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A resident of the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya of Sunzha District of Ingushetia claims that on August 4, his son Vakha Zhovbatyrov was kidnapped by armed people. As of August 8, whereabouts of Vakha Zhovbatyrov is still unknown.

Representatives of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Karachay-Cherkessia, put forward the initiative to limit sale of alcoholic beverages in the republic during the month of Ramadan. With this aim, they toured dwelling settlements of the republic and visited owners of private shops, asking them to stop selling alcoholic beverages during the Muslim sacred month.

Edmond Marukyan and Karen Tumanyan, members of the "Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia" appealed to Agvan Ovsepyan, General Prosecutor of Armenia, demanding to initiate a criminal case on the beating of their client Azroyan, a 20-year-old soldier, in the Stepanakert Court on August 3. The lawyers demanded to guarantee their safety in trials in the city of Stepanakert.

Journalist Fatullaev, a former political prisoner, received from the Government of Azerbaijan 27,822 euros by the order of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The payment occurred 15 months after making the ECtHR's decision.

On August 8, the 6th stage of the programme "Ari Tun" (Return Home) was launched in Yerevan. Young Armenians from 12 countries will participate in this year's programme. This was announced by Granush Akopyan, Minister of Armenian Diaspora.

Copies of the materials of the criminal case on the events in South Osetia in August, 2008, were referred to Public prosecutor of International criminal court. This was reported by official representative of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) Vladimir Markin today. According to him, Russia demands making the Georgian officials guilty of crimes against citizens of the Russian Federation criminally liable.

Khamovnichesky court of Moscow deferred hearing on the cassational appeal against the verdict of acquittal to Head of “Memorial” Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov submitted by Andrey Krasnenkov, attorney of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, till October, 4, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports from the courthouse.

The Ministry for Internally Displacement Persons, Resettlement and Refugees of Georgia granted the status of immigrant to 105 Meskhetian immigrants.

A new stage of the project “Kunachestvo” (“Friendship”) passed off in Kabardino-Balkaria from August, 1, till August, 5. The boys who took part in it and the organizers of this stage of inter-regional project consider that the project should be continued.

Starting September 1, the project "Georgian Language for Future Success" will be operating. The Ministry of Education has already completed the selection of candidates for participation in the contest for teaching positions. Selected candidates will be directed to teach Georgian language in non-Georgian schools in the districts of Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Djavakheti and Kakheti.

About 400 internet blog users took part in an action “Blogger against rubbish” in Astrakhan region. Governor Alexander Zhilkin also participated in tidying up the beach.

Today, at the National Football Championship the Makhachkala football club (FC) "Anji" defeated the team "Tom" from the city of Tomsk. Before the match, the official presentation of the new player of the Dagestani team – Yuri Zhirkov, a midfielder of the Russian team and the London team "Chelsea" – was conducted.

Today, the city of Kutaisi has hosted a funeral ceremony of Tamta Liparteliani, a Georgian student, who perished in Norway during the terror act at the youth camp on the island of Uteoya, was held.

On August 15 the residents of the nine mountainous districts of Dagestan will come to the rally demanding to open the "Gimry-Chirkata" Tunnel for automobile traffic, which was closed on August 3.

In accordance with the order of Dmitry Shashkin, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, in the new 2011-2012 academic year teaching English will become mandatory in the universities of Georgia. This was reported by the Ministry's statement released on August 5.

Eduard Taashev, involved in the grouping of Zalim Tutov, who was in wanted list, was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported today by the United Information Centre (UIC) of the law enforcement agencies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

10 sailors from Georgia, who were captured as hostages by Somali pirates almost 11 months ago, did not go on the air for a radio contact since April.

On August 5, a conflict between two Caucasian natives led to a shooting from the traumatic weapons near the mosque on the Poklonnaya Hill in the west of Moscow. One Caucasian native was injured.

Construction of the railway Baku-Tbilisi-Kars, linking the territories of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, will be completed in 2012. This was announced by Ramaz Nikolaishvili, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia.

In Chechnya, during the year the commission for reconciliation of blood feudists (blood feud avengers) managed to reconcile 812 families who were in the state of blood feud; and the last three of such families will be reconciled before the end of Ramadan, the Republic's Muftiat states.