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Elgiz Gakhramanov, an activist of the Movement "Nida" (Shout), has been arrested on charges of drug dealing. His companions believe that he was arrested for political reasons.

Dagestan preserves the practice of traditional girls' genital cuttings (circumcision), performed with the support of the official clergy and considered by the population as their religious duty, says the study released by the "Legal Initiative for Russia" (LIfR) today on its website.

The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the court judgement, prohibiting her to leave Azerbaijan.

The court has sentenced Khomgot and Psabyda Evgamukov, accused of killing Mukhamed Kunizhev, an MP of the National Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to 12 and 7 years, accordingly, in a high-security colony.

On August 12-14, athletes from Southern Russia and Southern Caucasus won three gold and three bronze medals at Olympics-2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Successes of natives of the Caucasus at Olympics in Brazil; registration of candidates for the State Duma in Southern Russia; two special operations in districts of Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 8-14, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of August 8-14, 2016, 11 persons were 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.

At the "Sheremetyevo" Airport, the Olympic champion was met not only by representatives of the Ingush Diaspora, but also by numerous fans of judo, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The murder of two policemen in Izberbash involves members of a local terrorist grouping. Earlier, they attacked a group of tourists and killed two persons in the vicinity of the village of Sergokala, investigators report.

Law enforcers search for three men who were in a car together with Khizir Likhov, killed in a shootout with the police at night of August 14. In a boot of the car, in which the men involved in the incident were travelling, the law enforcers found a person whose hands were tied.

In Sochi, for two years, families relocated after the Olympic Games to a multi-storey apartment house built for volunteers, are deprived of supply of hot water and heating. This was reported by tenants.

Khizir Likhov, treated by law enforcers as one of the militant leaders, was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria during a night attack on policemen. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Preacher Shoip Tutaev, who publicly renounced his criticism against Ramzan Kadyrov, was detained by law enforcers for a week, and his body bore signs of torture. This was reported by Svetlana Gannushkina, the leader of the Committee "Civil Assistance".

Workers from four mines of the company "Kingcoal" have stated that they had not yet received 300 million roubles of wage arrears. Besides, they have accused the authorities of ignoring their demands.

100,000 signatures were gained by the petition posted on the state-owned portal of initiatives and directed against the package of anti-terrorism laws relating to Salafis and other non-traditional religious groups.

In the course of the shooting in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, law enforcers killed a man who was put on the federal wanted list as a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF). This was reported by the regional law enforcement bodies.

Tomorrow, lawyers of Murat Aguzarov, a brother of Tamerlan Aguzarov, the former leader of North Ossetia, intend to complain to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia about the refusal to register their client as a candidate to the State Duma.

The preliminary outcome of the contest of projects of the first shift of the North-Caucasian Forum "Mashuk-2016" has been obtained. Participants have presented their ideas to experts of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and Regional Public Institutions.

The court hearing to elect the pre-trial restriction against Natiq Jafarli, the secretary of the movement "Republican Alternative", accused of violating law, took place at night, and the opposition was not allowed to meet his advocate before the court hearing. This was reported by Djavad Djavadov, an advocate of Natiq Jafarli.

Physicians were unable to save Gagik Mkrtchyan, who was wounded in a shootout with oppositionists during the capture of the building of the police regiment in Yerevan.