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When commenting on the interview of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to journalist David Scott, rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Valery Borschov associated the Ramzan Kadyrov's attention to sport with the desire to strengthen his power.

A suspected member of a unit led by field commander Shamil Basaev has been detained 22 years after the terror act. This has been reported today by a source from the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya.

Death of three Russian citizens in a wreck of a light aircraft in Abkhazia; kidnapping of Dagestani minister with the aim of claiming ransom; Deprivation of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili of Ukrainian citizenship – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 24-30, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Staff members from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Georgia try to locate Besik Dugashvili, an artist and cartoonist, who disappeared after his farewell message on Facebook.

During the week of July 24-30, 2017, two persons were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No killed were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

This morning, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accused the Armenian side of 140 violations of the ceasefire. According to the Azerbaijani MoD, not only the combat positions, but four villages were also subjected to intensive bombardment, civilian objects, crops and personal property of local residents were also affected by shelling.

Mikhail Saakashvili has claimed that he did not fill out and did not sign an application form made public by a representative of the Petro Poroshenko's Bloc, by which an MP justified the decision of Petro Poroshenko to deprive the former Georgian President of his Ukrainian citizenship.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia has no data that Maryam Kachmazova, a native of North Ossetia, deported from Italy to Russia, and her husband Ali Bambataliev are involved in terrorist activities. This was informed by the North Ossetian MIA in response to the official request of the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, staff members of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) helped to prepare complaints for 255 citizens who claimed the loss of their parcels after reports on disclosure of mail theft.

Advocate Ivan Pavlov, who represents the interests of Sochi residents Annik Kesyan and Marina Djandjgava, sentenced for high treasury and pardoned by the Russian President, have announced the intention to continue seeking the complete cancellation of the verdict.

Law enforcers have detained a 32-year-old local resident suspected of killing a man in Nazran, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

The Russian President has ordered Victor Zolotov, Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops (known as “Natsgvardia”), to head the anti-terrorist group in Northern Caucasus and to involve power agents, employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) and the Armed Forces in counterterrorist operations.

Sochi residents Annik Kesyan and Marina Janjgava, convicted for state treason after sending SMS-messages to Georgia, have been exempted from serving their sentences by respective presidential decrees.

In the case on an attempted assassination of the Chechen leader, the Gudermes City Court has sentenced each of three defendants Aziz Alviev, Beslan Zakaraev, and Shamkhan Magomadov to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony. This was stated by a source from the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic.

Investigators began to check the lawfulness for the actions of the Voronezh policemen, who on July 27 demanded from two Chechen women to produce their documents and who detained their father and brother. The leader of Chechnya has also requested the Voronezh regional authorities to react to the incident.

On July 23-29, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 180 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reports.

Soldier Arthur Mairanyan was wounded at the positions in the Tavush Region of Armenia. This was reported by the deputy head of the Paravakar village.

The body of Private Arkady Gambaryan was found today on the defensive section in the Tavush Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

Wrestlers of the national team refuse to go to Paris, where the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships will start on August 21. The athletes are note paid their salaries for more than a year.

Despite the court judgement that came into force on May 2, investigators have not yet provided data on the initiation of a criminal case or denial thereof on the application of the father of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” reports.