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On July, 27, a charge was brought against Tamerlan Amirov who “left the forest” and came to the Committee for adaptation of gunmen with the President of Dagestan about 9 months ago according to several clauses of the Criminal Code, among them an attempt at police personnel and participation in a paramilitary group, Amirov’s attorney Rasul Kadiev, member of the Committee, reported.

This morning, the delegation of young representatives of the Diaspora in Turkey arrived in the capital of Adygea from the Krasnodar Airport. The delegation consists of 21 teenagers, who are 12-17 years old, and two accompanying adults; for all of them, this is the first visit to Adygea. This was reported by the Republic's Committee on Youth Affairs.

Today, July 30, Vardan Oskanyan, the founder of the "Civilitas" Foundation, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, filed to the Court of Appeal a complaint to challenge the decision of the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan communities of Kentron-Nork-Marash. This was reported in the press service of the Foundation.

The government of Dagestan allocated from the reserve fund 345,000 roubles for the provision of one-time financial assistance to Erzi Akhmadova, the mother of Malik Akhmadov, who became Category I invalid, rescuing a drowning girl.

Lawyer of the family of Ivan Agafonov, who died after a fight with sambo athlete Rasul Mirzaev, filed to the investigatory authorities a complain about pressure from friends and relatives of the athlete.

According to the official information, during the first seven months of the current year, 3000 Syrian citizens of Armenian nationality received visas to enter Armenia. Some representatives of the Syrian community have highly appreciated the efforts of the Armenian government; however, they consider the simplification of the procedures for entry into the country to be rather belated.

Valentin Christov (56 kg weight), representative of Azerbaijan at the competitions in weightlifting, successfully made his début at the Olympics in London winning a silver medal.

A group of physicians representing medical centers of Penal Service and Center of forensic medical examination examined Ilham Amirsalanov, activist of “Kura” staff, in the investigative isolation ward of Baku. The physicians confirmed wounding of tympanic membrane.

On Sunday, July, 29, tenants of house No 66, Gagarin street of Sochi, came out in protest to a project site of a relief road in Kurortny prospect declaring that they would disallow construction of a gas pipe line in their surrounding grounds. The builders, in their turn, said that they were carrying out their management’s order.

Arsen Galstyan, a judo wrestler from the Republic of Adygea, was the first of the Russian national team to win a medal at the 30th Olympic Games in London – a Gold Medal in judo.

Today, a charity rally-concert under the motto "Hot July. Krymsk, We Are with You!" in support of the residents affected by the flood in the city of Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory, took place in Moscow.

In January-July this year, the Armenian authorities issued 3000 visas to citizens of Syria, said Tigran Balayan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia.

Specialists of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" have presented a project of tourist cluster and described a ski resort and preferences for local residents and prospects for development of mountain areas to residents of the rural communities of Bezengi, Cherek District, and Bulungu, Chegem District.

The common practice to reject registration of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Azerbaijan is politically motivated. This was announced at the presentation of an expert research on registration of NGOs in Azerbaijan, performed by the public association named "Learning Democracy".

At night on July 28, in the Ingush village of Psedakh, the head of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the city of Malgobek and his son were shot dead by unidentified persons.

On July 27, four residents of Krymsk were delivered to Moscow for treatment because of exacerbation of their neurological and cardiac diseases after the flood in the Krasnodar Territory. Earlier, two women from Krymsk were also accepted by one of Moscow hospitals.

On July 26, at 6:00 a.m., in the north-eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Firuz Farazov, born in 1992, an Azerbaijani soldier crossed the border and surrendered to the Armenian party, said the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia. The Azerbaijani party has confirmed the capture of the soldier.

Today, at the trial held in Ingushetia on the case of torture at the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the court granted several motions of the parties, followed by the debates.

The preliminary investigation into the explosion of balloons in the Republic Square in Yerevan on May 4 is over. The case was transferred to the court for trial, the spokesman of the Police of Armenia said.

On July 26, Nariman Orudjev, the vice-consul of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tabriz, met Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, young poets and Azerbaijani citizens, arrested in Iran. This was the first meeting of the Azerbaijani consulate with the young writers from the time of their arrest – May 2 this year.