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The CTO regime, introduced in the Suleiman Stalsky, Tabasaran and Khiv Districts of Dagestan, covers 2000 square kilometres, inhabited by 129,000 people. This year, these three districts have already caught the attention of power agents in the context of the shootout near the village of Akka and detection of bomb-making laboratories in the village of Orta-Stal.

Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist of Radio Liberty in Azerbaijan has attempted to disqualify the entire court that is considering her case; however, her motion was left unconsidered. Ismayilova treats the charges against her as absurd. In the course of the session, the court has rejected all the petitions, put forward by her and her defence.

In the period from August 11 to August 18, activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" gathered over 1500 signatures to the demand for resignation of the members of the Commission for Regulating Public Services (CRPS). Two weeks since the start of the campaign, the total number of signatories made more than 5000.

Zhabrail Shugushev, a villager of Dugulubgei (Dygulybgey), whose whereabouts his relatives tried to establish since August 15, was arrested by the court until 14 September.

Today, the legal regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO), introduced in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, was cancelled.

Officials of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) hope to pick up the trail of the criminals while inspecting the car abandoned by alleged killers of the district policeman Shamil Abdurakhmanov.

Today, the Landmark Business Centre in Baku hosted a roundtable on the topic "Analysis of Electoral Legislation: International Norms, Problems and Prospects". The event was organized by the non-governmental Institute of Democratic Initiatives (IDI), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The board of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" calls to restart mass protests in Yerevan, since the company chosen by the authorities to conduct an audit of electric grids is openly cooperating with the government.

The "Rosa Khutor" Company is engaged in construction of the road to the Engelmanovy forest meadows through the protected areas and thus destroys the relic forest and wildlife habitat. This was reported by activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus".

One of the men shot and killed on August 16 in the Untsukul District of Dagestan during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been pre-identified as Magomed Abdulaev, the leader of the mountainous sector of the organization "Imarat Kavkaz". This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

An aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has delivered to Moscow two children, who suffered from the explosion of a gas cylinder in the village of Dorgeli of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan. They will receive medical treatment in the Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital No. 9.

After the elimination of Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization, the militants can resume the practice of terror acts against civilians in Northern Caucasus. This fear has been expressed by residents of Dagestan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Russian side has chosen a selective approach to the preparation of the materials of the criminal case concerning the massacre of the family in Gyumri which were sent to the Armenian counterpart. This was reported by advocate Lusine Saakyan at the press conference held on August 17.

In Boston, the trial in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who was sentenced to death penalty for organizing the terror act during the marathon could not be impartial. This has been stated by his advocates. They have filed a motion for holding a new trial in another city.

Victoria and Maxim Tonkikh believe that the guardianship bodies of Novorossiysk had no reasons to take away their baby, who died on August 12 in hospital, and his three-year-old sister. The parents assert that the baby was dropped down at hospital.

Twelve US citizens were teaching English at the children's camp in Teberda, although they arrived in Russia on tourist visas, said the republic's department of the FSB.

As reported today by the advocate Lusine Sahakyan, her colleagues, who represent the interests of successors of the victims of Gyumri massacre – the Avetisyan family, demand a psychological and psychiatric examination of Valery Permyakov.

During the week of August 10-16, 2015, at least seven persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six persons were killed, and one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In his initial testimony recorded by a video camera, Zaur Dadaev, the main defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has mentioned the advance paid for the death of the politician. This has been reported today by the "Rosbalt" with reference to a source in the law enforcement bodies. The defence of Zaur Dadaev voiced scepticism about the information.

This morning, a policeman was shelled in the village of Novy Khushet of the Lenin District of Makhachkala. He died from the injuries he got.