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Khvicha Mgebrishvili, a resident of Georgia, who entered the territory controlled by South Ossetia in search of bat cocoons for sale, was found guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced in Tskhinvali to three months' imprisonment.

After the Friday (August 21) namaz (prayer), a raid was held in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, where law enforcers stopped cars and copied personal data.

Doctors must allow transporting Alexei Navalny to a foreign clinic, Volgograd picketers insist. They link his poisoning with his political activities.

The law forbids to seize a car or take it to car impound for the absence of medical mask on the driver or a passenger, lawyers and human rights defenders have commented on the threats voiced out by Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

In Makhachkala, mothers of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov were released from the ROVD (District Interior Division) without any claims brought against them. Meanwhile, law enforcers warned women about responsibility for unsanctioned protest actions.

The practice of female circumcision, which the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan opposed, is not related to the Islam concepts, and the Muftiate voiced its position not for religious leaders, but for residents of the republic, suggest Islamic experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Mothers of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov, who were arrested in a case of terrorism, were brought to the Makhachkala ROVD (District Interior Division). The women planned to hold a protest action with the demand for a medical examination of their sons and an unbiased investigation into the defendants' claims of torture.

Tamaz Khomasuridze considered further continuation of his hunger strike senseless, because his request for a polygraph test for his son, accused of murdering the football player Giorgi Shakarashvili, was ignored.

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the villages of the border regions and on the territory of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The members of the "Moral Guards" group detained in Austria have a vague idea of Chechen traditions, the observance of which they demand from Chechen women, members of the Diaspora believe. According to their version, similar groupings of "Moral Guard" are also active in France, Belgium and Germany.

After the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan rejected the cassation appeal against his verdict, Emin Shagiev, a political prisoner, held in the colony, went on a hunger strike.

Lack of information about the project for the development of the Amulsar deposit casts doubt on the conclusions of the earlier environmental impact assessment, activists assert. During a protest in Yerevan, they demanded to conduct a new examination of the gold mining, and also called on the authorities to voice out their position on this issue.

Activists will hold solo pickets in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the coordinators of his offices in Volgograd and Krasnodar told the "Caucasian Knot".

The state servants, who receive their salaries from the budget, were obliged to attend the match of the Grozny "Akhmat Football Club (FC) with the "Rotor" FC from Volgograd under orders of their bosses, residents of Chechnya have complained.

The activist, Ismail Gasanov, who on August 16 went on a hunger strike in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), received no permit to make phone calls to his relatives, and has not passed information through his cellmates for two days, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has stated.

Opponents of the development of the Amulsar deposit held a motor rally from Jermuk to Yerevan with the participation of about 250 people. The today's activity was announced to be the beginning of a series of peaceful actions of disobedience.

The opening of the Georgian borders to five EU countries failed to bring a flow of foreign clients to tour operators. This summer, small hotels and guest houses on the Black Sea coast have to survive due to domestic tourism, their owners report.

Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of a Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was sent to a quarantine centre, despite the court's decision to place him under house arrest. Advocate Agil Laidjev treats such a transfer of his client as a violation of the law.

According to a video disseminated on the Internet, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, has voiced a demand to confiscate cars from drivers who do not wear protective masks. Instagram users considered the demand for confiscation of people's property for violation of the mask regime unjustified.

In Ingushetia, the number of reports about attacks on law enforcers increased after the republic was headed by Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, human rights defenders note. The increase in the number of armed incidents will not affect the Kremlin's attitude towards Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, since the Ingush leader is not able to change the situation, Caucasus expert Akhmet Yarlykapov believes.