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In Chechnya, the court has pronounced the decision to send publicist Rizvan Ibragimov to Makhachkala for compulsory psychiatric examination. According to Rizvan Ibragimov, today, even before the court decision comes into force, the law enforcers have made an unsuccessful attempt to take him to the clinic.

The experts of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) explain the large number of deaths in the water bodies of the Volgograd Region, among other things, by the deficit of places for bathing. Volgograd residents have confirmed that the city has not enough beaches.

More than 260 people who are engaged abroad in plotting terror acts in Russia and other countries are put on the international wanted list. Besides, in Russia, the secret services watch more than 220 potential pseudo suicide bombers. This was reported by Alexander Bortnikov, the chief of the Russian FSB.

An activist from the number of those detained last night in Khorenatsi Street has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a weapon. The other 63 persons were released, reports the Armenian police.

In Krasnodar, the ceremony of opening of the monument to the heroes of World War I will be attended by delegates of the "Adyge Khase" for the Krasnodar Territory. This was announced by Asker Sokht, the chairman of the organization.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a police officer was stabbed during the detention of drug-dependent local residents. This was reported by a source from the secret services. The source has denied the information that the policeman was injured during the detention of militants.

In Yerevan, a group of armed men has taken hostage the physicians, who entered the building to provide medical assistance to the victims. This was reported by the Armenian police.

The Central Election Commission (CRC) has refused to hold a referendum on the country's accession to NATO, said Jondi Bagaturiya, the leader of the oppositional party "Kartuli Dasi".

The Armenian Ombudsman has condemned the actions of the policemen, who used violence against journalists covering the situation with the seizure of the police building in Yerevan. This was announced by the Ombudsman's Office.

Doctors in Yerevan treat the condition of two rebels, who were during shootout this night in the territory of the captured police regiment, are grave but stable. The wounded policeman is in the condition of moderate gravity, the medical centre reports.

Secession of the grouping "Jabhat al-Nusra" from the influence of the "Al-Qaeda" will not affect the Caucasian armed groupings in Syria. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The rally organized by supporters of the organization "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), which members seized the building of the patrol-and-security service of the police regiment in Yerevan, turned into a march. According to the organizers of the rally, it involves about 12,000 people.

A shootout occurred in the city of Magas among law enforcers: one person was killed and four others, including two policemen, were wounded.

The decision to lift the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced on June 30 in the territory of the Shamil District and in some areas of the Gunib and Khunzakh Districts was made by the operative headquarters of Dagestan today.

A 29-year-old Shakhnazar Kazakov was kidnapped by power agents in early June in Moscow and delivered to Grozny, his relatives assert. According to Kazakov himself, he was detained because of his Muslim marriage to a Chechen girl; and he is now in Grozny, awaiting deportation.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has signed a resolution on holding a referendum to introduce amendments to the Constitution.

Law enforcers have released all the visitors of the Salafi mosque detained in Hungarian Fighters Street in Makhachkala on July 22. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies. The believers themselves complain about systematic raids carried out by law enforcers.

According to the "Rodina" (Motherland) Party, in Dagestan, its candidates and their relatives are being subjected to pressure by the authorities.

The criminal case on the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov will be considered by a panel of jurors, who are to be selected on August 24. This decision has been pronounced by the Moscow District Military Court today. Thus, the Court has granted the motion filed by the defendants.

Starting from this very morning, citizens are bringing food for members of the group "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), who seized the building of the police regiment in Yerevan.