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In its Memorandum on Human Rights, addressed to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, the largest international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) is expressing its concern about incessant checks of the activities of the human rights organization named "Chechen Committee of National Salvation" (ChCNS).

The Astrakhan Region has 153,000 families, in which 231,000 minors are reared. 50,000 families are needy, and they have 77,000 children, as reported by Ekaterina Lukyanenko, regional minister for social development and labour.

With advent of summer, Makhachkala sees a deficit of drinking water. In many multi-storey houses of the capital of Dagestan there is no water for about a week, and people are on the brink of extreme actions.

The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was backed by former president of the republic Murat Zyazikov, the leader of the Ingush opposition Magomed Khazbiev believes.

The activists of the opposition released today from the courtroom have stated that they will strive for appealing against their "illegitimate verdicts."

In the opinion of Enver Kisriev, head of the sector of the "Kavkaz-Centre" for civilisation and regional studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the recent frequent attempts in Northern Caucasus are caused by the political process; and every murder will entail respective response.

Europeans are worried of possible consequences for Ingushetia of today's attempt on Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and of the way the incident can be interpreted. This was stated by Eleonora Aloyan, a Freedom House representative.

Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has extended the custody term for the defendants in the criminal case dealing with the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik by three more months.

Neither human rights activists nor relatives are still unaware of the location of student Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Supyan Abdullaev, leader of Chechen armed underground movement, who was deported from Egypt to Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Tatiana Kasatkina, executive director of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the President of Ingushetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Rashid Gaisanov, Chairman of the Government of Ingushetia, will temporarily act for wounded Yunus-Bek Evkurov.

According to updated information, in the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, committed today in the morning in a Nazran suburb, the President and his two securities were wounded, and his driver Mustafa Kotiev, 25, perished.

Today the Internet website of the RIA "Dagestan", founded by the Ministry for National Policy, Information and External Relations of Dagestan, was attacked by hackers. The main page posted an appeal on behalf of members of the extremist grouping of Ibragim Gadzhidadaev - he took responsibility for murdering Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Adilgerei Magomedtagirov.

Human rights activists cannot establish the whereabouts of Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Supyan Abdullaev, leader of Chechen armed underground movement and closest ally of Doku Umarov, leader of the militants of Northern Caucasus.

Today, fishermen from the city of Poti have blocked the Poti-Batumi Highway in Georgia for a couple of hours. The picketers demanded from the authorities to allow them fishing at sea and in Lake Paliastomi, located near Poti.

The today's sitting of the Azeri-Georgian intergovernmental commission in Tbilisi has failed to bring closer the positions of both countries in delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border. This was stated by Khalaf Khalafov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

In Baku, law enforcement bodies have arrested two more persons in connection with the massacre on April 30 committed in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA). This is the topic of the joint statement of the General Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan.

The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has sanctioned arrest of Zarema Dadaeva, 34, a native of Grozny, who was detained in Moscow on June 18 as a suspect of kidnapping the son of vice-president of the "Rosneft" Mikhail Stavskiy.

President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has offered those members of radical opposition who had torn their mandates into pieces after parliamentary elections on May 21, 2008, to return to parliament.

Today, in the Karabudakhken District of Dagestan, in the highway section between Dzhanga and Gubden villages, a burned down VAZ-2107 car with scorched bodies of two men was found; presumably, they were participants of illegal armed formations (IAFs), reports the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan has forbidden his government to leave for long summer vacations. The reason of his decision is in deterioration of the country's economic situation because of the global financial crisis.