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Residents of Khasaviurt in Dagestan promise to block the "Kavkaz" highway once again unless the investigators fulfill their promise to release the suspects of murdering Magomed Umakhanov, son of Akhmedpashi Umakhanov, Dagestan National Assembly deputy and the nephew of the Khasaviurt leader.

Streets of the town will be named after the militiamen who perished during the recent terrorist act in Grozny. This was announced today by Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov who calls the terrorist act an indication of the agony of militants and an abortive attempt to draw away the forces of the law enforcement bodies from the region where the special operation was conducted.

In the last two days, in Ingushetia, two armed attacks of unidentified persons on shop owners were registered, as a result of which two persons were lost.

Chechen people feel indignant of the actions of the republic's authorities, who not just ignored the farewell ceremony with Natalia Estemirova on July 16, and then tried to hamper her colleagues and friends to see her off for ever, but also organized celebrations near the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

Today in Strasbourg, the decision on the case "Mutsaeva versus Russia" was announced, in which the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized Russia's violation of a whole range of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in relation to Khizir Tepsurkaev, detained by power agents in 2001 in Chechnya and missing since.

After the picket in Russian capital aimed to commemorate Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", its organizer Victor Sakirko was detained by the militia.

Experts of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will not be able to hold their own independent investigation into the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, as it is contradictory to the Russian legislation. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation.

In the opinion of Yamadaevs' relatives, the trial of the two persons, accused of an attempt on the former commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose GRU battalion, Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, who by official data was assassinated in Dubai on March 28 this year but by statements of his relatives is alive and under protection of the police, will allow making responsible both the executors and organizers, and the direct customer of this crime.

The kidnapping of the resident of Ingushetia Batyr Albakov, who was then killed on July 21 during special operation in Sunzha District of the republic, was imitated by his accomplices with the aim to conceal the fact of his departure to militants. This is the opinion of the Department of FSB for Ingushetia.

The Federation of Circassian Hases of Turkey (KAFFED), which unites representatives of all Caucasian nations, condoles with Natalia Estemirova's relatives and friends and condemns the customers and executors of her murder.

In the nearest two weeks, all the administrative buildings, commercial sites and other throngs of citizens in Grozny will be equipped with video surveillance cameras.

In Ingushetia, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, today, at about 3:00 a.m., a shop that was selling alcohol beverages among other things was blown up. There were no victims, but the building was strongly damaged.

A high-ranking source in power agencies of the Southern Federal District has reported that the investigation had defined a circle of suspects of murdering Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial".