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After May 15, 2009, when the first terrorist-suicide bomber blew himself up in Chechnya after cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, Northern Caucasus saw 25 terror acts against civilians committed in crowded places. As a result, at least 11 peaceful residents were lost and 159 more were wounded. From the start of 2010, 23 explosions were triggered and one terror act was committed by a suicide bomber.

Today at night, near Kendelen village, Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, in a large forest, four unidentified persons in camouflage and masks came up to six tourists and opened fire from sub-machine guns.

On August 17, five persons were detained in the city of Grozny as suspects of helping the members of the armed underground, liquidated on August 8 in the Chechen capital. Another suspect was detained by operative agents in the Sunzha District of Chechnya.

This year's entrance exams to higher schools of Armenia have shown a reduced level of corruption in the sphere of education. The main reason was in increased number of vacancies for students by 6000. This was stated at a press conference by Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Science and Education of Armenia.

As reported by a source in power bodies of Nalchik, a man was killed and two women - passengers of a fixed-route taxi - were wounded in a shelling.

Nino Tsindeliani, 79, a woman-refugee from Abkhazia, who remained homeless, has gone on hunger strike in Heroes Square in central Tbilisi, at the memorial of perished fighters for territorial integrity of Georgia.

On August 17, in the Gdlan isolation facility in Tbilisi, Melor Vachnadze, founder of youth social movement "Shemogviertdi" (Join Us), announced a protest hunger strike. Today, Vakhtang Maisaya, convicted for espionage, has joined him.

The investigation has established the main suspect in the case about the explosion in central Pyatigorsk. As reported by local law enforcement bodies, this is Alexander Kim, 42, a native of Chechnya.

On Tuesday, August 17, the Transparency International (TI) published its Corruption Perception Index (CPI). It is noted that Georgia is least corrupted from among all Russia's neighbours.

On August 13 in Stavropol two residents of Ingushetia - Islam Evloev, 24, and Ahmed Gazdiev, 21, - were kidnapped; until now there whereabouts are unknown, their relatives assert.

In the course of the check conducted at the Chechen State University, employees of the local prosecutor's office revealed facts of using faked certificates on secondary education by entrants to the University. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from a source in local law enforcement bodies.

The law enforcement bodies of Dagestan assert that they have solved the murder of Yunus Khulataev, deputy chief of the division of the investigatory department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Republic of Dagestan. His son - Gadjimurad Khulataev - was named as the crime customer; he had got "under the influence of extremists" and is already giving confessional evidences.

Today at 9:52 a.m., a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies took off from the airport of the Caucasian Mineral Waters to take four heavily injured victims of the Pyatigorsk explosions for treatment to Moscow.

After May 15, 2009, when a suicide bomber blew himself up for the first time after cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, as of today, under estimates of the "Caucasian Knot", the regions of Northern Caucasus saw 22 terror acts committed by suicide bombers. As a result of these explosions, 92 persons perished in total, and 414 more were wounded.

Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia received the offered amendments to the national Constitution, according to which although the President will lose his right to appoint ministers but will preserve the title of Commander-in-Chief and the right to form the top management of the Joint Staff.

Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has prolonged till November 3 the arrest of Evgenia Khasis, accused of complicity in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov.

Today at 4:15 p.m. Moscow time in the centre of the resort city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, a car stuffed with explosive was blown up. 30 persons were injured; three of them are in resuscitation, their condition is grave.

In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, two suspected militants were liquidated, who, by the official data, had opened fire on militiamen. As a result, one of the employees of the MIA, a boy and a woman were wounded.

As stated by Oyus Gurtuev, deputy chair of the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP), the protest action of a group of residents of Kabardino-Balkaria in Moscow has lost any further sense; the hunger strike should be stopped, and European structures should be addressed for help.

On August 13, 2010, Makhmud Akhmedov, earlier beaten by militiamen at interrogation, was discharged from the Central Republic's Hospital. As a result of his trauma, Makhmud lost hearing by one ear. Doctors conclude that in case of necessary treatment and favourable conditions the hearing can be restored, runs the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".