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A contract servicemen of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, has confessed of killing his colleague Ivan Novikov. A domestic conflict has been preliminarily announced as the reason of the murder.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan on April 24, has been cancelled.

Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area", who is accused of fraud, plans to deliver her final speech at the court session to be held in Budyonnovsk on June 18. According to advocates of Lyudmila Bogatenkova, no evidence of their client's guilt was presented in the course of the trial.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has appealed to the EU countries with a request for financial and expert assistance in the elimination of the aftermath of the flooding in Tbilisi.

The fact that Aslan Byutukaev has sworn to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS) on behalf of Chechen militants shows the growing influence in the territory of Northern Caucasus of the "Islamic State", which is recognized a terrorist organization. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to extend the detention in custody for Zaur Dadaev, the main defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, until August 28.

In Tbilisi, the works to eliminate the aftermath of the flood are underway. The Georgian Army is engaged in the activities. People deprived of their houses are accommodated at hotels. City residents collect things and food for the victims of the flood. Several countries, including Russia and Ukraine, offered their help in clearing ruins and restoring the Tbilisi zoo.

The appeal concerning the change of the pre-trial restriction measure filed by the defence of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, involved in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has been dismissed.

In North Ossetia, 132 people stay in hospitals after poisoning with tap water, and other people continue to seek medical help. According to the Ministry of Health of North Ossetia, the total number of the people, who sought medical help, reached 958 persons, including 632 adults and 326 children.

The body of a soldier of the 102nd Russian military base found in Gyumri bears signs of beatings and wounds. This was reported by the spokesman of the Prosecutor's Office for the Shirak District. According to the Prosecutor's Office, the body was found not far from the memorial complex "Mother Armenia".

This morning, two of five Georgian residents detained during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge on suspicion of involvement in the recruitment to the "Islamic State" (IS) have been released.

The conflict between Vice-Mayor of Sochi Evgeny Gorlov and residents of the village of Sobolevka has arisen from the demands of the Mayor's Office to connect new buildings to the sewerage system with the help of a private contractor and the unreasonable price of 1 million roubles for the connection. This was reported by local residents.

During the week from June 8 to June 14, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus hurt at least two people: one of them died and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. All the victims are alleged members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) operating in the territory of Dagestan.

In Georgia, five persons have been detained in the course of the special operation carried out in the Pankisi Gorge. The Georgian authorities believe the detainees are recruiters of the "Islamic State" (IS).

Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili has signed a decree to engage the Georgian armed forces in the elimination of the aftermath of the emergency situation which resulted from the flooding.

A citywide minute of silence was announced in Budyonnovsk to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the terror act of 1995. The city also held mourning rallies and a religious procession.

Law enforcers planted a grenade to Ruslan Tsurov, a resident of Nazran. This was claimed by his family members. The wife of Ruslan Tsurov has filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia about the actions of the law enforcers.

Supporters and opponents of the Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov have expressed their wish to peacefully resolve the conflict situation that had arisen around the mosque in the village of Nasyr-Kort. The authorities believe that the conflict has been already settled.

Emin Guseinov, an Azerbaijani rights defender and director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), who left Baku, has arrived in Switzerland. He is in complete safety, as Florian Irminger, the head of the Geneva office of the human rights organization "Human Rights House", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Shant Arutyunyan, a convict in the case of the "Million Mask March", fears for his life and demands to place him for the rest of his term into a closed-type penal institution.