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During preliminary investigation measures of physical pressure were used against the defendants on the case of “Urvan jama'at” which they are going to declare in court, attorney of one of the defendants Tatiana Psomiadi told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

A trial on the case of Badri Bitsadze, ex- Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, ex-Head of frontier police, Nino Burjanadze’s husband, will start in the city court of Tbilisi today. Bitsadze is in search and, according to his wife, is going to ask for a political asylum in one of the EU countries.

The Sabail District Court in Baku listened to the defendants' speeches at the hearings on the case of six opposition's activists accused of violating public order at an unsanctioned rally which was held on April 2 at the centre of the Azerbaijani capital.

Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan claim having no information about the "shahid belts", that, according to their colleagues' story, were hidden at a house during the special operation in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni on July 24. However, according to the MIA's information, guns were found at the house.

Today, the Moscow City Court sentenced Ruslan Ozniev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of preparing terror acts in Moscow. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the press service of the Court.

In Norway, the search of the Georgian citizen, who disappeared after terror act of July 22, has been finished. The body of Tamta Liparteliani, which had previously been identified by the Norwegian law enforcement authorities by her fingerprints, was identified by the girl's parents.

The assassination of Garun Kurbanov, Chief of the Information Policy of the Dagestani President, was, most likely, caused by his uncompromising attitude towards extremists. This was reported by Rasul Khaibullaev, Press Secretary of the President of Dagestani. Gadjimurat Kamalov, the editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), shares this attitude.

In Astrakhan, residents of a wooden two-storey house, which was burnt in fire on July 27, blame the fire-fighters for negligence. The residents also believe that the fire that took 7 human lives could be caused by a criminal arson. The fire-fighters from the local rescue service of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) deny the fire victims' allegations.

Neimat Panakhly, the leader of the Party of National Statehood of Azerbaijan (PNSA), faces a threat to his life in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was stated today at a press conference at the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) Samad Panakhly, a brother of Neimat Panakhly.

Activists of “Environmental Watch on North Caucasus” and “Committee of Protection of Tuapse” held one more picket against launching of a bulk terminal (TBT) of “Eurochim” company at the Black Sea coast in the town of Tuapse, Krasnodar district.

A presentation of a project of an agro-technical park “AgroDagItaly” passed off at an economical forum in Dagestan. Italian and Russian investors intend to invest over 14 billion rubles into the republican agriculture.

Ex-officer Sergey Lapin under the alias of “Cadet” who was acknowledged guilty of beating up resident of Grozny Zelimhan Murdalov will spend ten years in prison. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation granted the supervisory appeal of the defense by reducing Lapin’s custody term by half a year.

The Georgian government did not appeal against the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on the lawsuit "Enukidze and Girgvliani vs. Georgia" and intends to follow the ruling. This was reported today by Khatuna Iosava, Chief of the Public Relations Office of the Georgian Ministry of Justice.

On July 27, the first Republic's Forum of Sight-Impaired Youth, organized by the Adyg Republic's Branch of the All-Russian Society for the Blind (ARSB), was held in the city of Maikop. The event attracted 18 persons, aged 18-40, who arrived in the capital of Adygea from all the municipalities.

The Abkhazian presidential candidates Alexander Ankvab, Raul Khajimba and Sergey Shamba have signed a memo "For Clean and Fair Election". The signing of this document was initiated by the oppositional party "Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia".

Several units of World War II ammunition have exploded in the forest of the Obliv District of the Rostov Region, where trees were still on fire from yesterday. This was reported by the representative of the regional department for prevention and elimination of emergencies. The area of the fire has already reached one thousand hectares.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, where on the highway Nalchik-Nartkala unidentified persons shot dead Amurbek Bitokhov, Deputy Head of the Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for the Urvan District, aviators are involved in searching the attackers.

Zurab Albogachiev, who was kidnapped in Ingushetia on July 20, is at home now, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports referring to the victim's relatives.

Court hearings on the case of the murder of four soldiers at a Karabakh Army's position continue in Nagorno-Karabakh. The request for re-examination to define the mental state of Manvel Azroyan, the defendant, was denied. The court will continue its work on August 3.

The parents of a Georgian citizen Tamta Liparteliani who got lost during the act of terror in the Norwegian camp in the island of Uteia having enlisted the support of Nino Kochorashvili, Consul of Georgia in Norway who specially came to Oslo from Denmark, started for the capital of Norway tonight.