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The car with the oppositionists, who captured the building of the post-and-patrol police regiment in Yerevan, drove close to the police cordon; therefore law enforcers opened fire, wounding two of the rebels, the police has announced, asserting that there was no aimed fire at the rebels, while the latter opened the return fire.

The verdict to resident of Nalchik Zhamal Tumenov, convicted for involvement in a terrorist organization, will be appealed in the Supreme Court of Russia, said his advocate.

The investigators have made a decision to classify a case against Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the mosque "Yardyam" in Moscow, whose statements concerning Abdulla Gappaev, a religious figure, killed in Kizlyar, were treated by the investigators as a public justification of terrorism. This was reported by the defendant's advocate.

Today, in Volgograd, activists have held a rally and a march in memory and defence of the victims of political repression, as well as against toughening of the police regime.

A group of people who provided assistance to members of the "Constituent Parliament" in seizing the building of the police regimen in Yerevan was arrested. This was reported by the National Security Service of Armenia. Besides, six opposition supporters involved in the riots in Yerevan are also detained, reports the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

Today, in Elista, the court has questioned the witnesses in the Said Osmanov's case. The advocate of the athlete has claimed that the testimonies given today contradict the testimonies of the same witnesses given during the preliminary investigation. According to the advocate, the main witness has confessed that she did not see Said Osmanov desecrating a statue of Buddha.

The criminal proceedings against Magomednabi Magomedov, the Imam of the "Eastern" mosque of Khasavyurt, accused of public calls for terrorism, are aimed at stopping the activity, uncomfortable for the Dagestani authorities. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The Moscow District Military Court has refuted the statement made by the advocate of Zaur Dadaev concerning the fact that the defendants' motion for consideration of the case with involvement of a jury is granted. According to the Court, the decision has not been made yet.

Today, the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan has approved amendments to the Constitution, initiated by the President. Only journalists from state-owned and several pro-government media were allowed to enter the courtroom.

The restrictions in force for travelling on the Georgian Military Road are lifted in connection with the normalization of the situation in the territory of Georgia.

During the week of July 18-24, 2016, no one fell victim to 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.

The international federation "United World Wrestling" will let Russian wrestlers, including athletes from the republics of Northern Caucasus, to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games. This was announced by the leaders of the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had decided to delegate to the federations the right to decide on the participation of athletes in the Olympic Games.

The petition with a request to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to check the justification of the rise in prices for air tickets for flights Moscow-Makhachkala has collected 253 signatures.

On July 23, Rostov-on-Don hosted a sanctioned picket in protest against criminal proceedings against Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the "Union 'Women of Don'". According to the organizers of the picket, the event was attended by about 15 people.

In Azerbaijan, the advocate Asabali Mustafaev was not admitted to his client, the oppositionist Ruslan Garaev, arrested administratively for 20 days, the advocate has reported. He fears that Garaev is tortured. The Sumgait police do not comment on the advocate's statement.

Today, a press conference of the members of the "Constituent Parliament" took place on the captured building; it was allowed by law enforcers after the rebels released all the hostages.

Ani Navasardyan, a participant of activists' clashes with the police in Yerevan, has been detained today by power agents. The woman is a cousin of one of the capturers of the building of the patrol-and-guard regiment of the police.

A son of one of the judges of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), while being intoxicated, rendered resistance to employees of the road-and-post police (known as the DPS) and fractured a jaw of one of them, a law enforcement source has reported today.

Members of the "Constituent Parliament" have set free top-ranking police officers Vardan Yegiazaryan and Valery Osipyan. Thus, all the hostages, held in the seized building of the police regiment in Yerevan are released.

Following the negotiations in Yerevan, it is decided that the members of the "Constituent Parliament" who seized the building of the police regiment, will be provided with food. Moreover, the rebels will be reconnected to the mobile communication that had been earlier switched off by the secret services.