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The charges against Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the "Union 'Women of Don'", suspected of wilful refusal to perform the duties specified by the law on foreign agents, are detrimental to civil society in Russia. This was stated by Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy chief.

One of the three explosions committed at the Istanbul airport on June 28 involved a native of Chechnya or Dagestan. This was reported by Turkish media. Besides, their sources from secret services do not rule out the involvement in the terror act of Akhmed Chataev, a Chechen native, an assistant to Doku Umarov.

Yuri Modebadze, Chairman of the Board of the Astrakhan organization of Georgian culture "Iveriya", and Sergey Zaplavsky, a resident of Astrakhan, have been kept in custody for a year on the charge of a large-scale theft. Both defendants claim to have alibis, which the investigators and the court ignore.

The law enforcement bodies are engaged in the search for members of the armed underground in the territory of the Shamil, Khunzakh, and Gunib Districts.

The initiative of the Russian authorities on creation of a bank of information on terrorists and extremists is not practical, and all the more, law enforcers already use a system of preventive registration, which is also ineffective and violates the rights of residents of Northern Caucasus. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

By the decision of the investigators, Timur Temirov, a resident of Mozdok, whose relatives claimed that weapons and drugs had been planted to him, was released on recognizance not to leave.

In Russia, the defence has exhausted all the possibilities to defend the rights of the victim party in the case of the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. This was stated by advocate Tumas Misakyan.

In Makhachkala, the court has extended the arrest of Magomednabi Magomedov, the Imam of the Salafi mosque in Khasavyurt, who is accused of inciting terrorism.

Relatives of Ramazan Rashidov and Shamil Ramazanov, residents of Kaspiysk, kidnapped in June, believe they were killed. According to the relatives, they allowed to take their biological samples for the detection of DNA.

Umar Margoshvili, a citizen of Georgia, who was involved in the hostilities on the side of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia), was killed in Syria.

In the Untsukul District, a hideout with ammunition, small arms, and an improvised explosive device (IED) has been destroyed on the outskirts of the village of Gimry.

At the roundtable held in Moscow on June 27-28 and organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" with the support of the International Crisis Group (ICG), participants have discussed the reasons for radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus.

The jurors have acquitted Davud Omarov and Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov, accused of killing the chief of the security service of the "Chernomortransneft" Department in Kizlyar. Earlier, Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov has complained about being tortured by law enforcers.

The man suspected of murdering Isamudin Radjabov, a Dagestani dancer, will not be able to achieve a special order of the proceedings, and the very murder should be classified as a murder committed with particular cruelty. This was reported by Rinat Gamidov, an advocate of the Bar Association "Gamidov and Partners".

The criminal case against Valentina Cherevatenko is being investigated by Rostov investigators, who report directly to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). This was reported by advocate Ildar Shafiev.