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At the meeting of the Election Commission of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) held on August 12, the decision has been made to refuse Aliy Totorkulov, the chairman of the Russian Congress of the Peoples of the Caucasus, in the registration as a candidate to the Russian State Duma.

In Yerevan, at a rally held at Freedom Square, the opposition leaders have announced the reorganization of the anti-crisis group to coordinate protest actions.

Preacher Shoip Tutaev, who left Chechnya abroad and criticized Ramzan Kadyrov for the oppression of believers, returned home. At the meeting with the Chechen leader, Shoip Tutaev has publicly renounced his beliefs. According to interviewed residents of Chechnya, Shoip Tutaev did that under pressure.

The advocate of Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov has sent the appeals to the President of Russia and the chief of the Russian FSB. In his appeals, the advocate requests to pay attention to the situation with the refusal to let the Imam to enter Georgia.

Maxim Shevchenko, a self-nominated candidate running for a seat in the Russian State Duma from Dagestan, has been denied of registration under the pretext that the dates in the signatures lists in support were written by the same person.

In the course of a special operation in the Botlikh District, law enforcers killed Shamil Gadjiev, the suspected leader of the "mountainous sector" of the armed underground, his brother Ali Gadjiev, and Yakub Magomedov and Magomedgadji Magomedgadjiev. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Asker Bizhoev, a Russian military, killed in Syria, is posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

In the case against Valery Permyakov, representatives of successors of the Avetisyan family members left the courtroom, since the judge refused to interrupt the trial for the period of consideration of a civil action against Russia.

The authenticity of the statement made by a female resident of Adygea that ecologist Valery Brinikh collects bribes from local entrepreneurs is not confirmed. That was reported by the ecologists himself.

Agents of agricultural and transportation companies have reported losses from the ban on daily movement of trucks in the Krasnodar Territory. The performance of the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port was not affected by the ban.

In a Moscow hospital, two other women injured in the explosion in the Makhachkala cafe "Laili" have died. It is reported by the "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Northern Caucasus" with reference to the press service of the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH).

Today, in the vicinity of the town of Izberbash, unidentified attackers shelled a squad of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS). Two policemen were killed.

Today, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime introduced in the Dagestani village of Andi on August 11.

The decision to institute a criminal case against Djamal Kasumov, a deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan, suspected of beating a policeman, has not still been made. Under law, the institution of a criminal case requires a sanction of the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), since Djamal Kasumov is a candidate to the State Duma.

During the past day, the Azerbaijani armed forces have violated the ceasefire 40 times. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the MoD, the number of incidents on the contact line decreased by 2-3 times in comparison with the same period of 2015; however, the MoD's officials expect new escalations of the conflict.

After the discharge of five persons injured during the capture of the police regiment building in Yerevan, one policeman, one rebel, and two demonstrators still stay in hospitals.

In Ingushetia, judo is the most popular sport; however, the Khasan Khalmurzaev's victory at the 2016 Olympic Games brought the interest in the sport to a new level. This opinion was voiced by experts and coaches, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Ust-Djeguta District Court has postponed until August 18 the trial in the case of the death of detainee Murat Borlakov at a police station because of illness of advocates. This was reported by advocate Pavel Misharin, who represented the interests of the victims.

At the trial in Baku, Fuad Gakhramanly, the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has claimed the falsification by the authorities of the "Nardaran case". According to him, the Azerbaijani authorities put pressure on believers, who oppose arbitrariness of politicians and corruption.

The Batumi City Court has found Aslan Abashidze, the former chief of the Adjara Autonomous Republic, guilty of murdering his deputy Nodar Imnadze in 1991 and of blowing up two bridges in 2004. The defendant was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment.