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In the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified people seized a plum tree garden owned by Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "People's Enterprise 'Morzokh'". This was claimed by local residents.

The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Abkhazia violates the principles of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia. This was declared by Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State.

Employees of the “Sinohydro” Company, engaged in building one of the sections of the high-speed transit highway "East-West" in Georgia, announced a strike with a demand to raise wages and improve working conditions. The company lawyer has promised that all the strikers’ demands, except for salary increase, will be satisfied.

In Azerbaijan, activists from of the media, civil society and opposition have held an action to pay tribute to memory of journalist Rasim Aliev, who died two years ago after being beaten. Speakers who delivered their speeches during the action held the authorities of the country responsible for the journalist's death, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly suffers from diabetes, and at the background thereof now complains of heart and stomach pains. Doctors observe his much faster heartbeat; however, he receives no proper medical care at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), said his advocate Nemat Kerimli.

A court in Moscow has dismissed the complaint about criminal prosecution of Shamil Nurmagomedov, suspected of sponsoring the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS), banned in Russia. Nurmagomedov said that he sent money to his brother in Syria. His family called the court's decision unreasonable and cynical.

A resident of the pre-border Georgian village of Paluri was detained on the Inguri River, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports.

At trial, Rovshan Gadirov has stated that he delivered humanitarian aid to the Arab countries and did not take part in combat actions.

Advocate Yalchin Imanov has appealed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office and the Azerbaijani Ombudsman' administration about torture at the Gobustan prison of Abbas Guseinov, the deputy head of the movement "Muslim Unity".

A quota of 390 people allocated for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) for the pilgrimage to holy places in Saudi Arabia has been completed. This was reported by an official from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) for the KBR.

Today, Andrei Reznikov, Deputy Minister for North-Caucasian Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" has died after a long illness. He was 48 years old.

Anatoly Karibov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan, has asked to exclude the republic from the rental certificate for screening the film "Matilda". The Russian Ministry of Culture has stated that to make exceptions for certain regions is not in its competence and suggested that the authorities of Chechnya and Dagestan will decide for themselves whether to ban the film or not.

Today, the OSCE mission has carried out a monitoring at the contact line of the troops, and no violations of the ceasefire have been revealed. This was reported by Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Rights defenders helped Annik Kesyan and Marina Djandjgava to raise the money to buy air tickets. Today, the women have returned to Sochi.

A four-year-old boy, taken by his father from Chechnya and returned two years later, gets used to the new situation.

On August 18, the first group of pilgrims from Chechnya, who this year makes a pilgrimage to Mecca, will travel to Saudi Arabia. In 2017, the republic has been allocated a quota for 2600 pilgrims.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to ban the screening in the republic of the film "Matilda" directed by Alexei Uchitel. The Russian Ministry of Culture has stated that "Chechnya has a right for that."

The medical officers' commission has come to the conclusion that a rare genetic disease of Yevgeny Shevkoplyas sentenced for fraud does not prevent his serving of punishment at a penal colony in Kalmykia. According to his advocate, the medical officers' conclusion will be challenged at court.

About 200 Georgian citizens held an action at the border with South Ossetia and paid tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the "five-day war." According to Georgian residents, who left South Ossetia, the war of 2008 divided families for many years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to support Raul Khajimba in the context of the latest events in Abkhazia and to prevent the appearance of a "black hole" near Sochi, political analysts told the "Caucasian Knot". Until 2019, Mr Putin promised to invest 6 billion roubles in Abkhazia.