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The ruling of the Sochi District Court about a three-day arrest of Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on charges of disobeying police, has been upheld today by the Krasnodar Territorial Court. Anna's advocates now intend to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

On August 10, residents of the village of Korkmaskala blocked a highway in Dagestan in protest against the decision to arrest the head of their village Rustam Akaev, suspected of a robbery. Armed power agents arrived at the venue and began beating the protesters.

All the four casualties of the special operation in the Untsukul District of Dagestan have been identified. Apart from Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz"; Kamil Saidov, the head of "Vilayat Dagestan" and Abdul Abdulaev, Omar Suleimanov was also killed, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

The parties to the conflict in South Ossetia are unable to conduct an objective investigation into the events of 2008; it should be done by a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Simon Papuashvili, a rights defender, said in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot".

Relatives of Magomed Gaikuev, a resident of the village of Andi in Dagestan, who returned home after a week in detention, find any attempts to turn to law enforcement bodies with complaints about his torture senseless.

As a result of a special operation in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, power agents killed Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz", recognized as a terrorist organization, the "LifeNews" reports referring to its law enforcement source.

Imam Yaraliev, the head of the municipal formation "City of Derbent" has resigned, a source from the city administration told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The decision was made after the meeting of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov with Vladimir Putin.

Shadid Gubashev, one of those accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has withdrawn his earlier confessions and asked to question him again, said a source close to the investigation.

Tatiana Kryuchkina, a colleague of the deceased Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev at the NGO "Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety" (IRFS), does not rule out that he had been beaten up out of revenge for his journalistic activities.

The civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" has spread an appeal demanding from the authorities to release political prisoners, stop political persecution and undertake a number of reforms in the country. Activists also demanded resignation of the president and high-ranking officials.

Rustam Gabibov, accused of killing a resident of Dagestan, was transferred for several days from SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Nalchik to the IVS (temporary detention centre) of the capital of the KBR, after which he was brought back, said his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

At the today's session of the court, where the case of the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova is considered, the victim Tural Mustafaev has confessed that he had slandered the defendant. The court, however, has rejected the motion of the defence to deprive Mustafaev of the status of victim.

Inoyat Tabukhov, who was killed during a shootout in Nalchik on August 8, had been the leader of the "central sector" of the armed underground in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), operating in Nalchik and adjacent districts.

Employees of SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2 "Lefortovo" have served an act to Zaur Dadaev about confiscation of an encrypted letter that arrived at the SIZO on August 3, said the advocate Shamsudin Tsakaev, adding that Dadaev, who is accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov, had not seen the letter.

The information about the absence of water in the upper part of Derbent arrived on August 9 at 4:40 p.m. at the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot". "At the air temperature of plus 40 degrees, the upper part of Derbent is without water for a week, although Gamdullaev, the director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) 'Vodokanal' has reported to the President's envoy about the round-the-clock water supply to this part of the city," wrote the author of the message.

Today, at 5:30 a.m. Moscow time, power agents have put the Untsukul District under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime with the aim to search for militants. In this context, they have temporarily closed the Gimry Tunnel. Locals have reported accumulation of large amounts of military equipment near the village of Gimry.

Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has held the oral hearing on the case of the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov. The state prosecutor demanded to sentence Amirov, by combination of his crimes, to life imprisonment, the "Chernovik" reports.

The advocate Mark Feigin, who is representing at the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region the interests of the Ukrainian servicewoman Nadezhda Savchenko, has posted on his website the conclusion of the examination of the video, which, in his opinion, confirms her innocence.

Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, has been charged with the financing of terrorism, aiding in an attempted murder of a policeman and an attempted murder of an official of the city administration, the "Kommersant" reports.

18 participants of the motor rally Moscow-Armenia-Nagorno-Karabakh, held within the action "We are for peace!", arrived in Stepanakert. On the road, they are filming materials for a documentary about Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.