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David Kankiya claimed that law enforcers stopped him in the street and demanded to give them his mobile phone, while threatening with an arrest. Today, the activist has associated the law enforcers' actions with the training of observers at the election of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory launched by the movement "Golos" (Vote).

In North Ossetia, schools will organize solemn morning gatherings on September 4, after a three-day watch in memory of people who fell victim to the terror act in Beslan, the Ministry of Education and Science of North Ossetia reports. In South Ossetia, the new school year will begin on September 5, the republic's authorities announce.

The rights of detained activists from the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan to visits and phone calls are being violated. According to relatives, no advocates are allowed to visit some of the activists arrested after an action held in Baku on July 15.

Timur Tskhurbati, an activist, was hospitalized after being attacked during the funeral of Inal Djabiev in Tskhinvali; his cheekbone and nose were broken, Tskhurbati himself has stated.

Instagram users were surprised by law enforcers' threats to send detainees for drinking alcohol to work. The salary of 1000 roubles a day, promised by the police officer to detainees, is a dream for many residents of the republic, commentators assert.

On the 13th day of his hunger strike, Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, needed medical help. The doctor urged Sagiev to stop the action, saying that he would not be able to help him otherwise, Aigun Sagieva, Emin's wife, has informed.

More than 1000 Azerbaijani citizens have accumulated in the border village of Kullar, who are waiting for the departure to their homeland; the tent camp set up by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) contains "tents full of women and children," a representative of the National-Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis has informed.

Residents of South Ossetia continued their spontaneous rally in the square in front of the government building in Tskhinvali. They demand resignation of the republic's head.

Supporters and colleagues of the arrested Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have resumed their weekly solo pickets demanding his release.

Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to strengthen control over his critics in Europe, and to bribe some Diaspora members by setting up an agency for relations with fellow countrymen abroad, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

The defence succeeded in seeking the cancellation of the decision to extend the arrest of Emin Imamaliev and Elbrus Akhmedov, accused of attacking law enforcers during a protest action in a camp in the Kullar village. The court dismissed a request of the Prosecutor's Office to take defendant Djeikhun Namazov in custody.

In Tskhinvali, a crowded funeral procession with the body of Inal Djabiev, who died after his detention by law enforcers, reached the centre of the city. The President of South Ossetia and parliament members joined the funeral procession.

During the week of August 24-30, 2020, at least one person fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Six persons were detained in five regions of Russia, including a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, organized raising and transferring money for militants from a terrorist organization in Syria, the law enforcement bodies reported.

Yerevan is negotiating with Russia to purchase Su-30SM fighters, reports David Tonoyan, Minister of Defence of Armenia.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; unrest in Tskhinvali after the detainee's death; capture of an Armenian officer in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 24-30, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Russia has handed Falig Valiev over to Azerbaijan; Valiev had been put on the international wanted list on charges of links with militants, the country's State Security Service (SSS) has reported.

Seven men detained in Kurchaloi District were reprimanded at the police station, shows the video posted on the Instagram. Some social network users have criticized law enforcers for publicly humiliating people.

The practice when detainees "disappear" for some time after arrest is quite common in Ingushetia, human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the difficulties with the admission of an advocate to Bagaudin Evloev, detained after a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nazran and Sagopsh on August 6.

Despite the decreasing number of shootouts on Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border remains tense, Baku analysts assert. In their opinion, the internal political situation in Armenia is affecting the escalation.