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Arutyun Aglamazyan, a supporter of the opposition movement "Constituent Parliament", has been attacked. He was hospitalized to the medical centre "Erebuni", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In the evening of August 4, at the centre of Yerevan, about 400 people came to a march and blocked Mashtots Avenue. They demanded to release all the arrested members of "Sasna Tsrer" group (Daredevils of Sassoun). After the protest action, more than dozen activists were detained.

A total of 82,628 signatures have been put to the petition demanding resignation of Prime Minister of Russia, who explained low salaries of Dagestani teachers by their own personal choice.

Meeting with relatives are forbidden to Andrias Gukasyan, a member of the civil movement "Get up, Armenia!", who was arrested on suspicion of organizing mass disorder in Yerevan, his wife Anahit Tarkhanyan has stated today.

A group of six residents of the village of Dygulybgey had supplied foodstuffs and medicines to militants, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated today.

Starting from August 1, the ethnic camp "Alan Footprint" has been working in North Ossetia, bringing together descendants of the Alans from Turkey, Hungary, and Syria.

On August 17, the court will start considering the lawsuit lodged by Khadija Ismayilova against the Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Baku, at the request of which the journalist had been in custody on charges of driving her colleague to suicide. She claims a compensation for the moral harm caused to her in the amount of 18,000 US dollars.

Magomed Vakhaev, a State Duma deputy from Chechnya, has appealed to Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of Russia, with a request to check the version suggested by advocates of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov. According to the advocates, the murder of Boris Nemtsov involves the Security Service of Ukraine.

At the meeting with the head of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has asked to send to the republic a special police commission to investigate the fact of the death of Magomed Daliev, suspected of robbery, who died at a police station.

On August 2, at the All-Russian National Youth Educational Forum "Territory of meanings on Klyazma", Gadji Kurbanov, a teacher of the Dagestani State University, complained to the Russian Prime Minister about low salaries of teachers.

The commitment of the Armenian authorities to the forced suppression of peaceful protest actions can become a new dangerous reality for the Armenian political environment. This opinion was voiced by the human rights organization "Freedom House". Any use of violence against peaceful protesters is unacceptable, state activists of the Human Rights House Foundation.

In Oslo, Adam Magomadov, a 23-year-old native of Chechnya, has been sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment for involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by court.

Gevorg Melkonyan, a member of the armed grouping "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), has been released on recognizance not to leave. This was reported by activist Toros Sefilyan.

Today, in Nalchik, Abkhazia Square has hosted Adyge Djegu, a mass Circassian dance event. According to experts, Adyge Djegu is "a quintessence of the Circassian culture."

Another rally of supporters of the opposition has turned into a march through the central streets of Yerevan to the president's residence, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The country's authorities should treat seriously the threats against Russia, expressed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned by the court in Russia, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Thus, they did not support the opinion of the acting head of Chechnya that the IS has no real power and capacity to commit terror acts in Russia.

Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has begun considering the case of Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the movement "Muslim Unity", and other 17 persons accused of committing a number of grave crimes. The indictment was read out at the court session.

The Investigating Committee of Armenia has reported about 14 injured mass media professionals. The affected journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, assert that their attackers during clashes knew that they were beating up mass media workers.

Araik Papikyan, a representative of the group of advocates, who defend the members of the "Sasna Tsrer" grouping, said that all the members of the grouping are arrested.

The incident occurred near the village of Chuvek on August 2. According to the preliminary information of the investigators, at about 8:00 p.m. Moscow time, the checkpoint near the village of Chuvek of the Khiv District, policemen stopped a passenger car to check documents.