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A woman from Chechnya, who wrote in WhatsApp about an attempted kidnapping of a child in a street, explained her actions by "emotions." The authorities treated a report on the kidnapping as rumors, while local residents took the authorities' statement with disbelief.

Yuri Khachaturov, who was detained in Armenia within the investigation into the case on the dispersal of the protesting opposition in Yerevan ten years ago, started working in Moscow.

During the week of July 30-August 5, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Georgia's accession to NATO can provoke a "terrible conflict," the Russian Prime Minister said on the background of the Russian military exercises in Abkhazia and the NATO exercise in Georgia.

The Armenian armed forces 86 times violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone during a day, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Death of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic; appointment of the date for the presidential election in Georgia; fire in Sochi, which killed ten people; visit of tens of thousands of people to funeral of a Chechen man sentenced for the murder of Yuri Budanov; hurricane in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia; detention of the chief of the Dagestani Bureau for Medical Examination, ‑ see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 30-August 5, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On the day of the funeral of Yusup Temirkhanov, who was serving his sentence in a penal colony, the leader of Chechnya declared that the convict had not been involved in the murder of Yuri Budanov. Meanwhile, Ramzan Kadyrov admitted that the sentence made Yusup Temirkhanov a national hero, who "took revenge for the desecrated honour" and the murder of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen young woman.

Yusup Temirkhanov was sentenced for the murder of Yuri Budanov and died in a penal colony. While he was alive, the authorities of Chechnya did not try to achieve justice in his case, suggested local residents after the Chechen leader's speech at the funeral ceremony.

Forensic medical examinations are to be conducted in the case on the deaths of journalists Orkhan Djemal, Alexander Rastorguev, and Kirill Radchenko in the Central African Republic (CAR). Investigators interrogated relatives, colleagues, and friends of the killed journalists.

Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian President, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order, has refused to participate in investigatory actions and testify, investigators have stated.

On August 4, the funeral of Yusup Temirkhanov, who died in the colony after being convicted for killing the serviceman Yuri Budanov, was attended by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He declared Temirkhanov innocent of assassinating the officer.

In the period from July 29 to August 4, units of the Azerbaijani armed forces have fired more than 2000 shots on the positions of the Defence Army, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

Today, in Krasny Sulin, a rally against a raise of the retirement age was held in front of the district palace of culture. According to the police, it was attended by 180 people. Meanwhile, organizers reported about 300 participants of the action, and according to the assessment made by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, 240-250 people came to the rally.

National authorities should make every effort to bring to justice attackers on journalists Orkhan Djemal, Alexander Rastorguev, and Kirill Radchenko in Central Africa, announces today UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

After the transfer of the "Anji" Football Club (FC) to Osman Kadiev, Suleiman Kerimov continued to finance the football team, albeit not in such volumes as during the FC "golden age", the "Caucasian Knot" was told by the Dagestani sports commentators. According to them, then Osman Kerimov completely stopped financing the "Anji" FC, and the authorities of the republic are short of funds to finance the FC.

Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns and 86 times violated the ceasefire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

One of the two children, who had tried, together with adults, to wade a river in the Khosta District of Sochi, and who were carried away by the current, was found dead.

The visa-free travel regime for the period of the World Cup failed to result in a sharp increase in the flow of tourists to Abkhazia from the neighbouring Sochi, which hosted World Cup matches. During the period of visa-free regime, only 2000 foreigners visited Abkhazia.

In Sochi, large-scale activities are underway to search for two children, who were carried away by the river.

In Baku, agents of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Karen Gazaryan, a citizen of Armenia, who disappeared 20 days ago. Karen Gazaryan was handed over a letter from his mother.