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9 persons, injured in a road traffic accident in the Schelkovskaya District of the Chechen Republic, are in serious condition. All of them were hospitalized in the Republic's Clinical Hospital of the city of Grozny. This was reported by the Republic's Ministry of Health.

Catastrophic flood in the Krasnodar Territory; Communists' actions in South of Russia against Russia's accession to the WTO; loss of Kadyrov's representative of litigation against HRC "Memorial"; removal of deputy's immunity from Vladimir Bessonov, Rostov Region's State Duma MP; hunger strike in Makhachkala SIZO and action against the ban imposed on "Anji" FC to play Europa League matches in Dagestan; poisoning of dozens of people in Georgia with chlorine and support by the country's parliament of the renewed government, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 2-8, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (ICRC) has allocated 300,000 Swiss francs (about 9.9 million roubles) to render operational assistance to 1,000 families (2,500 persons), affected by the flooding in the Krasnodar Territory.

Alexander Vasiliev, the lawyer of the defendant in the case of murder of Ilya Dzhaparidze declared his intention to file a supervisory appeal against the verdict against his client Yuri Tikhomirov. The defender hopes to mitigate the verdict of guilty.

In Azerbaijan, criminal proceedings against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", accused of tax evasion, were suspended.

At present, staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), police and volunteers try to reassure residents of the city of Krymsk, where today the information on impeding of the second wave of flooding appeared.

Vasily Krutko, the head of the Krymsk District, was dismissed from his position, and Vladimir Ulanovsky, Mayor of the city of Krymsk, continues to perform his duties. This was reported by the press service of the Administration of Krasnodar Territory.

According to recent information, the death toll in the flooding in the city of Krymsk and Krymsk District reached 146 persons, including 44 men and 102 women. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory.

According to Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Emergencies of the Russian Federation, population of the Krasnodar Territory was not duly notified about the threat of flooding, since the warning system failed to work properly. Heads of the Division of Civil Defence and Emergencies of the Krymsk District Administration, responsible for notifying the population, claim that residents of the district had been notified of impending flooding by sirens, SMS-messages, loudspeakers, and by carrying out house visiting.

A local woman was wounded in the settlement of Majalis, Kaitag district of Dagestan, as a result of a grenade explosion.

Twenty persons out of over 170 who perished during the flood in Krasnodar region still remain unidentified, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation reports. Data about injured and lost people in Crimea district is being clarified promptly.

The Ninth International "Golden Apricot" Film Festival will open in Yerevan on July 8 with screening of the Amo Beknazaryan's film "Shor and Shorshor". This year, the festival received a record number of applications – 1250; of them, 150 films from 44 countries were selected.

The Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation asks to include their representative into the Council of Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation. A respective appeal to President Vladimir Putin was adopted at the sitting of the Board on July 7 in Makhachkala.

A resident of Krasnodar Uliana Kononovich has announced through social networks a start of the campaign to collect donations for flood victims in the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory. More than twenty persons have already reacted.

Today, more than 30 children, who were taking their rest in the Astrakhan children's camp "Chudotvory", asked for medical help with symptoms of food poisoning. 14 of them were hospitalized.

At night on July 7, in the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory water went up by four meters. The locals are convinced that the cause of flooding was the opening of floodgates of the Neverdjayev storage reservoir.

Today, in Makhachkala, the "Dynamo" Stadium has hosted a rally in support of the local "Anji" Football Club (FC), which was banned by the UEFA to hold Europa League in Dagestan for security reason. The protesters adopted a resolution calling the UEFA to set up and send a commission of independent experts to Makhachkala to make an objective decision.

A relative of one of the protesting inmates told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that some 40-60 persons kept in Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), dissatisfied with their custody conditions, went on a hunger strike.

On July 6, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev signed a law on amending the Law "On Receipt of Information". Public activists were against the amendments, as they saw a restriction on the freedom of information and press in these innovations.

On July 6, a unit of 35 Armenia's peacemakers left for Kosovo.