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Today, in front of the General Prosecutor' Office (GPO) of Armenia, a protest action was held with a demand of immediate acquittal and release of convicted young activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Tigran Arakelyan, Artak Karapetyan, David Kiramidzhyan and Sarkis Gevorkyan.

Today, Dmitry Ushakov, representing the Krasnodar Territory, has won the silver medal at 2012 Olympics in trampoline jumping.

In Rostov-on-Don, during celebration of the Day of Russian Airborne Forces (known as VDV Day), the police detained 150 persons for administrative offences; 67 of them are former and current VDV servicemen. According to the Chief Department for the Rostov Region of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), clashes of the police with a large group of former VDV servicemen took place on the embankment of the Don River.

The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachov has explained the formation of Cossack police in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the river) by the need of "squeezing" the aliens, in particular, "Caucasian nationals" out of the region. These Tkachov's statements, broadly discussed in media and blogs, were made on August 2 during an expanded sitting of the Collegium of the Chief Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Regional politicians and community leaders recognize the existence of interethnic problems, but note that Cossack guards will not eliminate the reasons.

A native of Dagestan Malik Akhmadov, who became Category I invalid after saving a drowning girl, was awarded the medal "For Saving Those Who Perish" by a decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Today, professionals of Georgian mass media have held a protest action "Arrested" in front of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. The protest had to do with the "Maestro" case, said the protesters.

Granush Akopyan, Minister for Diaspora Matters of Armenia, has told reporters that most of the Syrian Armenians are waiting for stabilization of situation in Syria aiming to go back. Along with that, as she said, in recent years 800 families of Syrian Armenians have bought real estate property in Armenia.

Mothers of visually impaired children of Volgodonsk and Zimovnikov District have appealed to the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev with a request to open a special group in the kindergarten for their children. However, the education department of Volgodonsk said that there are not enough such children in the city and offered the women to open a family-based preschool group.

On August 2, the national carrier of Armenia – the "Armavia" Airline – carried out an additional Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flight without passengers because of their absence.

At the initiative of the public organization named "Ayazn", a group of young people has come from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh to stay in a tent camp near the village of Zuar, Shaumyan District. The camp will run till August 11.

The sixth day of the London Olympic Games proved to be unsuccessful for Azerbaijani athletes. On August 2, Azerbaijan has finally lost its chances to win medals at competitions in judo: Elmar Gasymov, the last Azerbaijani athlete had to occupy the seventh place.

Today, in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow, a picket was held in support of Gilal (Hilal) Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who was arrested in Azerbaijan,.

Today, all markets of Vladikavkaz were evacuated and cordoned off because of an anonymous call about a planted bomb. Law enforcement authorities of North Ossetia did not found any explosive devices and explosives at any of the seven markets of Vladikavkaz.

Tagir Khaibulaev, judoka of the Russian national team, a native of Dagestan, became Champion of the London Olympic Games in the weight category of up to 100 kg.

10 out of 25 Armenian athletes have completed their performance at the London Olympic Games. None of them won points for their national team. The number of the defeated athletes includes two swimmers, two judokas, three weightlifters, one gymnast, one boxer, and one shooter.

Torture, which power agents apply to detainees, contributes to leaving of young people "for the forest". This was stated by Maryam Akhmatova, the leader of the public organization "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria for Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms", at the conference, held in Nalchik and dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the movement "For Human Rights". Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement "For Human Rights", recommended local human rights defenders to complete an analytical note on the existence of opinions about how to administer the situation in the republic from one centre and promised to bring it to the authorities of the country.

Today, in Baku, Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Abid Abdinbekov, considered an appeal, filed by Anar Bairamly, a staff member of the representative office of the Iranian TV in Azerbaijan. The Court has partially granted the appeal and reduced the journalist's punishment from 2 years of imprisonment to 1 year of imprisonment.

Yesterday, on August 1, at the highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan, in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, three unidentified men in camouflage and masks shot and killed a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

On August 2-12, Jewish communities of Northern Caucasus will be visited by the Jewish ethnographic expedition, organized by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR). The expedition will visit the cities of Novocherkassk, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Armavir, Stavropol, Volgograd, and Volzhsky.

On August 1, near the residence of the President of Armenia, an action was held in support of sentenced activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC). The action was attended by the ANC activists and representatives of a number of public organizations.