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Today, activists of the movement "No to robbery!" that is fighting against the increase of electricity tariff, have held a one-day action, during which they hang up photos of the law enforcers who were involved at night on June 23 in dispersing demonstrators. Rimma Sargsyan, a member of the group, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that policemen followed activists and tore off the photos.

For a long time, the land plots in the cottage settlement Vesyoloe-Psou are not duly documented; and houses there are not guarded, the city Prosecutor's Office has confirmed. However, according to Yuri Maryan, the leader of the anti-corruption coalition of Sochi, the Office has not offered any real measures to remedy the situation.

Law enforcers have detained a resident of Dagestan, in whose house they found weapons and ammunition. He was arrested by the court.

During the week from July 13 to July 19, 2015, at least eight people were killed in 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 year 2014 in Azerbaijan was characterized by arrests of journalists and rights defenders, the ban on travels abroad, investigations against activists, a wave of interferences in the work of local and foreign NGOs, says the study of the USAID (the US Agency for International Development).

The decision adopted by the Russian Constitutional Court (CC) on the priority of the Russian Constitution over the international law is of political character, though it does not mean that Russia will evade paying all the compensations awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said the lawyers, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

This morning, an armed clash with a group of unidentified persons broke out in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, when the latter opened fire at policemen. One of the attackers was shot dead; and a SWAT agent was lost in the shootout.

On July 18, Sochi hosted a rally, where its participants declared the inadmissibility to build-up the territory, formerly a part of the National Park. Land plots are allocated with violations of the law; many construction sites are legitimized only by court judgements, said the activists.

The action "Stop Russia!" was held at the administration of the Georgian government in Tbilisi on July 18. According to organizers, it was over 3000 persons strong. Activists of the "National Movement", members of NGOs and media professionals protested against the policy of Georgian authorities in relation to Russia, demanding "an appropriate response to the Russian occupation."

Russian border guards have detained a 60-year-old resident of the Georgian village of Knolevi, when he was cultivating his land plot together with his son, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Officials of the Investigating Committee of Armenia have received the case files of the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, which was earlier investigated by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The Parliament of South Ossetia has passed a law prescribing the minimum number of party members. Now, for registration of a political party, it needs to have at least 500 members.

Festive prayers (namaz) were held in the mosques of Azerbaijan in connection with the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Some Muslims of the country completed their fasting on July 17.

Rights defenders call on Armenian authorities to close the case, initiated against Kristine Khanumyan, Director of the company "Start Media", who refused to disclose to investigators her anonymous source, who told about the abuse of power by the boss of the Shirak Region.

In Western Georgia, five inmates of Prison No. 2, located in the city of Kutaisi, has gone on hunger strike in protest against their verdicts.

The Georgian Parliament has approved the bill, under which residents of the country's mountainous regions will receive higher pensions; and local enterprises will get taxation preferences. The MPs from the "United National Movement" (UNM) refused to vote.

The defence of Magomed Piraev, a figurant of the case on banditry of policemen of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division), has petitioned before investigators to stop prosecuting him for lack of evidence.

On July 17, the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in Moscow was attended by over 160,000 people; and by over 80,000 believers – in the Moscow Region. The number of participants of the festive sermon in the capital has decreased in comparison with the previous year, while the figure has gone up in the Moscow Region, the Council of Muftis of Russia reports.

The court has scheduled a new consideration of the case of Nasir Javadov, a resident of Dagestan, who died during interrogation, for July 30. The defence hopes that new judges will be able to attract the policemen, whom they could not interrogate earlier.

On Friday, about 150 persons gathered in Freedom Square to protest against the increase of the electricity tariff. The rally was organized by the initiative group "Arise, Armenia!"