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The North-Caucasian District Military Court has postponed to September 6 the court hearing scheduled for today in the case of an attempt to create in Kabardino-Balkaria a caliphate with Sharia form of government. The court hearing was postponed, since defendants were not brought to Rostov-on-Don.

Truck driver Rustam Malamagomedov, detained in the Rostov Region after his arrival to support the protest of Kuban farmers, complains about force used by policemen against him.

Kuban farmers have decided not to go to Krasnodar to meet Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. They intend to continue driving their tractor convoy to Moscow. This was reported by Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers".

In Chechnya, four young men who in November 2015 set on fire a ziyart (mausoleum) on the tomb of Yangulbi-Khadji Dokhtukaev, a theologian revered in the republic. The defendants were sentenced to 7-7.5 years of imprisonment.

On August 22, in the towns of Zverevo and Gukovo of the Rostov Region, 61 workers of the enterprises of the "Kingcoal" group of companies declared a continuous hunger strike. The protesters demand to pay off wage arrears.

In Chechnya, family members of Usman Murdalov and Sulim Israilov, killed in the Moscow Region, are not allowed to hold the ritual of their commemoration (tezet). This was reported by local residents. According to them, the family members of the killed men are interrogated by law enforcers.

The authorities of Dagestan have promised to provide financial assistance to victims of fire in the village of Mokok, Tsuntin District.

Policemen have blocked farmers and their vehicles in a roadside hotel in the Aksai District of Rostov Region, the participants of the tractor rally have stated. According to their version, after the pressure of the police and governmental officials, they decided to abandon the idea of protests.

The Dagestani wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev has won the expected gold medal, while the defeat of Bilal Makhov was a misfortune, but not a failure, the Dagestani Wrestling Federation (DWF) has stated. Milana Dadasheva, despite her early dropout, received an important experience for future performances, coaches believe.

The project of making a museum out of the Samosdelka settlement in Astrakhan Region is not realized because of a lack of funding, said archaeologist Dmitri Vasiliev. The project has been stopped due to sequestration of the budget of the regional targeted programme, local officials explain.

A complaint about the ineffective inquiry into the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, has passed the filter section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and has been registered, said the advocate of the injured party.

The car belonged to Magomed Gadjiev, who earlier was accused of murdering Musa Alaudinov, a coach of the Makhachkala-based club "Gorets” (Highlander), but was acquitted. The remains found in the car could belong to Gadjiev, power agents suggest.

The Criminal Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has upheld the arrest of the members of the organization "Sasna Tsrer", who had captured a police building in Yerevan.

In Georgia, seven persons were detained on the charge of involvement in plotting a terror act on the gas pipeline, supplying gas from Russia to Armenia.

Completion of the competition at the Olympic Games in Brazil; attack on policemen in the Moscow Region, the responsibility for which was taken by the "Islamic State" (IS), banned by court in Russia; debates in the Russian society provoked by the human rights report on female circumcision in Dagestan; special operation in Saint Petersburg, which resulted in elimination of militants from Kabardino-Balkaria; decision on the establishment of a gambling zone in Sochi; expansion of territory in the Volgograd Region where outbreak of African swine fever was registered, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 15-21, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Raul Khadjimba has failed to fulfil all the point of the socio-political agreement, which was signed by candidates running for the presidency in 2014. This was stated by Alkhas Kvitsiniya, the leader of the "Amtsakhara" Party.

During the week of August 15-21, 2016, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded 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.

The idea of the authorities of Ingushetia to award the dwelling settlement, which will show the highest voter turnout at the forthcoming elections, with a new social facility, is able to stimulate voters’ activeness – this is the opinion of three out of five experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" experts.

The allowances and benefits provided for by the law "On Development of Mountain Districts" are insignificant, residents of such districts of Georgia assert. They are confident that in the first place the authorities should grant them the land ownership.

On August 18, a rally was held by employees of the Volgograd Factory of Drilling Equipment (known as the VZBT), organized by local Communists. According to organizers, the rally was 400 people strong.