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The charges against Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the "Union 'Women of Don'", suspected of wilful refusal to perform the duties specified by the law on foreign agents, are detrimental to civil society in Russia. This was stated by Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy chief.

One of the three explosions committed at the Istanbul airport on June 28 involved a native of Chechnya or Dagestan. This was reported by Turkish media. Besides, their sources from secret services do not rule out the involvement in the terror act of Akhmed Chataev, a Chechen native, an assistant to Doku Umarov.

Yuri Modebadze, Chairman of the Board of the Astrakhan organization of Georgian culture "Iveriya", and Sergey Zaplavsky, a resident of Astrakhan, have been kept in custody for a year on the charge of a large-scale theft. Both defendants claim to have alibis, which the investigators and the court ignore.

At an extraordinary session, Armenian MPs have ratified the Armenian-Russian agreement on unified air defence system by majority of votes. 102 MPs voted in support of the system, and eight others voted against it.

The law enforcement bodies are engaged in the search for members of the armed underground in the territory of the Shamil, Khunzakh, and Gunib Districts.

The initiative of the Russian authorities on creation of a bank of information on terrorists and extremists is not practical, and all the more, law enforcers already use a system of preventive registration, which is also ineffective and violates the rights of residents of Northern Caucasus. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

By the decision of the investigators, Timur Temirov, a resident of Mozdok, whose relatives claimed that weapons and drugs had been planted to him, was released on recognizance not to leave.

In Russia, the defence has exhausted all the possibilities to defend the rights of the victim party in the case of the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. This was stated by advocate Tumas Misakyan.

The Volgograd authorities have filed a request to the Court Marshal Service to suspend the demolition of the residential building in No. 10 in Klubny Lane.

371 people are included in the list of the Red Cross mission in Stepanakert as missing from the Karabakh side. This was reported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

In Makhachkala, the court has extended the arrest of Magomednabi Magomedov, the Imam of the Salafi mosque in Khasavyurt, who is accused of inciting terrorism.

Relatives of Ramazan Rashidov and Shamil Ramazanov, residents of Kaspiysk, kidnapped in June, believe they were killed. According to the relatives, they allowed to take their biological samples for the detection of DNA.

Umar Margoshvili, a citizen of Georgia, who was involved in the hostilities on the side of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia), was killed in Syria.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has dismissed the appeal filed by ecologists concerning the Greenpeace's claim against the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources. The ecologists demanded to recognize null and void the paragraphs of the provision on the Sochi Natural Reserve, which allowed constructing facilities of the tourism industry in its territory.

108 members of the Federation Council have voted against the proposal of senator Belyakov to postpone the consideration of a package of anti-terrorism laws adopted by the State Duma. 16 senators voted in support of the proposal, and 11 others abstained.

The activities of independent institutions of Azerbaijan are paralyzed. This was stated by participants of the forum, organized by the Civil Society Platform. They put forward the recommendations to address the problems of non-governmental organizations and the creation of normal conditions for their activities.

In the Untsukul District, a hideout with ammunition, small arms, and an improvised explosive device (IED) has been destroyed on the outskirts of the village of Gimry.

At the roundtable held in Moscow on June 27-28 and organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" with the support of the International Crisis Group (ICG), participants have discussed the reasons for radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus.

In Volgograd, the works on demolition of an apartment building have been started, despite the fact that it is the only shelter for many residents. This was stated by tenants of the house in the petition addressed to Vladimir Putin and City Mayor Andrei Kosolapov. During less than one day, the petition gained 117 signatures.

The criminal case of a road traffic accident with six casualties has been sent to the Khasavyurt District Court. The case involves a staff member of the Department for Dagestan of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) as a defendant.