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A court in Makhachkala has extended the arrest of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, for another month. He has treated the prosecutors' arguments as stated his readiness to cooperate with investigators.

The Russian advocates representing the interests of the victims of the war with Georgia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have expanded the evidence base, but have not yet reached any positive decision of the ECtHR, Inal Tasoev, the South-Ossetian Ombudsperson, has stated.

Rashid Abdurakhmanov, a Dagestani journalist living in Istanbul complained about the blocking of his accounts in Russia and could not extend his foreign passport, as he became a suspect in a criminal case. The blocking of bank accounts in Russia is used as a sort of an extrajudicial punishment, analysts assert.

Because of the absence of a mosque in Krasnodar, Muslim believers cannot fully perform the sacrifice rite on Kurban Bayram and take part in the collective holiday namaz (prayer). The nearest mosque in the settlement of Yablonovsky, Adygea, cannot house everyone, Krasnodar Muslims have complained.

A Chechen theologian has proposed to rename the Kurchaloi District into the Akhmat one in honour of Ramzan Kadyrov's father. The proposal was made amid discussions about the personalities of Akhmat Kadyrov and Imam Shamil.

The residents of Ingushetia, who persuaded married women to adultery and blackmailed them, could face expulsion and blood feud, experts of the Caucasus believe.

Law enforcers have set up three posts at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala and checked believers' cars leaving after the Friday namaz (prayer). Nobody was brought to the police stations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

A group of Makhachkala residents is preparing a mass action to protest against Ramzan Kadyrov's about Imam Shamil. The Kadyrov's call to organize this action in Grozny is a deliberate provocation, Dagestani journalists have suggested.

Aliabbas Rustamov, a rights defender, has stopped his hunger strike demanding conditional early relief (CER) on the 14th day of his protest. He made such a decision in connection with the postponement of the court session and the appeals of the public and his advocate, the journalist. Shakhveled Chobanoglu has informed.

In the Chechen capital, armed people detained a resident of the village of Bachi-Yurt, eyewitnesses have reported.

On August 7, South-Ossetian militaries established fencing from the side of South Ossetia, having deviated from the administrative border, residents of the village of Gugutiantkari, Gori District of Georgia, have stated. Georgian authorities condemned the works on the border.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, law enforcers visited Bella Shakhmirzova, an organizer of a creative school for children, and said they were to verify an anonymous message they had got about her. According to Bella Shakhmirzova, she did not let them into her house, since the visitors failed to produce the necessary documents.

In Ingushetia, law enforcers conducted a search at the house of Musa Abadiev, and after that he was brought to a detention facility in Vladikavkaz, reported on Facebook Timur Abadiev, an uncle of the activist.

Refusal of direct elections of regional heads leads to informational closeness of the authorities, while the elites are not ready to live in an open society and their mentality does not comply with the realities of the 21st century. This opinion was voiced by political analysts when they were commenting on the low ratings of the information openness of the authorities in Northern Caucasus.

Payments to each victim of the events of March 2008 will amount to 10,500-63,000 US dollars. The exact number of people who suffered during the dispersal of the protests has not been identified, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Armenia reports. Many victims may not receive any compensation, since people were afraid to address doctors for help to register the severity of their injuries for fear of criminal prosecution, lawyer Armen Khachatryan explained.

In the video that has appeared on the network, Ramzan Kadyrov is convincing his two friends-Dagestanis that his words about Imam Shamil were misunderstood.

Eleven years ago, in South Ossetia, doctors operated day and night on the wounded in the basement; loaders transported bread under bombings; and villagers got out of the war zone into refugee camps, participants in the events have recollected.

Citizens of Russia, who gathered in Tbilisi, have condemned the authorities of their country for the Georgia's loss of control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Akhmat Kadyrov went over to the side of Russia and began fighting with those who called to fight against Russia, the blogger, Tumso Ambdurakhmanov, has reminded after Ramzan Kadyrov's criticizing Imam Shamil. The blogger treats the dispute of Dagestani Muftiate with the head of Chechnya as a provocation of an interethnic conflict.

Kurban Kurbanaliev, a native of Dagestan, who was detained by Chechen law enforcers, was arrested on charges of links with militants, said his advocate. According to the defence, Kurbanaliev has pled guilty, but relatives doubt that this was done sincerely.