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In the evening of June 28, in the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, Magomedkhabib Zaurbekov, a well-known republic's Islamic scholar, was shot dead by a sniper shot to his heart. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Shamil Zaurbekov, the brother of the killed man.

Lawyers refer to various reasons and refuse to defend the interests of Asiyat Tekhazheva, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was detained in Chechnya on suspicion of preparing a terror act. This was declared by Karina Sokurova, the sister of Astemir Sokurov, the detainee's husband.

On June 18, a group of armed men kidnapped Adlan Galaev, a resident of the village of Yandi of the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, in the yard of his house and drove him away to some unknown destination. This was reported by Malika Djabrailova, his wife. On the same day, Mairbek Baidulaev, one more resident of the same village, who was in Grozny, was also kidnapped. Till present, both men have not been found.

Spartak Djambulatov, a 24-year-old resident of the village of Bammayurt of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan was unlawfully searched and arrested. This was claimed by his mother. According to lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, till present, the whereabouts of the detainee is unknown.

Today, Georgia has recorded its vision of establishing and deepening relationships with the nations of Northern Caucasus in the appropriate state concept, adopted the country's Parliament.

On June 27, in the capital of Armenia, in front of the municipality building, a protest action was held against the construction of the Museum of Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, in the park of the administrative district of Nor Nork.

Officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia in the city of Grozny detained a female resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was presumably recruited by extremists to carry out terror act in Dagestan.

Rimma Kashezheva, a resident of the city of Baksan, appealed to the Ombudsman in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the Republic's Human Rights Centre and the Office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Kabardino-Balkaria because of her fears for the life of her son Timur.

In Volgograd, a protest action against bad roads was held. Participants of the protest action marked with yellow paint holes that were larger than the GOST (State Standard) permitted. In their turn, the authorities of the region claimed allocation of one billion roubles for road repairs.

Residents of the village of Komsomolskoe of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan twice a week cut off the pipe, through which Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Akom", the distillery plant, discharged waste products into the channel named after the October Revolution.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) urged its member states to enhance attention to the protection of human rights defenders. Among the countries where human rights defenders are under pressure, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia were mentioned. The section, devoted to Russia, pays special attention to the situation in Northern Caucasus.

Criminal proceedings in Azerbaijan against Ghilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief editor of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", should be stopped. This was declared by participants of today's press conference, held in Moscow and entitled: "Persecution of Talysh people in Azerbaijan. Human rights defenders: criminal case against Ghilal Mamedov has political background."

The defence of Vladimir Zhamborov, an official from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of unlawful privatization of the Philharmonic Hall in Nalchik, seeks to change his pre-trial restriction measure in connection with the state of his health. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ruslan Koblev, the defendant's lawyer.

Panel of judges for criminal cases of the Rostov Regional Court has considered the appeal to change the pre-trial restriction to Dmitry Novikov, the retired Judge of the Khosta District of Sochi, cancelled the decision of the lower court and sent the case materials for a new consideration.

The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed the investigation into the criminal case against four persons, involved, according to investigators, in committing the terror act in the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport. The defendants and their lawyers began to read the materials of the criminal case file, the ICRF reports.

The court sentenced Djambulat Doskaziev, the former district police inspector of the "Lagansky" Inter-District Division of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Kalmykia, to 10 years of imprisonment for murder of a resident of the village of Prikumsky.

On June 28, the Independent Press Centre in Moscow is to host the press conference of the Committee "Civil Assistance", dedicated to the prosecution of the Talysh people in Azerbaijan and the arrest of Ghilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Tolyshy Sado" (Voice of Talysh). Russian and Azerbaijani human rights defenders believe that the criminal case against Ghilal Mamedov was fabricated.

At least two residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have suffered in an attack of police officers from the local ROVD (District Interior Division), who forcibly shaved off beards and hairs on the heads of young men. This was reported by a friend of the victims. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic does not comment on that information.

Construction of a mosque in Batumi and relations between Georgia and Turkey these issues are to be raised by the opposition movement "Kartuli Dasi" during the action to be held in the city on June 30. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Georgian MP Djondi Bagaturiya, the leader of the movement. He has also refuted the information that on June 25, the movement held a rally against the construction of the mosque in Batumi.

On June 26, in Grozny, human rights defenders and relatives of kidnapped people took part in the picket in defence of victims of violence, which was held in Journalists' Square at the Press House.