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In 1998, repatriation of Kosovo Adygs favourably affected the image of Russia among members of Circassian Diaspora. However, in the past ten years, the problem concerning the return of Circassians to their homeland has become intractable and the same repatriation from Syria is no longer possible, said participants of the operation for the resettlement of families from Kosovo.

The election of the Georgian President will be held on October 28, 2018, Giorgi Margvelashvili, the current leader of the state has reported today.

In Kaspiysk, for the fourth day, law enforcers and volunteers take part in a search for a disappeared girl. Relatives suggested that the child had been abducted.

Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder, whose hunger strike was announced by the defence, takes food, and there are numerous witnesses for that, reported the spokesperson for the Chief Department for the Irkutsk Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). The Prosecutor's Office also denied the information about the hunger strike of Zaur Dadaev.

Today, nine witnesses have come to the trial in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny. The court has decided that video recording of the trial can threaten the security of the policemen who testify in the case.

Subdivisions of the missile unit deployed in North Ossetia have started combat training involving the Iskander-M systems, the Southern Military District reports today.

Over the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army have been shelled 95 times in the areas bordering with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Four Armenian officers will take part in the Noble Partner 2018 multinational military exercise of partners and NATO countries, reported the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD). The presence of the Armenian officers at the exercises will not violate the Armenian-Russian relations, said the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Law enforcers planted a grenade, rounds, and drugs to Vladislav Ilyinsky, a resident of Kislovodsk, advocate Taulan Ebzeev reported. According to advocate Olga Ermoshina, Vladislav Ilyinsky is persecuted for being a follower of Islam.

Russian journalist Orkhan Djemal and his colleagues, killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), could fell victim to robbers, reported sources from the law enforcement bodies of the CAR.

The Syria's establishment of diplomatic relations with South Ossetia was caused by Syrian authorities' dependence on Russia and testifies to the insincerity of the proposal put forward by the Russian party for rapprochement with Georgia, believe the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Law enforcers have conducted searches at the Azerbaijani Drama Theatre in Derbent, suspecting its leadership of financial frauds, a source has reported, adding that a criminal case has not been initiated yet; this issue is under consideration.

Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has declared a hunger strike to protest against his unjustified placement in a punishment cell, his advocate reported.

In the Central African Republic (CAR), journalist Orkhan Djemal was killed together with his two colleagues while working on a documentary film about the private military company "Wagner". The information is confirmed by his wife and journalist Maxim Shevchenko.

Aslan Yandiev, extradited from Slovakia to Russia against the UN position, has been charged. He is accused of committing grave and especially grave crimes in the territory of Vladikavkaz, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, arrested in the case of the dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, no longer has any serious political influence and has not earlier announced his participation in the election, political analysts stated.

On July 30, the "Grozny" TV Channel stated that Ibragim Yangulbaev, accused of extremism, had not filed any complaint about the lack of medical assistance at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). People who watched the TV story drew attention to the fact that Ibragim Yangulbaev himself had not been given a chance to speak.

Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", sentenced on the charge of justifying terrorism, was transferred to a prison hospital with complaints of heart pain, his advocate reported.

The state-owned enterprise "Chechenfilm", against which leaders a criminal case on fraud has been instituted, is liquidated and its general director left Russia, reported Alvi Karimov, the spokesman for the leader of Chechnya.

On July 30, a minor, born in Chechnya, accused on suspicion of attacking a policeman in Moscow, was arrested for two months.