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On August 30, three members of the “Yabloko” Party, Irene Ilyenkova, Alexei Chelmakin and Pavel Lisichkin, held a picket in Kurortny Avenue of Sochi against Russia's participation in warfare in Syria, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Lazarevskoe District Court of Sochi has re-examined the case on holding a prayer on the Adygs’ Remembrance Day and upheld the administrative fine imposed on Ruslan Gvashev, a Circassian activist. The judgement will be appealed against, as the court has violated the activist's right to defence, said Marina Dubrovina, a Gvashev's advocate.

Umar Djabrailov, a businessman and former Senator from Chechnya, detained after shooting in a Moscow hotel, has been released from the police station.

In Gukovo, law enforcers provoke and intimidate members of the initiative group of miners, who demand to cover wage arrears and who plan to hold a march to the regional centre. This was reported by the miners.

Before Crimea joined Russia, FSB officers, who were killed during a special operation in Dagestan, used to serve at the Centre for Special Operations of the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU).

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the decision on arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Azerbaijani Turan news agency. This was reported by his advocate.

On August 29, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized as legitimate the decision of the court in Germany to deport to Russia an 18-year-old native of Dagestan, suspected of being involved in terrorist activities.

The Georgian authorities have appealed to several states for help in extinguishing the fire in the area of the Abastumani resort. Today, Ukraine and Turkey have sent aircraft to help Georgia.

At a Moscow hotel, the police arrested Umar Djabrailov, a businessman and a former senator from Chechnya. This has been reported today by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

In connection with the celebration of the Eid al-Adha holiday, by the decree of the Chechen leader, the days of August 31, September 1 and 2 are announced to be the days off in the republic.

In the evening on August 29, the Turan news agency released a statement, claiming the pressure from investigators on the news agency's staff members.

According to residents of Grozny, law enforcers failed to warn them about the antiterrorist exercises carried out in a residential quarter on August 29.

In Rostov-on-Don, a march of Gukovo miners should be coordinated with each municipality along the route. This was stated by the Gukovo administration. On the day of the march start, provocations may occur with the purpose to stop the action by force, members of the initiative group believe.

The verdict of the Supreme Court of Russia in the case against Khasan Zakaev failed to take into account the interests of the victims and did not compensate for the damage suffered by them, assert advocates of the victims.

The health state of rights defender Igor Nagavkin, who on August 8 declared indefinite hunger strike in the Butyrka SIZO (pre-trial prison), worsened. This was reported by his advocate.

Employees of the Georgian Railways continue hunger-striking in Tbilisi. Doctors provided help to activist Ilya Lezhava; another hunger-striker was prohibited to continue the protest.

Activists of the public organization “Ochag” (Hearth) are raising funds to congratulate Syrian Circassians on the Kurban Bayram holiday.

Each of 45 families affected by the fires in the Volgograd Region was paid one-time social compensation in the amount of 10,000-50,000 roubles. This was reported by the authorities for the Volgograd Region.

A resident of Kaspiysk has been detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack on law enforcers at a gas station, during which one staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was killed and another was wounded.

Today, a video published on YouTube has shown the moment of detonation of a house in Khasavyurt, where, according to law enforcers, improvised explosive devices (IED) were discovered.