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The Internet has disseminated an appeal of a group of armed men, threatening militants and personally Temirbek, a certain "Amir of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan" and calling on them to lay down their arms. The video record has caused widespread debate among web users. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has begun to examine the video record, and it promises to punish under the law for extrajudicial executions.

Leonid Zrumov, the head of the Department of the Federal Treasury of the Russian Federation in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is suspected of misuse of budgetary funds for the amount of more than 19.8 million roubles. This was reported today by the press service of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Today, Baku hosted the presentation of the project "Djeyranchol", developed by the National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the Trust Foundation of the NATO Programme "Partnership for Peace".

A 29-year-old female native of Uzbekistan was detained on charges of murdering an 88-year-old female resident of the city of Apsheronsk. According to investigators, she was connected with the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses". This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory. In their turn, Jehovah's Witnesses stated that the defendant was not a member of the organization.

Gazimagomed Abdullaev, a native of Dagestan, who permanently resides in Moscow, stated that border guards did not allow him visiting his native village Vitsiyatl of the Tsuntin District. According to the Border Guard Department of the Russian FSB in the Republic of Dagestan, Gazimagomed Abdullaev was not allowed to the village of Vitsiyatl, since he failed to obtain a permission to stay in the border area.

Mariam Badalyan, a resident of Makhachkala, claims disappearance of Murad Sitablaev, her 29-year-old husband.

Search of a missing underage schoolgirl from the settlement of Kamennomostsky is going on in Maikop district of Adygea. The policemen suppose that the sixteen-years-old girl was together with her fellow villager whose body was found on July, 3, in the bed of the Belaya river not far from the settlement, web-site of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

"Citizen's Assistance" human rights center held a picket is support of Hilal Mamedov near the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Moscow.

Journalist Viacheslav Tkachenko who disappeared in Rostov-on-Don was found killed in the suburbs of the city. The man died from a blunt trauma of his head, the suspect is detained.

Deputy Head of Administration of the town of Volzhsky, Head of Department of municipal property management Ella Kuzmina is suspected of abuse of authority with allotment of a land parcel in 2011.

Yesterday, on July 3, several cities of southern Russia hosted protest actions against Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which were organized by the regional branches of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). The protest actions were attended by representatives of other social and political movements. Most of the supporters of the protest actions believe that Russia's accession to the WTO will ultimately destroy the national economy and deteriorate the social and economic situation in the country.

Today, in Volgograd, at the trial on bribery in the GIBDD (road police), during interrogation, witness Nikolai Lazarev retracted his testimony, which he gave at the preliminary investigation. The trial was postponed till July 23 due to vacation of one of the lawyers.

The Committee on Rules and Organization of Work of the State Duma recommends it to agree to deprive of his parliamentary immunity Vladimir Bessonov, the MP from the Rostov Region, accused by investigators of rendering resistance policemen during the pre-election rally, held on December 2, 2011, in Rostov-on-Don.

Levan Datuashvili, Director of the "Crystal" Company, was detained by the police of the Isani-Samgori District of Tbilisi, which investigated the leak of chlorine in the territory of one of the private enterprises in the dwelling settlement of Saknavti. As a result of leakage, 73 persons suffered.

Today, in Yerevan, near the building of the National Assembly, a protest action was held, which participants demanded to convene an extraordinary session of the parliament on the recent incident at the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant. The participants of the protest action voiced demands to institute criminal proceedings against Ruben Airapetyan, ex-MP, the owner of the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant.

Today, the Central District Court of Volgograd cancelled the decision of the magistrate court on imposing a fine of 800 roubles on Nikolai Belikov, who participated in the gathering, held on June 6 against the decision of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on increasing penalties for unsanctioned protest actions.

The judge's decision to dismiss a claim on protection of business reputation, filed by Andrei Krasnenkov, the lawyer of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, is fair. This was stated by representatives of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Andrei Krasnenkov is surprised by the judge's decision and intends to challenge it.

In Azerbaijan, new criminal charges under Articles of treason and inciting ethnic hatred were filed against Ghilal (Hilal) Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre. This was reported by Rafiq Djalilov, co-Chairman of the "Committee to Protect Hilal Mamedov' Rights".

Instigator of the shooting with Azerbaijanis in the Borisoglebsk District of the Yaroslavl Region is a staff member of the Russian FSB. This was reported by a source at the law enforcement agencies. He underwent craniotomy, and after that the man was brought to a Moscow clinic.

On July 3, anti-personnel landmine of World War II was discovered in the territory of a school in Stavropol, where summer school camp located. This was reported by a representative of the Unified Dispatching Service of Civil Defence and Emergencies of the city administration.