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Yuri Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has set up a new agency in charge of crime prevention among young people. In his opinion, it should prevent the spread of radical ideas.

In Yerevan, at night, six activists managed to hold a brief protest action in the centre of Republic Square. However, their sit-in strike on the roadway was stopped by the police.

The today's session of the court in Rostov-on-Don on the case of ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov was attended by two representatives of the prosecution.

The investigating authorities have completed the investigation into the case against a 21-year resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In Yerevan, Square of Republic hosts a new protest action against the growth of electricity tariffs. The protest action has been organized by the civil initiative group "Arise, Armenia!" Police squads cordon off Square of Republic along its perimeter.

Law enforcers have reported on seizure of weapons and drugs from a resident of the Babayurt District of Dagestan, who was travelling in a bus to Moscow. The man was "preventively" registered at the police as a follower of Wahhabism, and he was taken in custody.

After detention of Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, firearms were found in his household, said a republic's law enforcement source. Vinogradov was brought to the city of Mozdok by helicopter.

An advocate of Russian banker German Gorbuntsov, a witness in the case of the murder of Ruslan Yamadaev, a former State Duma deputy, has confirmed the fact that the London Police had received a request from Russian investigators for questioning his client. According to the advocate, German Gorbuntsov agrees to testify in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

Armoured vehicles and armed men have blocked the entry into the territory of the private house and yard of Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Russian Pension Fund for Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A sit-in picket in support of Colonel Volodya Avetisyan is being held for the third day in Freedom Square in Yerevan. The picketers are compiling a list of his supporters, ready to start new protest actions.

The "Unheard Voices" project unites 20 journalists highlighting the problems of people living in the Karabakh conflict zone. The project participants have presented more than 270 of such materials.

During the week from July 20 to July, 2015, at least six people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Russian border guards have detained David Khuroshvili in the territory adjacent to the village of Khurvaleti of the Gori District. This was reported by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Employees of state institutions in Grozny complain that they are forced to participate in subbotniks (unpaid cleanup works on weekends), adding that not only state servants, but also militaries are forced to take part in them.

A sit-in strike in support of Colonel Volodya Avetisyan is held in Freedom Square of Yerevan.

Bashir and Magomed Izmailov, natives of Ingushetia, received severe injuries in a brawl that broke out at Beslan Airport. According to their version, law enforcers were idling during the incident; in its turn, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia denied this information, stating that policemen had prevented the conflict.

Advocates of the human rights defender Intigam Aliev, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, are preparing a cassation complaint to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. They explain that they have proofs that the charges had been falsified.

Five Armenian soldiers and one Azerbaijani serviceman were killed in an armed clash on the border, said the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). Armenia denies its losses.

An application asking to help in searching for her missing son was submitted to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" by Gyulya Karakhanova, a resident of Derbent. The police claim that Magomed Karakhanov could be linked to the militant, killed in the Tabasaran District.

The message placed in the Federal Register of Legal Entities that the Kaspiysk Factory of Sheet Glass intends to ask for bankruptcy is untrue and may be treated as a provocation, said Abakar Mudunov, the executive director of the factory.