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Resident of Makhachkala Shamil Javatov whose relatives during an action of protest of July, 6, reported his disappearance is currently in the Department of Interior Affairs of Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan as a suspect of participation in paramilitary groups, National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

The court in Batumi brought a verdict of guilty of espionage to nine defendants: four Russian and five Georgian citizens and sentenced them to custody terms from 11 to 14 years.

European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECHR) obliged the Russian Government to pay over 130 euro compensation to the residents of Ingushetia beaten up by members of the top brass.

The initiative of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev aimed at bringing non-Caucasian nationals back to the Caucasus would benefit the region; however, Russians will not go to the Caucasus, said Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Carnegie Centre.

Three Chechen brothers named Gafurov, whose engagement in a conflict with Cossacks in the city of Zelenokumsk in November 2010 is considered by the Soviet District Court of the Stavropol Territory, refused to appear at the court session.

Georgian schools stop teaching in the Russian language, said Dmitry Shashkin, Minister of Education and Sciences of Georgia.

A local resident was killed today in the city of Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria, at an attempt to detain him. According to the police, he rendered armed resistance.

The judicial precinct No. 363 of the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow has received an appeal complaint from Andrei Krasnenkov, the legal representative of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, against the court's decision to acquit Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". An appeal presentation was received also from the prosecutor's office.

The Taliban movement has taken responsibility for the crash of the Azerbaijani cargo aircraft. This was reported by the Afghan media with reference to the Taliban spokesman. Afghani authorities refute the data that the aircraft was shot down by the Taliban.

The Georgian Parliament has unanimously adopted amendments to the Civil Code, which assume awarding the status of legal entities to religious organizations. The decision was supported by 70 MPs; and only oppositional Christian Democrats refused to vote in protest, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the Parliament.

Ruslan Kurbanov, born in 1976, a native of the village of Verkhni Djengutai, Buinaksk District disappeared in Makhachkala. In the evening on June 20, he left for work and never returned home, said his wife Khadizhat Radjabova.

Today, the Court of Appeal of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Judge Chingiz Mamedov, has completed consideration of the complaint lodged by activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev.

During a meeting of members of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev they handed him a report with their own estimation of the investigation in process on Natalia Estemirova’s murder.

Murtabek Murtabekov, head of limited company “Beer-Market”, representative of the company “Efes Beer”, kidnapped on June, 25, in Dagestan was released by the abductors under the condition of stopping his business”, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

Cases of burning down the houses belonging to relatives of those who join armed underground have recommenced in Chechnya. Residents of Shali district of Chechnya state that among these people there are fellow villagers of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Power ministries do not confirm this information.

On July 5 in the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory a picket was held in protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals dedicated to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's meeting with the members of his Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, ordered to cancel the ban on giving out bodies of killed members of illegal armed formations to their relatives, to prevent people joining underground.

The 4th International Film Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", which was held in Makhachkala on June 23-27 and which had a charitable status, gathered full cinemas. Having watched the films, the audience discussed the issues raised in the films.

At present only the administration of Tsumadin District has responded to the call of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Dagestan to open a chain of stores "10 roubles" for people affected by emergencies. In the village of Agvali the local authorities gave the appropriate premises for that purpose.

An old woman, suffered in collision of car Toyota Corolla to the bus stop in the centre of the city of Cherkessk, died at the hospital, reported the representative of the hospital.