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Dokku Umarov, who has announced his successor - Aslambek Vadalov - was dismissed from the command of the underground by his former companions-in-arms, said Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists, who is now hiding from Russian justice in London. Ruslan Martagov, a Chechen journalist and political scientist, agrees that Dokku Umarov has lost his reputation among the militants.

Aslambek Vadalov, appointed by Dokku Umarov to be his successor as the "Amir" of the "Imarat Kavkaz", created by Umarov, is one of the most impudent militants' field commanders and is guilty of murdering dozens of law enforcers, the Chechen MIA asserts. President of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that operations aimed to find and liquidate Umarov, Vadalov and other militants' leaders will be continued.

The reason of the death of Armenian soldiers on July 27 and 28 is in the fact that some people in the country's Armed Forces are not in their positions; and henceforth we should understand that the most important thing is the soldier's life. This was stated today to journalists by Greta Mirzoyan, a member of the public board at the Minister of Defence and chair of the public organization "Soldier's Mothers".

Head of the investigatory department at the OVD for Kislovodsk and his subordinate are suspected of taking a bribe. Under the version of the investigation, the officials received a large bribe from four GIBDD (STSI) employees for hiding their crimes.

Militiamen have detained a resident of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of an armed kidnapping of a resident of Maiskiy settlement from a route bus.

The tragic death of six servicemen became a result of omissions of one of the links of the system, which had recruited a person, representing potential danger to the society. This opinion was stated today at a press conference by psychologist Karine Nalchadzhyan, who noted that the incident proved the need of a more careful medical examination of recruits.

Dokku Umarov, leader of the armed underground in Northern Caucasus, has declared his resignation as "Amir of Imarat Kavkaz", created by him in autumn of 2007, and transfer of the powers to his successor. Experts believe that the change of power among militants may result in sharp increase of separatists' activity in the region.

Today, unknown persons blew up and shelled a column of OMON (special militia) vehicles in Dagestan. Under preliminary data, 12 militiamen were wounded. The incident happened near the village of Gubden, Karabudakhkent District.

As reported by the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) the Russian Federation, seven persons were wounded in the mass fight on July 30 in Dagestan.

In Maikop, the capital of Adygea, a group of students-natives of Karachai-Circassia, accused of offending and beating a Russian guy will soon face the trial.

On July 29, the Board of the Bar of Dagestan disseminated a statement listing the facts of violence applied to lawyers in the republic and demanding to guarantee their safety and access to their clients. The statement was sent to the Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Magomedov and Public Prosecutor of Dagestan Andrei Nazarov.

In the city of Malgobek (Ingushetia), tonight a car was shelled, and an agent of the OBEP (Division for Fighting Economic Crime) of the Malgobek ROVD (District Interior Division) was killed.

Today in the morning, an explosive device was triggered in the beach of the capital of Dagestan and wounded a woman.

In Moscow, the Meschanskiy Court ruled to place Magomed Patiev, а native of Ingushetia, who caused a flight delay at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport, into custody.

Under updated information, the explosion triggered today in the afternoon in central Grozny wounded six persons, the regional department of the Russian ICPO reports.