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In Tbilisi, in front of the building of Russian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Georgia, an action of support and solidarity with the punk band "Pussy Riot" was held. About 30 young people with bright posters in their hands and with bright masks on their heads came to express their solidarity with the members of the "Pussy Riot" and quoted the words of a band's song.

On August 16, the verdict to Roman Gubarev, convicted by the Stavropol Regional Court for the murder of 8 persons in Stavropol, entered into legal force. This was reported by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

About 40 activists of the youth wing of the "Georgian Dream" held a protest action at the house of President Mikhail Saakashvili in the town of Kvareli. They demanded to clarify the circumstances of spending the funds, allocated to help victims of the flooding in Kakheti.

Participants of the today's rally, which was organized by public initiative "Let's Release Youth of Congress" and held in Yerevan, passed to the Yerevan Office of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) a letter, demanding to release young opposition activists.

Today, Elista solemnly welcomed Olympic champion Alina Makarenko; at the airport, she was greeted by her relatives and friends, young students of the gymnastics school, and journalists. Decree of Alexei Orlov, the leader of the republic, who also greeted the athlete, awarded her with the title of "Hero of Kalmykia".

The Supreme Court of Dagestan returned to the Prosecutor's Office a criminal case against Zaur Gasanov, a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, was a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), which acted in the city of Izberbash.

On August 16, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia registered the electoral block "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" for participation in the parliamentary elections.

The body of a young man, who was killed at the exit from "the East Mosque" in Khasavyurt, was taken and driven away to some unknown destination by attackers, who shot and killed him. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an eyewitness of the incident.

Today, in Novocherkassk, Oleg Prudnikov, the organizer of the rally in support of the punk band "Pussy Riot" was detained. According to Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" in the Rostov Region, the detention is an attempt to disrupt the rally.

At today's court session on the case against athlete Rasul Mirzaev, after whose blow Ivan Agafonov, a resident of Moscow, died, Judge Andrei Fedin pronounced the decision to conduct a new comprehensive examination.

Unidentified persons extorted money from Ruslan Kodzev, an entrepreneur from the city of Baksan, and that fact could be a motive for his murder. This was reported by a resident of the city. A representative of the local administration also believes that the murder was connected with the entrepreneur activity of the deceased man.

Vladimir Zhamborov, the head of the administration of the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, a figurant of the case on embezzlement of state property, strictly refused the medical examination and conducting the medical treatment. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Yesterday, August 15, 6:00 p.m., was a deadline for registration of candidates, who would participate in the elections of local self-administration in Armenia to be held on September 9. According to the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Armenia, as of 4:30 p.m. Moscow time, 598 persons nominated themselves for the positions of the heads of 375 communities in five regions of the country.

Last week, from August 6 to August 12, 2012, at least 41 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 24 persons perished and 17 more were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

In Rostov-on-Don, five activists of the "Left-Wing Front" held in front of the City Department of Transportation a protest action against rising fares for public transportation. The protest action took place without any detentions.

The judicial panel on civil cases of the Volgograd Regional Court upheld the decision of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd with regard to Igor Maksimchuk, Chief of the Department for housing policy of the city administration, who was accused of overestimating the costs of apartments, purchased for orphans.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, was too eager in criticizing Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia. This was stated by Alexander Cherkasov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Musa Muradov, a correspondent of the newspaper "Kommersant", believes that the terror act in Grozny, committed on August 6, should not be associated with the words of the Chechen leader.

On August 14, flight "Aleppo-Yerevan" to Armenia brought 149 children of Syrian Armenians. They were greeted by Granush Akopyan, Minister of Diaspora, representatives of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, the Syrian Embassy in Armenia, and their relatives, living in Armenia, and children from summer camp.

Kartoev brothers and Zelimkhan Aushev, residents of Ingushetia, convicted in case on blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train in November 2009, were transferred from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Tver to Moscow. This was stated by Musa Pliev, the lawyer of the defendant Timur Kartoev.

On August 13, Kazbek Zankishiev, a resident of the village of Verkhnyaya Zhamtala of the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, disappeared under unknown circumstances. This was claimed by his father Iskhaq Zankishiev. The relatives of the disappeared man whose fate is still unknown have filed a complaint to the police and appealed to human rights defenders for help.