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Relatives of Magomed Ibragimov, who was kidnapped today in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who had gathered near the building of the District Prosecutor's Office, were not able to file a complaint. Meanwhile, the Chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) has reported that he is aware of the whereabouts of Magomed Ibragimov.

In the capital of Georgia, journalists of the "Maestro" TV Company held a protest action, demanding to cancel the decision of the Tbilisi City Court for arrest of satellite antennas, which the Company delivered for installation at the houses of villagers.

Abdulaziz Magomedgadjiev, who was killed during the special operation, held in Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk on June 8, had no weapons. This was stated by his father Khaidarbek Magomedgadjiev. He intends to prove in court that his son was not involved in the armed underground.

According to official statistics, presented to the UN by the Russian Federation, from 2007 to 2009, the Investigatory Committee of Chechen Republic received 427 complaints about disappearances of people and instituted criminal cases on 142 of them; however, none of them was brought to court.

During a meeting with relatives of defendants on the criminal case of blasting "Nevsky express" sentenced to long terms of custody Yunus-bek Evkurov promised his assistance in release of those whose guilt was unproven. For this reason the convicts' relatives put off the meeting of protest they were planning for a while.

An incident occurred in one of the military units dislocated in Baku as a result of which an ordinary soldier perished and one more got wounded.

Resident of Chechnya Hussein Badurgov aged 25 disappeared in Grozny on July, 12, in unexplained circumstances. Representatives of law enforcement bodies promise to verify all the versions of his disappearance, including the young man's possible joining the gunmen.

Alexander Lunin, Mayor of the town of Mikhailovsk, Stavropol region, suspended from office is suspected of taking a bribe of 2,5 million rubles. Yesterday, July, 12, Lunin was detained.

13 persons got injured on July, 12, as a result of a conflict between Bidzina Ivanishvili's coalition "Georgian Dream" and supporters of the authorities in a refugees' colony, the settlements of Karaleti.

Law enforcement agents tortured 26-year Akhmedkhan Aushev, who was detained during a special operation, held in Nazran on June 29. This was claimed by his lawyer Luiza Isaeva.

All victims of the flooding in the city of Krymsk of the Krasnodar Territory are identified, and five persons remain on the list of the missing persons. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory.

In Moscow, the investigation into the murder of Yuri Budanov, ex-Colonel of the Russian Army, has been completed. This was reported today by a source, familiar with the course of the investigation.

Today, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan sentenced Alisher Bairamukov, a 38-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, accused of attempting to overthrow the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, to 7 years of imprisonment to be served in a high security colony.

The hunger strike in the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala was stopped because of poor health state of its participants. This was reported by relatives of the inmates, who participated in the six-day protest action. According to the Dagestani Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), there was no mass hunger strike, and it involved only one SIZO inmate.

Deputy Chairman of Islamic party of Azerbaijan (IPA) Vagif Abdullaev who was serving penalty in prison for accusation of committing a number of grave crimes died this morning at the age of 61 in a medical center of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan.

Last night a home-made explosive device set on a windowsill in a store in Gazimagomedov street was activated. There are no victims or injured persons.

Late in the evening of July, 11, a scuffle happened between future policemen and natives of Northern Caucasus in the South-East of Moscow, a representative of law enforcement bodies reported.

On July 11, in the Kotaik Region of Armenia, bus drivers of the "King de Luxe" Company, serving routes of Yerevan-Abovyan and Charentsavan-Yerevan, went on strike. 80 drivers of 40 buses left their routes.

In Grozny, a representative of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the South Federal District (SFD) interrogated Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the Interregional Public Organization "Committee Against Torture" (ICAT). This was reported by human rights defenders. The activists of the Committee believe that power agents try to institute criminal proceedings against Igor Kalyapin.

Members of the Council for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under President of Russia proposed to establish the federal adaptation commission of former members of the armed underground to civilian life. Representatives of the law enforcement agencies insist that the commissions should work directly in place, that is, in Northern Caucasus. Human rights defenders believe that their work will be much easier with the support of Moscow.