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The parade in honour of the opening of the resort season in Sochi was attended by about 24,000 people. The city is ready to receive tourists, officials from the Mayoralty assert; however, many residents and visitors complain about the non-compliance of the rest conditions created in Sochi to the status of resort-city.

The judicial board on civil cases of the Supreme Court of Adygea has refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by ecologist Valery Brinikh against the sentence passed by the Maikop City Court, which had found him guilty under the lawsuit on protection of honour, dignity and business reputation.

The Chertanovo Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest, till July 27, Nemat Rashidov, a native of Azerbaijan, who is accused of killing Junior Sergeant Andrei Bannov on the Ring Highway.

Two participants of the rally organized in Baku, who were chanting slogans, have been detained today by policemen.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has presented in Odessa the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili as the new head of the Odessa regional administration.

A picket against raising fees for kindergartens, staff reductions in them and demanding decent funding of preschool institutions was held today in Volgograd.

The Yasamal District of Baku hosted a rally sanctioned by the authorities. Protestors demanded to compensate losses from inflation, release political prisoners, and punish the persons responsible for the fire, which occurred on May 19.

While being on duty at the centre of the United State Examination (USE) in Chechnya, law enforcers beat up a 16-year-old schoolboy, broke his nose, and injured his jaw. This was reported by a relative of the teenager. Local residents have confirmed the information.

In Astrakhan, the advance inner-party voting to elect candidates from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party to the City Duma of Astrakhan was held in the conditions of uncontrolled agitation and exaggeration of the information on the number of voters. This was stated by city residents and participants of the primaries.

Residents of the residential district of Kudepsta in Sochi have blocked the road used by construction vehicles to reach the site of construction of a high-rise building. The local residents claim that the construction violates their right to healthy living environment.

Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian President, has become a citizen of Ukraine. This was reported by MPs of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian "Petro Poroshenko's Block" Party.

The systematic detentions of young people based on their appearance indicate the arbitrariness of authorities in Chechnya, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The growth of the number of cases, when residents of Dagestan swear to the "Islamic State" (IS), suggests that the "Imarat Kavkaz" is losing its influence in the region and could eventually join the IS, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Police has questioned Elchin Mamed, the Chairman of the NGO "Legal Education of Sumgait Youth" and the editor-in-chief of the on-line edition "Yukselish Namine" (In the Name of Revival) in connection with the case on non-return loan of ‘International Bank of Azerbaijan’.

The defender Ruslan Chupanov, who is representing the interests of Kurban Askandarov, the detained Deputy Imam of a Makhachkala mosque, has stated a non-admission to his client for two days.

Chechen mass media have reacted angrily to the appearance of the documentary "The Family", telling about the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov and the issue of human rights violations in the republic. They treat it as an informational attack on Kadyrov, and, by means thereof, on president of Russia.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest, until July 22, a resident of Chechnya Deni Mirzoev, who is accused of committing a fatal road accident.

In Azerbaijan, law enforcers have detained Elchin Mamed, the Chairman of the NGO "Legal Education of Sumgait Youth" and the editor-in-chief of the on-line edition "Yukselish Namine" (In the Name of Revival). This was reported by Elchin Gasanov, an assistant of Elchin Mamed.

In the case of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, investigators have appointed a number of new examinations, including phonographic, forensic psychological, molecular and genetic, and ballistic examinations. The latter is to reveal whether the ammunition found in the house of Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case, and the items found at the place of the murder are identical.

In Kalmykia, two policemen are accused of abuse of power with the use of violence against a person detained for an administrative offence. The case has been brought to the court.