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An advocate of journalist Mziya Amaglobeli has filed an appeal against her administrative arrest in the case on insulting a police officer. The defence has submitted to the court an expert analysis of the video recording, indicating signs of falsification of evidence by the police.

More than a hundred stories of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are collected in the book entitled “Artsakh: Blockade and Forced Displacement in Human Stories”. The facts presented in the book should become evidence in international courts, journalists claim.

Nika Meliya, the leader of the oppositional “Coalition for Change”, was detained administratively for insulting a policeman, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. In his turn, Mr Meliya’s advocate asserts that his client’s detention has to do with the intention to ensure his presence at the trial on failure to comply with the demands of the parliamentary temporary investigating commission.

Abas Saidov and Zamur Tagirov, natives of Dagestan, have been sentenced to 19 years in jail within the case of creating a terrorist grouping. The witnesses, on whose testimonies the charges were based, stated that they had given their testimonies under pressure. The defence has appealed against the verdict.

Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), gave their final statements in court. None of them has pleaded guilty.

Despite the warnings made by the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) and official bans on bathing, tourists continue filling the beaches of the city of Anapa. Disputes continue in the information field: some local bloggers assure that the sea is clean and everything is safe, while environmentalists and guest house owners, on the contrary, are voicing out alarms and talking about manipulations.

The explosion occurred after the first deputy of Stavropol Mayor was approached by his acquaintance, who had a small bag on his shoulder; it follows from the video. Investigators don’t rule out the version of a terror act.

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.