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The Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia has taken explanations from the head of the "Kit-Service Plus" Company, which has allegedly contaminated the Terek River with manganese.

During the week of June 1-7, 2015, at least five persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, three persons were killed, and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Anzor Gubashev, who is involved in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has made a confession immediately after his detention, the "Kommersant" reports.

Viktor Belevsky, a resident of the city of Essentuki, rejects the accusations that he had allegedly beat Sochi Vice-Mayor Evgeny Gorlov. According to Viktor Belevsky, he fell victim to false evidence.

In Sochi, the law enforcement bodies are unreasonably delaying the consideration of the complaint, in which Sochi pensioner Igor Siskevich had reported on the abuse of power committed by law enforcers during his detention.

Observers of the anti-corruption centre "Transparency International" (TI) have reported on violations committed during the voting at the elections of the heads of administrations and members of the Council of Elders of Armenia.

On June 6, Evgeny Gorlov, the Vice-Mayor of Sochi, was brought with brain concussion to the city hospital No. 4 after an attack of a local resident. The Vice-Mayor has filed a complaint about his beating to the police of the city.

In the village of Nasyr-Kort, the conflict situation has still not been resolved; the confrontation between Khamzat Chumakov, the imam of the local mosque, and Mufti Khamkhoev continues, and it could result in bloodshed. This opinion has been expressed by experts and members of the local community interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan has given the OSCE a month to stop activities of its office in Baku. On June 4, the appropriate note was sent to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; however, the information about the note appeared in the media only on June 6.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia investigates the circumstances of sudden death of a resident of Vladikavkaz, who was brought to IVS (temporary detention facility) on suspicion of theft.

Members of the government of North Ossetia should resign in connection with the termination of the constitutional powers of the leader of the republic. This has been announced by Tamerlan Aguzarov, the acting head of the region, who has been introduced to MPs today.

Today, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has confirmed the information about the death of Suleiman Zainulabidov, who was killed in a firefight in Dagestan. According to the NAC, Suleiman Zainulabidov has sworn to the terrorist "Islamic State".

The man killed in a firefight in the Khasavyurt District has been identified as Suleiman Zainulabidov, who, according to the law enforcement agencies, used to be the leader of the "Aukh" grouping of militants. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

In the Stavropol Territory, public prosecutor has asked the Court to sentence Lyudmila Bogatenkova to 2.5 years of conditional imprisonment. The woman is the head of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area", and she is accused of fraud. Advocates of the human rights defender ask the court to acquit their client.

The conflict at the mosque of Nasyr-Kort has resulted from the decision of Imam Khamzat Chumakov to abandon the noon prayer on the day of Friday jumah prayer, Abo Ganizhev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Imam Khamzat Chumakov has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of law enforcement agencies in connection with the incident occurred at the mosque of the village of Nasyr-Kort. The religious leader has claimed that his opponents tried to provoke a mass fight at the mosque during the Friday sermon.

The defence of Kurban Askandarov, the Deputy Imam of a mosque in Makhachkala, arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons, has filed an appeal against the decision on the defendant's arrest.

Azamat Tazhayakov, a citizen of Kazakhstan, who was familiar with Dhzokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced in the case of the terror act in Boston in 2013, has been found guilty by the court of obstruction of the investigation into the terror act and conspiracy for the purpose of plotting a terror act.

At the conference "Caucasus is our common home", historian Naima Neflyasheva and lawyer Eteri Sigaeva are awarded the Prize "Peace for Young Women of Caucasus".

The story of the documentary “The Family” about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, which has been blocked and then unblocked on YouTube, has shown that any user can initiate a ban on dissemination of information. Meanwhile, complaints about copyright infringement are often false and filed with the only purpose to block the dissemination of meaningful content; furthermore, dispute settlement mechanisms created in social networks have been actively used to impose political censorship. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".