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Deputy of Gorodishe district Duma Svetlana Kudinova and her husband are suspected of swindle for the purpose of misappropriation of budget funds.

In Yerevan, a mourning procession was held, which participants paid tribute to the memory of military doctor Vage Avetyan, who died after the incident at the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant and was buried today. NGO activists demanded to deprive Ruben Airapetyan, the owner of the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, of the parliamentary mandate.

Continuation of struggle for power after the election in the city of Lermontov of the Stavropol Territory; new claims to the courts, filed by Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan; an updated law on election of Dagestani leader and continuing military confrontation; collection of signatures in support of human rights defender Mamedov, arrested in Azerbaijan; new Prime Minister of Georgia and amendments to the Georgian Electoral Code and strategy of the North-Caucasian policy, adopted by Georgian Parliament; protest actions of different directions in Volgograd, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 25-July 1, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During five months, the investigation into the criminal case against Roman Petrov, a resident of Sochi, a computer programmer and a blogger, accused of stealing an expensive mobile phone, is underway. Roman Petrov himself calls the case fabricated and says that he brought to the police station a mobile phone, which he had found. Investigators deny the information. The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation intends to investigate the situation.

Victims of the terror act, committed in the theatre on Dubrovka, accuse officials, who were responsible for organization of first aid to victims, of negligence. Today, they sent a complaint to Alexander Bastrykin, Chief of the Investigatory Committee, demanding to institute a new criminal case.

Today, Israfil Gadatov, the lawyer from the "Kavkaz" Bar, was allowed to visit Murad Alibekov, kept at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Izberbash, who was detained on June 25 on suspicion of killing Abdulla Aliev, the head of the Department of the Russian Pension Fund in the Akusha District. According to the lawyer, Murad Alibekov is in serious condition.

Relatives of Temirlan Batyrov, a resident of Makhachkala, whose burned car with a human body inside it was found on July 1, are still not aware of his whereabouts. This was stated by his sister Zukhra Aminarslanova. The relatives appealed to the Dagestani regional public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

On June 29, during the special operation in Nazran, three local residents were detained, including 26-year-old Akhmedkhan Aushev, the brother of Rustam Aushev, kidnapped on February 17 in the city of Mineralnye Vody. This was reported by Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

In Makhachkala, investigators questioned Zhanna Ismailova and Aminat Alieva, the mother and the wife of Ruslan Ismailov, detained on suspicion of carrying firearms. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Five local residents were injured in the explosion at the wine and liquor store in the Cossack village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. This was reported by a representative of the republic's law enforcement agencies.

On June 29, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia held a regular session in the case against prosecutor Ali Dobriev, accused of creating illegal armed formation (IAF) and participating in it. The defendant delivered his final speech, in which he once again declared his innocence and lack of serious evidence of his involvement in the incriminated crimes.

Imam Magomedkamil Gamzatov, who was killed in the village of Karamakhi in Dagestan, was known for his uncompromising antagonism against militants. This was declared by the website of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of the Russian Federation.

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.