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Today, the Russian State Duma has approved, in the second and third readings, the package of antiterrorist bills. A number of provisions thereof have touched on non-traditional religious groups, including Salafists.

Investigators refuse to appoint a medical examination for Lecho Gadamauri, a resident of Ingushetia, who is being kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Vladikavkaz. This was stated by his relatives and his advocate.

On June 23, in Vanadzor, supporters of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", a member of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia", held an action in his support. They have called the activist's arrest as unfounded and started collecting signatures in support of the oppositionist, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The investigation into the case on the kidnapping of Abu Bakar Tsechoev in 2012 should be resumed after the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on recognizing the violation of the rights of his family members. This was stated by Olga Gnezdilova, a lawyer of the human rights organization "Legal Initiative".

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Ukraine has sent requests to Russia for the extradition of Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk, sentenced on the charge of involvement in the first Chechen war on the side of militants.

There is no sense for militants to destroy social objects in Dagestan, since by doing so, they lose support of the population, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in their comments on the arson of the school in the village of Teletl.

Badrudin Musaev, a son of the Mayor of Makhachkala, does not plead guilty under the charge of use of violence dangerous to life and health of policemen, filed against him. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Akhkubek Kolov, an advocate of Badrudin Musaev.

In Yerevan, the court has granted the investigators' motion on the arrest of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", who is accused of illegal possession and transportation of weapons.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested the property of the "Domodedovo" Airport in the criminal case against the airport top-managers, involved as defendants in the case on the terror act of 2011. This has been reported today by Igor Trunov, an advocate of the victims.

Erosi Kitsmarishvili, the former Ambassador of Georgia to Russia, the founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, committed suicide because of his debts. This was reported by an official of the Prosecutor's Office, who announced the completion of the investigation. Family members of Erosi Kitsmarishvili do not agree with the position of the Prosecutor's Office, reports advocate Gagi Mosiashvili.

The Georgian General Prosecutor's Office has instituted a criminal case on abuse of power associated with the night interrogation in 2013 of Vano Merabishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had recognized the fact of violation of the politician's rights.

Magomed Suleimanov, a Salafist, whose body was found at the site of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Southern Dagestan, could have been killed before, the experts of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have suggested. According to their story, such methods have been practiced by power structures of the region for many years.