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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.

Ukraine has decided to extradite to the Russian Federation Ilya Pyanzin, a citizen of Kazakhstan, suspected of planning the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Elena Abramova, Spokesperson of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odessa Region. However, the suspect's lawyers challenged the decision of the first instance court on extradition at the Court of Appeal of the Odessa Region.

On September 1, 48 children from Syria will start attending schools of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by Kamal Borchaev, Deputy Chief of the Department of Education of the city of Nalchik.

Armenia anticipates resignations in the field of sport; however, the particular dismissals will be announced in September. This was reported by Grachya Rostomyan, Minister of Sports, upon arrival of the national Olympic team in Yerevan from London. According to him, the Ministry already has specific plans upon the outcomes of the Olympic Games, and they will also be announced later after the meeting of the Council of the leaders of the sports federations of the country.

Today, on the 40th day after the tragedy in the city of Krymsk, where the strongest flooding killed people, all Orthodox churches of the Krasnodar Territory hold memorial services.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, preparation of Muslims to pilgrimage to holy places has started. This was reported by Murat Sibekov, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the republic. According to him, 350 persons have already submitted applications to perform the pilgrimage.

The authorities of the Stavropol Territory and the leaders of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" agreed on the inclusion of the special economic zone (SEZ) of tourism and recreational type "Grand Spa Yutsa" in the Stavropol Territory in the tourism cluster in the southern Russia.

On August 14, at 9:00 p.m. Moscow time, in Sochi, during the gathering of citizens, protesting against the construction of a thermal power plant (TPP), Anatoly Makhnovsky, Chairman of the territorial public self-administration (TPS) "Kudepsta", and Pavel Chesnokov, a member of the TPS, were detained. The activists were brought to the unit on duty to complete a protocol on holding an unsanctioned action. This was reported by Colonel Valery Medvedev, Chief of the Police of the Adler District.

The administration of Rostov-on-Don has sanctioned an action of solidarity with members of the punk band "Pussy Riot", scheduled for August 17. The venue of the picket will be an area in front of the City Don Public Library.

The criminal case against former district militia inspectors, accused of using violence against Vyacheslav Merekha, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, was brought to the Predgorny District Court.

Today, at about 6:00 p.m., residents of Stepanakert felt 3-4 magnitude underground tremors; no people suffered and no destructions occurred.

As a result of shootout, which occurred at the marketplace "Zagorodny" (Countryside) in Makhachkala, guards of the market, born in 1988 and 1990, were delivered to hospital with wounds. At present, their condition is assessed as satisfactory.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the appeal of Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", and decided to leave him in custody.

Today, the Court of Appeal of the Odessa Region dismissed the complaint, filed by the defence of Adam Osmaev, suspected of planning the assassination of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and upheld the decision of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine to extradite the native of Grozny to Russia.