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In the case of David Khachatryan, who was convicted for the murder of his fellow soldier Lux Stepanyan, the principle of a fair trial was violated, said his advocate. In this regard, a complaint on the case was filed to the ECtHR.

A rally of residents of Pasechnaya Street was held in Sochi, which, according to organizers, brought together about 50 people. They demanded to stop the construction of multi-storey buildings, threatening their houses, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Out of the remaining influential militants in Northern Caucasus, Zalim Shebzukhov, the head of the Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay, and Aslambek Vadalov, the head of the Vilayat Nokhchicho (Ichkeria), stand out, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that Vadalov has much higher chances to lead the "Imarat Kavkaz" (IK), recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization.

Reinforced posts of policemen and special fighters are deployed every night in Grozny after rumours appeared about concentration of militants on the Chechen border, local residents report. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) explains the reinforcement by the fight against infringers of traffic rules and preparations for holidays.

The Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala has found extremism in the video clip posted on the Internet and calling to join the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization by the court.

The explosion of an unidentified bomb caused no injuries and no damage, said the spokesman for the regional department of the MIA.

Power agents continue the active phase of a large-scale special operation in the Dagestani Untsukul District; since morning shooting could be heard near the village of Gimry. According to the police, law enforcers pursue militants in the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO).

Vadim Prokhorov, the advocate of Zhanna, Boris Nemtsov's daughter, has reported about a three-month extension of the inquiry.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) condemns and treats as unacceptable the politicization of the verdict in the case of Leyla and Arif Yunus, said Khikmet Gadjiev, the head of the press service of the MFA. In their turn, officials of the United Kingdom and the United States link the verdict with human rights activities of the Yunus spouses.

Both locals and MIA officials state normalization of situation in the Chechen village of Zakan-Yurt, where on May 30 young people blocked the local police station. According to the MIA, no complaints about policemen's actions were received.

The preliminary investigation into the case of three natives of Chechnya, accused of attacking employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in the Moscow village of Vnukovo, is over. According to the advocate Tatiana Okushko, she refused to get acquainted with the case files, because the defence witnesses were not questioned.

In Sochi, members of the movement "Law and Order" have asked the prosecutor of the region to take steps to cancel the decision of the Mayor on making temporary dumps of the waste generated after the flooding.

The General Public Prosecutors of Armenia and Russia will have to find a compromise solution on the military prisons where Valery Permyakov will serve his term, said the Armenian lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They consider it possible that the convict will serve his sentence in the Russian territory.

When sentencing Leyla and Arif Yunus, the Baku Court ignored their health status and age. Their imprisonment terms of 8.5 and 7 years are in fact death sentences for them, their advocates assert.

Among the weapons, found at the venues of the special operations against suspected militants, conducted on July 23 and August 3 in Nalchik, investigators found the pistols stolen from the slain prosecutor Marat Tokov and GIBDD (traffic police) inspector Aslan Mashukov.

The Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus has been sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment; her husband Arif Yunus has received 7 years in prison from the court. The guilty verdict was handed down despite the appeals of international human rights organizations, which demanded to release the spouses.

During a search, power agents planted narcotic drugs on her son, said a woman from the Ingush village of Troitskaya. The advocate said that in the autumn of 2014, Alikhan Bokov voluntarily surrendered to the authorities and figured in the case of helping militants; but that case is already closed.

Under the earlier agreement with the Russian Federation, the case of Valery Permyakov, accused of desertion and massacring the Avetisyan family, has been handed over to Armenia.

Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" have collected over 3500 signatures to the petition demanding resignation of the members of the Commission on Regulating Public Services (CRPS). On June 17, this Commission adopted a decision to increase the electricity tariff, which led to mass protests in Yerevan and other cities.

In the near future, the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) intends to move the recruiting of its new members from the Arab region to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Indonesia. This is stated in the report of the Chief Department for Religious Precepts of Egypt.