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The memorial plaque to victims of repressions, installed on the former NKVD (Interior Ministry) division building in the city of Taganrog, has been replaced with a memorial to secret service employees.

Zakhireddin Ibragimov, the chairman of the committee for the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities, who was brought to Azerbaijan, was previously deprived of the Russian citizenship, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian reported.

About a thousand people attended the funeral of Dagestani journalist Alik Abdulgamidov. That has been told a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent by eyewitnesses who attended the funeral ceremony.

In their appeal, activists claim that capital structures are being erected in violation of laws and regulations on the territory of a specially protected natural park in Verkhniy Gunib.

Northern Caucasus has a widespread practice, when, in order to preserve the family’s honour, parents of drug-addicted sons marry them off without warning the brides about the problem.

The extradition from Austria to Russia of the Chechens who had sought asylum in order to avoid forced mobilization poses a threat to their safety, analysts believe.

The court has sentenced three residents of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) to colony terms, finding them guilty of calls for terror acts at airports and trains.

The Orthodox cross on the flag of the “Akhmat” special forces came into conflict with the secularism declared in Russia, but showed the real state of affairs in the “Akhmat” special forces battalion and its loyalty to the country’s leaders, analysts believe.

In the city of Georgievsk, a court considers a criminal case against Ramazan Abdullaev, who is accused of failing to report to the law enforcement bodies about the involvement of his female acquaintance in a terrorist organization.

The authorities of Georgia have not allowed the European Parliament delegation to visit arrested journalist Mziya Amaglobeli.

Detentions of suspects in the attack of Basaev’s and Khattab's militants on Russian militaries in 1999 and 2000 were conducted in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Astrakhan Region and Stavropol Territory. The suspects – Radjab Khasaev, Arsen Koldasov, Batyr Arsanov and Rasul Takhtamirov – have been arrested.

The State Security Service of Georgia has reported the detention at the border of Giorgi Bachiashvili, a former head of the co-investment fund, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail within the case of embezzling bitcoins belonging to Bidzina Ivanishvili. His advocates have stated that Giorgi’s prosecution was politically motivated.

Ulker Gashimova, a native of the city of Derbent, declared as political prisoner by human rights defenders, has been sent to a colony near Kostroma to serve her term awarded within the case of calls for terrorism and extremism.

The authorities of Austria have extradited to Russia two natives of Chechnya who requested asylum and complained about forced mobilization.

On Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Salome Zurabishvili, the fifth President of Georgia, has congratulated on Independence Day the participants of the daily action in support of the country’s European integration.

In their appeal, residents of Astrakhan have demanded from the city police to identify the persons responsible for damaging the monument to victims of political repressions and find out whether the damage was inflicted as a result of act of vandalism or whether it resulted from poor-quality repairs to the monument by a contractor. The Astrakhan residents call on government officials to ensure the restoration of the pedestal.

In central Tbilisi, activists have held marches to mark the 107th anniversary of the Georgia's declaration of independence. Participants in one of the marches have called on the authorities to release those detained during protests.

Asker Sokht, an Adyg activist, has reported in his Facebook* page that in Maykop (the capital of Adygea), on the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, the participants in an unofficial memorial event were detained.

Mark Serov, an activist from the city of Kazan, who lives in Georgia, was detained at the Armenian-Georgian border. After that, he was released under the recognizance not to leave the place; he cannot leave Armenia; in Russia, he is wanted within a case of vandalism motivated by political hatred.

Members of the family, to which the man kidnapped in the village of Yandare belongs, abused a guy from another family and extorted money from him. In Ingushetia, people often not address the law enforcement bodies to resolve similar problems, and that is why the relationship between the two families reached the point of kidnapping.