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On July 7, at the Terek Cossack Circle (Assembly) in Vladikavkaz, Cossack Atamans raised the idea to restore the enlarged North-Caucasian Region in the form of the Terek Region that existed in the tsarist Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mikhail Inkavtsov, Ataman of the Terek Cossack Army.

Representatives of power agencies have burnt down the house of relatives of Madina Yunusova, 20, the wife of Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov, who was killed in the course of a special operation on July 2, and gave out her body to relatives on July 5, having ordered to bury the girl "without noise". This was reported by Natalia Estemirova, representative of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

As stated by Temur Yakobashvili, Vice-Premier and State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia, the today's Dmitri Medvedev's visit to South Ossetia is a provocation.

Today, the first visit of Russian President to South Ossetia, after Russia had recognized its independence, took place. In the course of the visit, which was a surprise not only for residents of the republic, but also for Ossetian officials, Dmitri Medvedev has reiterated that Russia will help South Ossetia in restoring its economy and social sphere.

Heads of the governments of Turkey, Austria and Hungary, and of energy companies from Bulgaria and Romania have initialled the intergovernmental treaty on the Nabucco Project.

A source from the Vishnevskiy Surgery Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences has reported that President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was heavily wounded in an attempt on June 22, is still is the resuscitation ward; however, he is much better now and can be removed to an ordinary ward.

Today, from 6 a.m. on, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was lifted in the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the press service of the CTO Operative Headquarters.

Today in the morning, in southwest and southeast of Chechnya, five persons, who rendered armed resistance to power agents, were liquidated. This was stated by law enforcement bodies of the republic. None of the power agents, who took part in these special operations, suffered, the militia asserts.

The National Security Service of Armenia has arrested two persons suspected of a murder attempt of Argishti Kiviryan, coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today".

In the evening on July 12, one of Chechen TV Channels showed a video report with Rustam Makhauri, the militants' field commander captured in the end of last week by power agents in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. He said that he had understood his misbehaviour and called the leader of separatists Doku Umarov to surrender to the authorities.

On July 11-12, in several districts of the republic and in the capital Grozny, fighters of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya killed in total 12 suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who rendered armed resistance.

At their extraordinary session, Georgian MPs have passed in the first reading a legislative package, initiated by the party in power and aimed to toughen the rules on holding protest actions.

Vyacheslav Kovalenko, former ambassador of Russia to Georgia, has been appointed a new Russia's plenipotentiary in Armenia, as reported in the official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In the forest between the villages of Chemulga (Ingushetia) and Achkhoy-Martan (Chechnya), today in the course of a special operation conducted by the MIAs of these two republics, four suspected militants were liquidated.

The government of Dagestan has held a special sitting dedicated to the problems with drinking water in the republic and convoked because of an increased number of complaints from the population on deficit or poor quality of the water they have to use.

Armenia has signed a contract with the international consortium WorleyParsons to the sum of 500 million US dollars on organizing and managing the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The contract will be implemented in four stages, as reported by Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Energy of Armenia.

Two Moscow residents, who had sold the number plates from the Lexus car hijacked in Moscow to the Toyota, which was used by the suicide bomber to blow up the cortege of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, were detained in Russian capital.

The first aquapark in Chechnya was opened in Gudermes, the second largest city of the republic.

The European Union has decided to provide a 12.1-million euros tranche to Georgia for improving the living conditions of the forced migrant, who have been living as refugees back from early 1990s. This was announced by the European Commission's representative office in Georgia. The tranche is a part of the total help of 51.5 million US dollars.

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) will hold its 37th Congress in Armenia. With the aim to start its preparation, a delegation of this human rights organization, headed by president Souyer Belassen, visited this country in June.