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The family from the village of Stalskoe, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, which has lost a four-year-old boy, has complained to the "Roszdravnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare) about doctors' actions. The Dagestani Ministry of Public Health recognized doctors' mistake but restricted itself with a reprimand, the "Chernovik" weekly reports.

At the election of the rector of the North-Caucasian Mining and Metallurgical Institute, over half of the ballot papers were spoiled. The staff of the higher school demands from the Ministry of Education of North Ossetia to approve the candidates nominated by the structural units of the institute, but not admitted to the election.

The court has sentenced Emmin Shakhgiriev, a resident of Chechnya, to an administrative fine for posting songs of the Chechen poet and singer Timur Mutsuraev on the Internet. The songs are on the list of extremist materials.

In the village of Ekazhevo, after flooding, 32 private houses were flooded; one person was injured, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports. According to local authorities, other buildings and communications were also damaged. The Ingush government has promised to help the owners whose houses suffered significant damage.

At the fourth session on the case of the oppositional leader Zhirayr Sefilyan, he and three other defendants were removed from the courtroom for contempt of the court. Then, their advocates also left the courtroom. The judge intends to bring advocates to disciplinary responsibility.

Investigators have appointed a medical examination of the health status of Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who had complained of traumas at received at detention. However, she refused to undergo the examination, considering it belated, said her advocate.

Afghan Mukhtarly's medical examination, conducted today with the aim to find traces of beatings, which he announced a month ago, is a formality connected with the consideration of the journalist's case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said his advocate.

To find the reasons for the mass death of dolphins in the Black Sea, numerous analyzes are needed, as well as operative autopsy of animals' bodies and studies of their fodder, said the ecologists and zoologists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, there is no precise number of the dead dolphins.

After collecting fines, the South-Ossetian authorities handed the three persons detained for violating the border, to Georgia, the South-Ossetian State Security Committee (SSC) reports.

The resignation of Pedro Agramunt, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is predefined and will be a good precedent for fighting corruption, Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have stated.

Alexander Lapshin, a blogger, has announced, at the session of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, the tourist nature of his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh, and refused to admit his guilt.

The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched an inquiry into the arson of a foreign-made car in Makhachkala. The car belonged to Patimat Makhatilova, a Federal Judge of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, local law enforcement sources have reported.

Russia will do everything possible to protect Victor Ageyev, who was detained in Ukraine, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President. Sergey Krivenko, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC), is sure that Russia will soon try to exchange Ageyev for the captured Ukrainian soldiers.

The Petya virus has attacked the system of the Danish company Maersk Group, which owns the Poti Port in Georgia.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) is considering the arrest of a teenager, suspected of involvement in the road accident, in which a road worker was killed and four people were injured. Users of social networks doubt that the son of the ex-head of the city UVD (Interior Department) and the Deputy of the City Duma will be severely punished, should the court prove his guilt.

About 900 participants of the 9th congress of the political party "Amtsakhara", dedicated to the socio-political and criminal situation in the country, have claimed that the leaders of Abkhazia are not able to achieve national harmony and full-fledged development of the state.

In its declaration to other opposition forces, the opposition "Heritage" Party has claimed that there are preconditions for a "velvet" change of power in Armenia. Experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed their scepticism about such a prospect. Political analysts believe that the opposition can unite only in matters of national security.

In Stepanakert, people have marked the Memorial Day to pay tribute to people missed in the Karabakh war by laying flowers and by a presentation of the book "The Hope of the Country".

Investigators have been instructed to clear out the circumstances of using violence in the courthouse against five members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, on whose bodies injuries were found, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.

On June 29, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted the complaints filed by youth civil activists Ramin Gadjily, Aghil Aliev, and Nargiz Yagublu, who were brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.