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Politicians, actors and clergymen have come today to Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan aiming not to admit any clashes of the police with the protesters against the rise in electricity tariff.

Anzor Gubashev, a figurant in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov, has named to investigators all those involved in the killing of the politician. Meanwhile, he tried to convince investigators that his cousin Shagid Gubashev was innocent, the "Interfax" reports.

A march against the increase of electricity tariff began today from Freedom Square in Yerevan. Despite the rain, it was attended by about 1000 people; and some 3000 more gathered in Bagramyan Avenue, Armen Mkrtchyan, a member of the initiative group "No to robbery!", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, the Tambov Regional Court has considered the complaints, lodged by Evegeny Vitishko and his advocate against the decision of the Kirsanov District Court, and upheld the latter's refusal to consider the Vitishko's conditional early relief (CER), Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Tornadoes are being formed over the Black Sea near Sochi, which can move towards the city, local authorities report. In Sochi the amount of today's rain has reached a six-week usual norm.

In his complaint sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the builder from Sochi Mardiros Demerchyan has complained about the torture used against him at the police station, and the investigators' inaction.

On June 24 in Gyumri, about 30 persons spent the night in Theatre Square in protest against the electricity tariff increase.

The administration of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, has refuted information that during the recent counterterrorist operation (CTO) villagers' summer cottages were blown up.

The decision to raise electricity tariffs will not be cancelled; however, needy families can hope to receive compensations from the budget, Ovik Abramyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated today.

The anonymous call on Muslims to swear to the "Islamic State" (IS) is aimed at the radical Muslim youth, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The investigating team has identified two people, shot dead during a special operation in Nazran.

The leader of the North-Caucasian branch of the "Islamic State" (IS), which has been recognized as a terrorist organization, is the Dagestani commander Abu Mukhammad (Rustam Asilderov). His name was announced by the international non-governmental organization (NGO) "Institute for the Study of War", which is writing about the participation of militants from the Caucasus in the Syrian conflict.

In Tbilisi, about 40 persons came to Armenian Embassy to express their solidarity with the protesters in Yerevan against increase of electricity tariffs.

Today in Boston, Judge George O'Toole has officially announced the death sentence to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of terrorism.

As reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), two soldiers, who had allegedly mistakenly got into the territory of the Armenian party, have disappeared. The Armenian MoD has no information about their whereabouts.

According to organizers, over 300 protesters against increase of electricity tariffs have applied to take part in the today's motor rally along the streets of Yerevan. As a result, the motor rally has paralyzed traffic in Mashtots Avenue.

The "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, has announced the establishment of its branch in Northern Caucasus. This statement was made after Caucasian militants took an oath to the IS leader, said the international NGO named "Institute for the Study of War".

On June 23, during a shootout in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, two locals – Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov and Ramazan Kamilbegov, who had been on the federal wanted list, were killed, said the investigating bodies.

The practice of prohibiting Islamic literature in Russia is contrary to the interests of the society and forces many Muslims to oppose their own country, believe the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They have also treated the list of extremist books exclusively as a political instrument of pressure, rather than a real tool of fighting against extremism.

On June 23, law enforcers cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in the Untsukul and Buynaksk Districts of Dagestan. The Gimry Tunnel was opened for traffic.