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Participants of the opposition rally held on August 18 in Baku demanded the authorities to create conditions for the return to the country of Rustam Ibragimbekov, Chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), and his participation in the election.

In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from August 12 to August 18, 2013, at least 17 people suffered; of them 12 perished and five were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Participants of the rally, held on August 18 in Rostov-on-Don demanded to tighten the immigration policy and to amend the Charter of the Region with provisions on the recognition of Russians and Cossacks to be the indigenous population of the region.

The rally against the construction of the well room in the park opposite the Winter Theatre in Sochi was attended by more than 50 persons and ended in the adoption of resolution demanding to stop the construction of the object and to restore the green zone.

On August 17, in Cherkessk, the first meeting of the Coordination Council of Repressed Nations of Russia was held. During the meeting, Ruslan Khabov was elected Chairman of the Council.

On August 18, about 20 tenants of a two-storey building No. 4 in Sevastopol Street held a rally, which resulted in filing a complaint to the City Mayoralty. Officials are going to cover the dilapidated building with a huge banner for the period of the Olympic Games.

During one day of August 17, in the course of raids in the Takhtamukai District of Adygea, policemen detained 78 illegal immigrants. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Adygea.

In the context of the deaths of two conscripts in the Ashuluk Range, a criminal case was opened. The investigation is run by the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Caspian Flotilla. The perished soldiers were not prepared for the work they were ordered to do, human rights activists assert.

The detentions of relatives of the leaders of the Federal Lezgin National-Cultural Autonomy (FLNCA) are another attempt of the official Baku to find a lever for putting pressure on the leadership of the FLNCA, and on Russia as a whole. The detentions and continued custody are accompanied by human rights violations and violation of international agreements, said the participants of the press conference held in Moscow.

Today, in Abinsk, an ecological rally of residents of the district was held against the sale of land plots in the mountainous part of the district for extraction of marlstone – the raw material for cement production. The action brought together about 300 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Within one day, 51 out of 64 drivers of Novocherkassk ambulances applied for resignation because of low wages and unacceptable working conditions. They submitted their applications on August 16, and the immediate trigger was the closure of one of the garages.

In Sochi, a special committee has selected three priority projects out of 13 initiatives aimed to promote ecological routes. The new environmentally-friendly pathways are ready to receive tourists, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

As reported by locals, on August 16, before the collective Friday prayer, Imams of some Chechen mosques called their parishioners to take an active part in the local parliamentary elections.

The Mayoralty of Baku has sanctioned the rally appointed for August 18 by the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) in support of the presidential candidate, the screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov.

The Armenian Ministry of Diaspora has invited philanthropists to help in building the district "New Aleppo" intended for the Armenian refugees from Syria who live today in Armenia. The Ministry adds that any contribution from any donator will be welcomed.

The institutions of general education of Chechnya have completed their preparations for the new school year, the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Chechnya has reported. Parents of pupils are afraid that the initiative of introduction of the mandatory school uniform for pupils will not be successful.

Visually impaired voters will be able to take part in the parliamentary elections in Chechnya by using special ballots in Braille produced by the Central Election Commission (CEC), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the CEC.

The consideration of the motion of the suffered party in the case of beating of military doctors in the parking lot of "Harsnaqar" Restaurant in Yerevan has been postponed until the final court decision. Earlier, the victims asked the court to recognize the clothes they wore on the day of the fight as substantial evidence.

Today, Mikhail Abramyan, Secretary of the Krasnodar Regional Branch of the Party "Communists of Russia", was discharged from Hospital No. 2 of Krasnodar. The court session on his case will take place on August 21.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision of the administrative arrest for 15 days of the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party Tural Abbasly.