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Arman Epremyan, a contract soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces was killed as a result of a ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia has reported.

In Gyumri, two protesters against the increase of electricity tariff have been delivered to the police. According to law enforcers, at detention, both of them were in a state of intoxication.

The Armenian capital has resumed motor traffic through the intersection of Mashtots Avenue and Sayat-Nova Street, which was blocked by protesters against the rise in electricity tariff. One of the protesters was brought to the police.

As stated by local residents, there was no warning about the upcoming flooding in Sochi; rescuers and utilities services failed to reach some localities; and rural residents had to cope with the consequences of the calamity on their own. There are people among them, who have not yet received any compensation for the past floods, which regularly affect the city.

Until now, the information about the establishment of a branch of the "Islamic State" (IS) in Northern Caucasus has caused no reaction of local militant leaders Mukhammad Suleimanov, Zalim Shebzukhov and Aslambek Vadalov.

The trial of the Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, will be held under the jurisdiction of the Armenian party. The decision was announced during the meeting of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov.

A sit-in strike continues in central Gyumri for the fourth day. Today, the number of protesters against the increase in electricity tariff has exceeded 500 people.

Today, the initiative group "No to robbery!" in Armenia has announced its new demands to the authorities. Activists demand to "reconsider the electricity tariff established last year in order to reduce it," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Russia's Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals against the sentence on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case, but excluded the episode of arms transfer from the verdict and decreased the prison term for the convict Djabrail Makhmudov from 14 years to 13 years and 8 months.

Two residents of Chechnya, who opened fire on law enforcers, have been shot dead in Grozny, said the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Two policemen were wounded. According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the casualties were involved in terror acts.

In one of the Khasavyurt facilities, where detainees are kept, a mass beating of people was committed, said the advocate Sapiyat Magomedova. She made an appeal on this issue, but supervisory authorities are doing nothing.

In 2002, Ramzan Kadyrov had a conflict with the politician Boris Nemtsov because of the latter's statements about the former's policy in Chechnya. This was evidenced by Alexander Ryklin, the editor-in-chief of the Russian "Daily Journal" (known as EJ), on June 25 to investigators.

The situation in Sochi districts flooded by heavy rain has stabilized. The water level in local rivers dropped down to a safe mark.

The Armenian television is not trying to manipulate the public opinion when covering protests against hike in electricity prices; however, the events themselves in the country are covered rather passively, believe the Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Politicians, actors and clergymen have come today to Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan aiming not to admit any clashes of the police with the protesters against the rise in electricity tariff.

Anzor Gubashev, a figurant in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov, has named to investigators all those involved in the killing of the politician. Meanwhile, he tried to convince investigators that his cousin Shagid Gubashev was innocent, the "Interfax" reports.

A march against the increase of electricity tariff began today from Freedom Square in Yerevan. Despite the rain, it was attended by about 1000 people; and some 3000 more gathered in Bagramyan Avenue, Armen Mkrtchyan, a member of the initiative group "No to robbery!", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, the Tambov Regional Court has considered the complaints, lodged by Evegeny Vitishko and his advocate against the decision of the Kirsanov District Court, and upheld the latter's refusal to consider the Vitishko's conditional early relief (CER), Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Tornadoes are being formed over the Black Sea near Sochi, which can move towards the city, local authorities report. In Sochi the amount of today's rain has reached a six-week usual norm.

In his complaint sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the builder from Sochi Mardiros Demerchyan has complained about the torture used against him at the police station, and the investigators' inaction.