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The defence of Evgeny Vitishko intends to appeal against the decision of the Kirsanov District Court of the Tambov region, which rejected the motion asking to change his remaining term in colony for restriction of freedom. The defence intends to appeal against this decision at a higher court.

According to a law enforcement source, a colonel's neighbour, who has recently joined militants, could be involved in the murder in Nalchik. According to investigators, the police officer was shot dead from a submachine gun and a pistol.

Last night, the chief of staff of the Cherek ROVD (District Interior Division) was shot dead in his house in the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The police are searching for the perpetrators.

The mother of Magomed Karakhanov, who went missing on May 6 in Dagestan, has turned with her application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) asking help in searching for her son.

The court in Rostov-on-Don has dismissed the motion lodged by the defence of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, accused of preparing a terror acts in the Crimea, with a demand to challenge the state prosecutor. The observers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that the defendants are innocent.

Law enforcement authorities suspect two residents of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of financing members of the armed underground, illegal circulation of arms and narcotic drugs.

Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Dagestani Branch of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF) is not hiding from investigators in Dubai, but is recovering after surgery in Germany, said the participants of the press conference convened in his support.

On July 30, the Magaramkent District Court of Dagestan began a new consideration of the case of Nasir Javadov, a resident of Magaramkent, who died during interrogation in the building of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). During the session, the court questioned the expert, who examined the firearms belonging to Javadov.

The results of two biological examinations conducted within the Nemtsov's murder case fully correspond to investigators' version, the victims' advocate has stated, refuting the defence's statement that experts had failed to confirm guilt of the figurants in the case.

The court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has arrested Marat Balkarov, a villager of Dugulubgey, whose disappearance after detention was reported by his relatives. Balkarov is suspected of possessing firearms, but he refuses to plead guilty.

Said Amirov or figurants of his case were not involved in the shelling of the "Moskva" Shopping Centre in Kaspiysk in 2011, this incident is backed up by members of the armed underground, said the witness Bagand Abdullaev.

A criminal case has been opened in Chechnya by the demand of the Prosecutor's Office into the beating of a resident of the Grozny District committed in March by a group of unidentified persons, including, according to preliminary data, a policeman. Earlier, law enforcers rejected the victim's demand to investigate the incident.

So far, members of the movement "Arise, Armenia!" are in Republic Square, where they ended today their three-day picket against the rise of electricity tariff.

A protest action in front of the building of the Armenian government is continued by about 100 former and current employees of the "Nairit" Factory. The protesters, who demand immediate repayment of their salary debts, began a sit-in strike.

The participants of the press conference in Makhachkala, convoked in support of Andrei Vinogradov, the head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, and Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the republic's branch of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF), have treated the actions of power agents as a political order.

A chewing gum, which is copying the famous brand "Love Is" but adjusted for Muslim values, is manufactured by the "Arabian Secrets" Company, which has its representative office in Dagestan. Opinions about the new product have split among representatives of secular and religious circles.

North Ossetia has initiated a criminal investigation into the mass brawl at the Beslan Airport "Vladikavkaz", which resulted in grave traumas of two natives of Ingushetia.

A shootout of power agents with alleged militants occurred in the evening on July 28 in the outskirt of the villages of Ilaskhan-Yurt and Mairtup of the Chechen Republic and lasted for about an hour. There are no victims among civilians.

Activists of "Arise, Armenia!" have blocked Vazgen Sargsyan Street leading to the Republic Square, but policemen squeezed them off the roadway.

Former employees of the Terek ROVD (District Interior Division) claimed compensation for their service on the border of the counterterrorist operation (CTO); however, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has rejected their claims.