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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.

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.

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.

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.

Officers from the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Combat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia detained a cadastral engineer of one of the commercial organizations on suspicion of taking a bribe, amounting to 500,000 roubles.

The case against Vakhid Bersanov, ex-head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) "Chechengazprom", accused of fraud in the amount of 35 million roubles, was brought to the court. This was reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia.

The Cherkessk City Court sentenced Police Ensign Vitaly Vitkovsky to 5 years and 2 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of high security for theft of service weapon and extortion. This was reported by the press service of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia.

Ruslan Ismailov, who was detained on June 23 in Makhachkala on suspicion of possession of fire arms, was subjected to severe torture. This was stated by Gadjimurad Izmailov, a lawyer from the "Kavkaz", representing the interests of Ruslan Ismailov. The lawyer has also stated that he was told at the IVS (temporary detention facility) at the GUVD (City Interior Department) of Makhachkala that Ruslan Ismailov waived his services of a lawyer. The lawyer himself had not seen his client since June 23.

Demand of Muftis of Northern Caucasus to hold fair consideration of the ban of 65 books on Islam in Orenburg; calamity that struck Djeirakh District of Ingushetia; arrival of repatriates from Syria in Kabardino-Balkaria and criminal case against Mayor of Nalchik; amnesty of "prisoners of conscience" in Azerbaijan; court's decision to fine Oleg Shein by 20,000 roubles for an unauthorized rally; protest action in Yerevan in context of beating military doctors near the MP's restaurant, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 18-24, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Dagestan, Gadjimurad Ismailov, a lawyer of the "Kavkaz" Bar, again cannot locate whereabouts of Rustam Ismailov, who was detained in Makhachkala on suspicion of bearing a firearm.