction of the sanitary protection zone around the factory from 1000 to 300 meters.

On July 5, several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of Georgia appealed to the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) urging to destroy the archive containing materials about citizens' privacy.

At night on July 7, mourning actions are planned in the city of Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory, right one year after the devastating flood that officially claimed 153 human lives. The district administration has not allowed holding a night march in memory of the victims; however, civil activists are going to hold other memorial actions.

Armenia plans to harmonise its prison system to European Prison Rules and other recommendations of the Council of Europe, in particular, the probation regime, the Convention for the Prevention of Torture and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It is done within the programme "Reduction of Penalties Involving Deprivation of Freedom under European Standards".

A temporary agreement has been reached among the mining company "Valex Group" and residents of the villages of Tekhut and Shnokh, who had blocked the road to the enterprise in protest against the company's activities. The road was unlocked, the civil initiative group "Let's Save Tekhut" has reported.