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On August 1-2, the Armenian armed forces 73 times violated the ceasefire regime in the border areas and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Two men were sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for organizing illegal spearfishing competitions, which resulted in the death of a man, the Prosecutor's Office reported.

In Shushi, 61 soldiers of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh were baptized at the Holy Saviour Cathedral.

Russian journalist Orkhan Djemal and his two colleagues were captured in the Central African Republic (CAR) by Islamic rebels and killed after interrogation, reported sources in the CAR. The funeral of Orkhan Djemal will be held in Moscow in accordance with the Muslim customs, journalist Maxim Shevchenko reported.

41 MPs signed a petition to change the pre-trial restriction measure to Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, arrested in the case of overthrowing the constitutional order. The court can take into account the MPs' guarantee, advocates believe.

All the nine employees of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), questioned today at the court session that considers the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", said that they had not detained him and had not examined his car.

The case of Vladislav Khokhlachov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of preparing an explosion of buildings of power agencies in Nalchik in 2012, has been sent to the court.

Today, the board of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has dismissed the complaint filed by the defence of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, about the Court's refusal to transfer the trial to another region. The Court has also refused the advocates in viewing the video of the Chechen leader's speeches criticizing Oyub Titiev and judges.

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.