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The DPS (road-and-patrol service) in the Moscow Region was attacked by militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), states the terrorist organization banned by the court in Russia.

The petition to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in support of the wrestler Migran Arutyunyan has gathered 15,711 signatures. The authors of the petition believe that referees had deprived Arutyunyan of the Olympic gold medal.

The recent murder of Zalim Shebzukhov and his alleged supporters in Saint Petersburg indicates that the Caucasian militants are gradually spreading over Russian regions, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Turgut Gambar, a board member of the youth movement “Nida”, was released after a four-hour stay at the police station with a warning.

The Solntsevo District Court of Moscow has imposed a fine of 400,000 roubles on Patimat Gadjieva, a native of Dagestan and a student of the medical university, accused of reposting an image of the flag of the so-called "Islamic State” (IS), banned in Russia by the court judgement.

On August 17, natives of Northern and Southern Caucasus won two medals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The both medals were won by athletes of the national team of Azerbaijan.

In Baku, Turgut Gambar and Ismi Shakhzade, members of the board of the youth movement "Nida", have been detained today. The place of their detention has not been reported yet.

Irina Dochiya, the secretary of the political council of the "United Abkhazia" Party, who was kidnapped on July 2, returned home. This has been reported today by an official from the State Security Service of Abkhazia.

Shagen Arutyunyan, a 17-year-old son of Shant Arutyunyan, the sentenced leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, has been summoned to visit today, on August 18, the division of alternative punishment execution of the penitentiary department of the Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Two men involved in the attack on a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in the Moscow Region were killed, and two policemen were seriously injured. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to the law enforcement bodies, the killed men were natives of the Caucasus. They have been already identified.

The Russian Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has criticized the ritual of female circumcision widespread in Dagestan, and the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has promised to check the legality of the practice of female circumcision in Northern Caucasus.

Shagen, a 17-year-old son of the convicted leader of the "Tsegakron" Party Shant Arutyunyan, has announced his hunger strike in Freedom Square in Yerevan. The activist demands to release political prisoners.

Today, Azerbaijan has held a preliminary court session on the lawsuit lodged by the journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the Baku City Prosecutor's Office. The journalist demands monetary compensation for her unduly spent three months in jail.

Zalim Shebzukhov, one of the leaders of North-Caucasian militants, was killed during a special operation in Saint Petersburg, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

A special operation in a residential building in Leninsky Avenue is over, resulting in four killed militants, who are now being identified, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The figurants in the case on an attempt to create a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have rejected in the court their confessions made under pressure during the preliminary investigation, said the advocate of one of the defendants.

Azerbaijan is witnessing suppression of civil society and opposition, directly connected with the referendum on amending the Constitution, said the International Foundation "Human Rights House", calling on the authorities to "stop intimidating the opposition."

This morning, in Saint Petersburg, in a multi-storey apartment house No. 92, building 3, in Leninsky Avenue, law enforcers launched a special operation to detain militants from Northern Caucasus. This was reported by a FSB official. Eyewitnesses reported on shooting in the area of the security operation. It has been already reported on a wounded special forces fighter.

On August 16, natives of Northern and Southern Caucasus won eight medals at the Olympic Games in Brazil. Each of the national teams of Georgia and Armenia won three medals, while athletes from Azerbaijan won three medals.

Today, in the Buinaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts of Dagestan, law enforcers have started a special operation to search for militants and their accomplices. This has been reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).