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The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) is ready to consider the initiative of the authorities of Dagestan on amnesty for the militants who want to return to civilian life, said Nikolai Sintsov, the spokesman of the NAC, who added that the amnesty should not touch on those who had committed grave crimes.

According to the press release of the Radio Liberty-Free Europe, interventions are made into the satellite broadcasting of the radio programmes in Azerbaijan, which is contrary to international telecom regulations and can be considered as a new stage in the history of hampering the broadcasting.

Examination on the application about the torture, applied to the builder Demerchyan in Sochi, is scheduled for June 26, Ivan Sengerov, the spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Krasnodar Territory, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Residents of the aul of Kichmay in the city of Sochi have held a spontaneous gathering, where they stated a danger of destruction of the ShakheRiver, because building materials are extracted from its bed.

The tenants of No. 5 inAkatsiy Street have received a ruling of the Adler service of court marshals prescribing the tenants to voluntarily demolish – at their own expense and within five days – the public toilet and the shed for storing firewood. The tenants disagree and plan to challenge the ruling in court.

The "United Caucasian Forum" (UCF), which was held June 24-25 in Grozny, ended its work with a resolution expressing concern about the pressure on human rights organizations in the Russian Federation.

As stated by Irakli Khintba, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, at the next round of international discussions in Geneva on security and stability in Southern Caucasus, they plan to raise the issue of a more suitable form of the discussions.

The Imam Magomed Abdullaev, whose family was attacked on June 23, had earlier received SMS-messages with threats, said Magomedrasul Magomedomarov, the spokesman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan.

The Investigating Division of the Sochi UVD (Interior Department) has resumed investigative actions on the case of the journalist Nikolai Yarst, said the lawyer Alexander Popkov.

The convicted natives of Northern Caucasus, who are serving their sentences at the correction facility IK-2, located in the Amur Region, complain that the colony administration does not allow the colony inmates to execute their Muslim religious ceremonies.

Relatives of the prisoners, who serve their sentences at Correction Colony No. 11 (IK-11), located in Stavropol, complain about the restrictions imposed on foodstuff parcels.

The acting head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov does not rule out an amnesty for the militants who will express their intention to get back to peaceful life. He said it in his comment on an open letter a journalist with a corresponding appeal.

In the course of the picket held in Sochi against the construction in the "green zone" of the Primorskaya Embankment, the protesters demanded from the authorities to change the urban policies and take measures to preserve the remaining greenery.

In Sochi, three policemen tried to bring the builder Mardiros Demerchyan for a medical examination appointed by the investigator, who is checking the builder's application that he had been tortured at the police station. The policemen abandoned their intention after interference of the advocate, Demerchyan himself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The consideration by the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow of the lawsuit lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office (MPO) to the organization to get registered as a foreign agent, has been repeatedly postponed. The next session is scheduled for June 28.

On June 24, the advocate of Akif Muradverdiev, a former office manager of the president of Azerbaijan, filed an appeal against the decision to arrest his client, as well as to conduct searches at Muradverdiev's home.

Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia and now the Secretary General of the pro-presidential party "United National Movement", has been charged with abuse of power in the murder case of a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani, said the Public Prosecutor Shota Tkheshelashvili.

Said Amirov, the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala, who was arrested and dismissed from the post, is in grave health condition in his cell of the "Lefortovo" SIZO (pre-trial prison), said his lawyer Mark Kruter.

The session on the case of the recognition of the monograph "The International Tribunal for Chechnya" to be an extremist material of the Dzerzhinsk District Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region has been postponed till July 2, because of non-appearance of representatives of the prosecutor's office, said Alexander Manov, the advocate of Stanislav Dmitrievsky, one of the authors of the book.

The statement of the US Congress that the US-Georgian cooperation on security issues is under threat because of undemocratic processes in Georgia is subject to discussion and does not speak about any crisis in relations between the two countries, said the US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland.