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Last night, at the entrances of the bridge, which was named after Akhmat Kadyrov, members of the movement "Solidarity" have secured plates with a different name: the bridge of sniper Idrisov. Thus, the activists expressed their protest against the decision of the City Governor to name the bridge after the first President of Chechnya.

Badrudin Musaev, a son of the Mayor of Makhachkala, does not plead guilty under the charge of use of violence dangerous to life and health of policemen, filed against him. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Akhkubek Kolov, an advocate of Badrudin Musaev.

On June 22, Krasnodar historian Sergey Ryabchikov, the president of the Krasnodar research centre for the study of ancient civilizations and cultures, started a protest action. At present, his condition is being assessed as satisfactory. The Krasnodar historian intends to continue his hunger strike until the courts, to which he has filed complaints against the Krasnodar regional fund of capital repairs of apartment buildings, do consider the complaints on the merits and check the activities of the fund.

Today, at the session of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, non-partisan deputy Maxim Reznik has presented a draft appeal to the City Governor concerning the naming of a bridge after Akhmat Kadyrov, which he called urgent.

In the Rostov Region, miners of the "Kingcoal" mine have launched a protest action because of wage arrears. They have got a sanction from the Gukovo administration to carry out daily pickets.

In anticipation of the new decision to be announced by the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia concerning tariffs for electricity, the "Caucasian Knot" has addressed political analysts with the question of whether they expect a new wave of protests in Armenia.

In Yerevan, the court has granted the investigators' motion on the arrest of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", who is accused of illegal possession and transportation of weapons.

Today, the believers of the village of Shamkhal have held an unsanctioned rally in front of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) in Makhachkala. After the rally in Makhachkala, the Dagestani police detained several protesters. According to law enforcers, the believers started a fight inside the mosque. The believers claim a provocation arranged by the police.

The sentence to Elvin Abdullaev, an activist of the youth committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been commuted from 6 years down to 2.5 years of imprisonment. His defender, who insists on the verdict of acquittal, intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested the property of the "Domodedovo" Airport in the criminal case against the airport top-managers, involved as defendants in the case on the terror act of 2011. This has been reported today by Igor Trunov, an advocate of the victims.

The Security Council of South Ossetia intends to consider a proposal initiated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adopt a law on reservists giving them the right to register the weapons stored by them and hold those weapons legally.

In Dagestan, the school which has been burnt down tonight in the village of Teletl of the Shamil District, is set on fire by militants. This was reported by a source from the regional law enforcement bodies. Law enforcers have identified four suspected militants who were involved in the arson of the school, the source reports.

Erosi Kitsmarishvili, the former Ambassador of Georgia to Russia, the founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, committed suicide because of his debts. This was reported by an official of the Prosecutor's Office, who announced the completion of the investigation. Family members of Erosi Kitsmarishvili do not agree with the position of the Prosecutor's Office, reports advocate Gagi Mosiashvili.

The Georgian General Prosecutor's Office has instituted a criminal case on abuse of power associated with the night interrogation in 2013 of Vano Merabishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had recognized the fact of violation of the politician's rights.

At the ceremony to celebrate the restoration of the Nardaran infrastructure, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has announced writing-off of the debt for electricity accumulated by the population of the village of Nardaran.

Journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been amnestied in the case, in which she was sentenced to a fine at the lawsuit filed by former oppositionist Elman Gasanov. Khadija Ismayilova has been exempted from the penalty. She intends to seek a verdict of acquittal.

Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the "100 years without regime", was arrested because of his criticism of the authorities concerning the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This opinion was voiced by Armenian opposition activists and human rights defenders.

Magomed Suleimanov, a Salafist, whose body was found at the site of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Southern Dagestan, could have been killed before, the experts of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have suggested. According to their story, such methods have been practiced by power structures of the region for many years.

People in masks, who kidnapped Ramazan Rashidov, a resident of Kaspiysk, moved in three cars, there were about ten of them, an eyewitness of the incident, who responded to relatives’ appeal for help, told the "Caucasian Knot".

The Election Committee of Saint Petersburg refused to register the initiative group, which stands for holding referendum on naming one of the city bridges after Akhmat Kadyrov. This was reported today by Boris Vishnevsky, a Deputy of the City Legislative Assembly, who added that the decision of the Committee is illegitimate and would be surely appealed against.