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The blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, trying to belittle Ramzan Kadyrov's achievements, has understated the scale of building mosques in Chechnya, Chingiz Akhmadov, an employee of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), wrote in his blog. Residents of Chechnya were distrustful of Kadyrov's words that he had objected to naming the new mosque in Shali after him.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, was shot dead in the head in Berlin, his Georgian compatriots have informed.

On August 23, Ikram Ragimov, an Azerbaijani journalist, who is on a hunger-strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), was visited by doctors of the Baku office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Ragimov intends to continue his hunger strike until he is released, his cousin, Galib Gasanov, has stated.

The court has ruled to place three alleged participants in the conflict of North-Caucasian natives that broke in Krasnodar behind bars. During the conflict, two people suffered, investigators informed on August 23.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has cancelled the house arrest of Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian public organization named "Khabze", accused of drug dealing.

On August 22, several thousand residents of Grozny took part in a rally on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag of Russia, despite the working day. The attendance at the rally was mandatory, employees of budget-funded companies have complained.

Mubariz Abdulkerimov, the chairman of the Sheki District branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for 15 days in an administrative case on hooliganism. His colleagues called the charge as far-fetched and associated the persecution of the activist with his opposition activities.

Users of social networks criticized officials for alleging that a shootout of natives of Chechnya and Dagestan in the centre of Krasnodar was a domestic conflict. The authorities try to hide the interethnic background of the incident, the social network users suggest.

A paratrooper died from wounds he had got during military exercises in a mountainous-wooded area in Chechnya, reported the military commandant's office. The deceased man was Mikhail Bezelt, a resident of Yekaterinburg, his wife reported.

Five suspects involved in a shootout near the market in Krasnodar are detained in Sochi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MA) reports today. In a video posted by law enforcers, the detainees said that they had arrived in the resort city on vacation.

Calls for employees of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) to vote for the Ramzan Kadyrov's refusal to hold a public discussion with Tumso Abdurakhmanov exacerbated the sensitive situation which the leader of Chechnya faced after a call for a dispute, notes political analyst Ruslan Kutaev.

There was no order to disperse the rally in Magas downloaded from the leadership, while the criminal case on abuse of powers was initiated because of an attempt to defend our rights in court, the dismissed policemen have explained.

The bans on crossing the South-Ossetian-Georgian border during holidays result in detentions in the conflict zone, activists inform.

Disputes about the Chechen-Dagestani border have exacerbated the hostility among natives of these republics in the Krasnodar Territory, members of national communities have pointed out.

A large-scale scientific conference on the Caucasian War is needed to fill in the gaps and identify insufficiently studied points, the initiator of the event, Zurab Gadjiev, a historian, believes. In their turn, Patimat Takhnaeva and Khadji Murad Donogo, historians, believe that a conference will yield no results, since Dagestani and Chechen scholars will fail to reach a uniform assessments and interpretations of events.

Over the 17 years of Kadyrov's rule, a little more than 200 mosques were built in Chechnya, and in total, more than 800 mosques over the years of independence, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated with reference to Ramzan Kadyrov.

In Azerbaijan, administrative arrests are used to persecute activists and critics of the authorities. Compared with 2011, in 2018 the number of such arrests has grown by more than 2.5 times, says the report prepared by the Institute for Democratic Initiatives (IDI).

The shootout near the marketplace in Krasnodar was the result of a "criminal showdown" rather than an interethnic conflict, a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has voiced out the law enforcers' position. Members of national communities have promised the Krasnodar authorities to intensify work with the youth.

In the period from the evening on August 25 to the morning on August 27, checkpoints on the border with Georgia will suspend operation in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the recognition of the country's independence, the KGB of South Ossetia announces today. The South Ossetian Ministry of Culture announced the programme of the holiday.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), who was arrested in a case on terrorist financing, is being prosecuted for political reasons, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has declared today and demanded to release the journalist.