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Today President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov had a meeting with close relatives of members of paramilitary groups (PMG) who asked Head of the republic to become guarantor of observance of the law if those who have “gone to the forest” surrender to law enforcement bodies and appeal to the Committee for adaptation of gunmen.

On Thursday, August, 4, residents of the town of Zverevo, Rostov region, started an action within the framework of which they intend to hold everyday pickets demanding revision of the tariffs on housing and communal services (HCS).

The workers who took part in the construction of the sports complex named after late Head of Chechnya Ahmat Kadyrov, the biggest one in Northern Caucasus, report that they have not received the promised salary although ceremonial opening of the complex took place in Grozny yet in May.

There are no legal or factual preconditions for the merger of South and North Ossetia and for South Ossetia's entry into Russian state's structure. This was announced today by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his interview to the Georgian and Russian journalists in Sochi.

The military unit No. 55056, deployed in Sochi, purchases for account of the budget "for state needs" a boat of the "luxury" category for the amount of 21,936,628 roubles – with two cabins, grill, DVD, and illuminated beds. Information on the auction is published on the official website for posting information on public procurement.

On August 5, in the vicinity of the village of Gimry of Untsukul District next to the building of the LLC "Rushydro", the residents of the nine mountainous districts of Dagestan plan to hold a rally demanding to open the "Gimry-Chirkata" Tunnel for vehicular traffic.

In the Georgian capital, five people involved in the riots in Tbilisi on May 26, were sentenced, the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia reports.

Today, during the third round of negotiation between the delegations from the ruling coalition and oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), the parties came to an agreement to have more frequent meetings. Instead of meeting once a week they will meet twice.

The experts from the Scientific and Research Institute of Archaeology of the Dagestani Scientific Centre (DSC) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), who organized an expedition to the Derbent District of Dagestan, report about numerous unique findings in the tombs of Palasasyrt.

The intervention of the public and the media played a huge role in the release of the Georgian journalists, who were arrested on charges of espionage for Russia, believe the commentators in Georgia.

In Azerbaijan, human rights organizations conduct a campaign to bring attention of the world public to human rights violations in the country. This was reported by Leila Yunus, the director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy.

On August 3 a meeting of the City Commission on adaptation to civilian life the citizens, who decided to stop their terror and extremist activities, was held in the administration of the city of Derbent. The commission considered the applications of two people.

On August 3, several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Georgia appealed to the Department of Punishment Executives, Probation and Legal Aid to immediately provide detention facilities with a ventilation system, creating adequate conditions for prisoners serving their terms.

In the Azerbaijani capital, the total number of victims of heat stroke comprised 107 people, including 39 people who were hospitalized. Most of the victims suffered in the last three days of July – 59 people.

Starting August 1, Muslims began a month of strict fasting, called Ramadan. This is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar, when Muslims should to keep fasting starting from morning namaz (prayer) at dawn till the time of the evening namaz after sunset.

In Ingushetia, the residents of the rural dwelling settlement of Plievo urged the republic's authorities to respect their right to elect a head of the municipality.

The Federal Court of Lenin District of the city of Makhachkala started hearings on the appeal of Ziyavdin Dapaev, a follower of Turkish theologian Said Nursi. Ziyavdin Dapaev had been sentenced to two years of conditional imprisonment on charges of organizing an extremist organization "Nurdzhular".

The Ministry of Finance (MF) of the Russian Federation has refused to agree on the state programme "Development of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) for the period up to 2025" in the amount of 3.9 billion roubles, as the Ministry of Regional Development proposed.

Today, the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) has fined the football club (FC) "Anji" by 600 thousand roubles for failing to ensure order during the match with the FC "Zenit". In case of repeated violations the football club from the city of Makhachkala will have to play two matches on a neutral field, the RFU's official website reports.

On August 3 the Constitutional Court of Georgia has registered the lawsuit on declaring unconstitutional Article 314 of the Criminal Code of Georgia ("espionage"). According to the authors of the lawsuit, the unclear expressions in the above article gave the Georgian authorities a right to arrest the photographers accused of espionage for Russia.