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On July 29, a group of Azerbaijani journalists visited the villa in Mardakyan settlement in the vicinity of Baku, where on the previous day - July 28 - their colleagues - Elmin Badalov, a reporter of the newspaper "Eni Musavat", and Anar Geraily, deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Milli Yol", - were beaten. Near the place of the incident journalists were met by securities who said the villa belongs to "some foreigner."

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was critical to the offer of Vladimir Shvetsov, Deputy Plenipotentiary of Russian President of Russia in the NCFD, on the need to develop the code of behaviour for young people of the regions of Northern Caucasus.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Kakha Kukava, Secretary General of the Conservative Party, that since the end of the Georgian-Abkhazian war 90,000 refugees from Abkhazia live in Tbilisi.

In Moscow, the Meschanskiy Court ruled to place Magomed Patiev, а native of Ingushetia, who caused a flight delay at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport, into custody.

Under updated information, the explosion triggered today in the afternoon in central Grozny wounded six persons, the regional department of the Russian ICPO reports.

The Passport and Visa Service (PVS) of the MIA of the Republic of Abkhazia has started issuing Abkhazian passports for travels abroad. Valery Maliya, head of the PVS, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that first 39 passports were issued on July 29.

The statement of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili addressed to customs workers had no implied sense of racial discrimination, said Manana Mandzhgaladze, his press secretary.

Two Azerbaijani journalists - Elmin Badalov, a correspondent of the newspaper "Eni Musavat" (New Musavat), and Anar Geraily, deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Milli Yol" (National Way), were beaten yesterday, on July 28, in Mardakyan village in the vicinities of Baku. It happened when journalists were making photos of luxurious private residences located in the "rich men's district" of the village.

In the city of Novorossisk, Krasnodar Territory, nine members of the crew of the trading ship "REF-607", sailing under the guise of Moldova, refuse to get ashore for the second week already. The owner of the ship that brought goods to the Black Sea shore owes about 60,000 US dollars to the crew.

Journalists of North Ossetia have signed-in in support of their colleague Timur Tskhovrebov, who was attacked and beaten in South Ossetia, and sent an open appeal to the republic's authorities.

Tamara Karastelyova, an activist from the Novorossisk Human Rights Committee (NHRC), who is treated for the fourth month for leukaemia in the capital of Georgia, needs monetary help.

In spring and summer this year, natives from Chechnya have taken part in at least a dozen mass fights, which burst out in different regions of the Russian Federation; several more were prevented. Experts indicate a high level of xenophobia in the country and a low level of tolerance, including among Chechens themselves.

Photographer Mari Bastashevski, a citizen of Denmark, who is covering kidnappings in the Caucasus, was forbidden to come to Russia. According to the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), she is on the list of persons, whose entrance to Russia is forbidden under the order of the FSB.

In Komsomolskoe village, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, six local residents were kidnapped and taken away by armed people into some unknown place.

The citizens of Georgia, who were detained on July 18 in South Ossetia by a unit of the Frontier Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation for an attempt to cross the frontier of South Ossetia, were released with imposition of administrative fines.

Today in Moscow, at about 3:45 p.m., an aircraft that arrived to Domodedovo Airport from the city of Mineralnye Vody was hijacked. Now, the passengers are released and hijacker detained: no victims.

The number of poisoned patients after a wedding party in Verkhnyaya Dubovka village, Stavropol Territory, has reached several dozens. This was reported by the department for civil defence and emergencies of the administration of the Mikhailov Municipal District.

Zhora Sapeyan, a member of the "Republic" Party and an activist of the opposition, who was released today after 2.5 years of imprisonment, said that he would continue his struggle against the ruling clique of Armenia.

On July 27, the court session on the fact of Vaan Khalafyan's death held at the court of general jurisdiction of the Kotaik Region grew up into a fight between relatives of the casualty and of the defendants. The session was postponed till August 18.

The fact of kidnapping of Anzor Shadov, a resident of the city of Nartkala, Urvan District, is under preliminary check, as envisioned by the law, said advocate Zhamal Mokaev, who represents the interests of the Shadov family.