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Today, the Government of Armenia and the European Investment Bank signed banking agreements on granting loan in the amount of 37 million euros for the modernization of checkpoints on the border with Georgia and for reconstruction of water treatment facilities.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal held a preparatory session in connection with the motion on early conditional release, filed by Shakhin Gasanli, the head of the organizational unit of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

Temporary restoration of Iran visa regime for citizens of Azerbaijan has restricted visits of residents of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) to the rest part of Azerbaijan and in the opposite direction.

Today, on August 7, Edita Novikova, injured in the explosion in the "Bellagio" cafe in Volgograd, signed an agreement with Andrei Koshkadaev, the owner of the cafe. The Central District Court has issued a decision approving the settlement agreement, which will enter into force in 15 days.

Today, in Makhachkala, in Lenin Square and near the building of the Republic's Prosecutor's Office, two unsanctioned pickets were held, which was attended by more than 1000 persons. In the course of the protest actions, citizens demanded to release from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) two residents of the city of Izberbash, detained by power agents, and appealed for help to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Relatives of Islam Tachiev and Magomed Khayauri, killed in the special operation in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya of the Sunzha District, claim that young people did not render any armed resistance and that they were shot and killed by power agents without warning. The family members of the killed persons have appealed to human rights organizations, and they intend to achieve an objective investigation and posthumous rehabilitation of their children.

Two soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces perished. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the country. One soldier died in a hospital from illness, and the other one perished as a result of an accident.

On August 6, Revaz Lashkhi, a wrestler of Greco-Roman style from Georgia in the weight category of up to 60 kg, managed to enter the final of the London Olympic Games; however, in the final, he was defeated in the competition for the gold medal. At present, the Georgian athletes have two medals at the London Olympic Games.

In the Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow, at the trial against sambo fighter Rasul Mirzaev, after whose punch Ivan Agafonov, a Moscow resident, died, the prosecutors have finished providing evidences of the defendant's guilt, and the defence begins to represent its evidences. The court will summon witnesses. This was stated by Alexei Grebenskoy, the lawyer of the athlete.

On August 6, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan sentenced three initiators of a mass fight at the city market on the Airborne Forces Day (known as VDV Day) in 2011 to imprisonment for the terms of 1 year and 9 months and of 2 years. This was announced by Oleg Dupak, Regional Prosecutor.

Militants, killed during the armed clash in the outskirts of Nalchik, are identified; they were Gusei Guziev and Yuri Akhkubekov, residents of the village of Khasanya. This was reported by law enforcement agencies.

According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), four Russian military men were killed in the double explosion, which occurred on August 6 in the October District of Grozny. Two military men, a Chechen police officer, and a local resident got injuries of varying severity. Doctors do not fear for the condition of the injured persons.

Alan Khugaev, a Russian wrestler of Greco-Roman style, became the Olympic Champion in the weight category of up to 84 kg. In the final, Alan Khugaev defeated Karam Mohammed Gaber Ibrahim, representative of Egypt.

Representatives of Chechen law enforcement agencies treat a terror act, which occurred today in Grozny as a revenge of militants for the operation, conducted in the village of Galashki. The terror act was organized by Gakaev brothers, the republic's authorities believe.

Investigator refused to stop the case against Sergey Khadjikurbanov, former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta". This was reported by the lawyer of Sergey Khadjikurbanov.

During the trial on the case against sambo fighter Rasul Mirzaev, after whose blow Ivan Agafonov, a Moscow resident, died, public prosecutors announced testimonies of the witnesses, who failed to appear at the court session. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.

In accordance with the decision of the Parliament of South Ossetia on amnesty in connection with the election of a new president, 15 persons, including three citizens of Georgia, have been already released, and 8 other prisoners faced reduction of the period of their sentences. This was announced by Sergey Bitiev, First Deputy General Prosecutor of South Ossetia.

Today, the judicial panel of the Supreme Court of Dagestan dismissed the appeal of relatives of an 8-year-old Gadji Nasrutdinov, who died in the hospital as a result of a double explosion in Makhachkala on January 28, 2012. The relatives of the deceased child demand to qualify the explosion as a terror act.

On August 5, Chechen young men, conscripted for military service in units of the 46th brigade of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) a month ago, took a military oath. The solemn ceremony was held under the enhanced security measures in the territory of the memorial named after Akhmad Kadyrov in the centre of Grozny.

The "Armenian General Benevolent Union", one of the largest charitable organizations of the Armenian Diaspora (Boston, the USA), has decided to allocate 1 million US dollars for providing the necessary humanitarian assistance to Syrian Armenians.