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Father of Ivan Dembskiy, 12, illegal immigrant to France, who fell down last week from a balcony in the French city of Amiens, had run away from Chechnya because of his unwilling to become a militant.

Starting from August 12, the Russian-language segment of the Internet disseminates a video of an assumed double murder of a Tadjik and a Dagestanian.

Today, representatives of the "Dagestan Mothers" public organization have addressed their applications to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against the employees of law enforcement bodies, who were involved, in their opinion, in kidnapping and torturing the young men.

Alimardan Aliev, head of the public and political department of the executive power of the Lenkoran District, told that Yana Amelina, journalist of the "Rosbalt" Information Agency, was not deported from Azerbaijan.

Zukhra Tsipinova, former wife of Anzor Astemirov, leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants, has addressed her complaint to President V. Putin, General Public Prosecutor of the RF Yu. Chaika and Chair of the Human Rights Commission under the RF President E. Pamfilova.

While sometimes the water supply to Tskhinval made some 20-30 percent of the demand, during several recent days water taps have not yielded a drop of water.

The state of health of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the Investigatory Isolation Facility (SIZO-1) of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has dramatically aggravated.

Five modern kidney machines (haemodialyzers) bought by one of local businessmen to cover the deficit of these devices for local kidney insufficiency patients have been delivered to the dialysis department.

Relatives of local resident Ibragim Gadziev, who was kidnapped on August 8 in Karabulak (Ingushetia) and taken in unknown direction, are not able so far to clarify his whereabouts.

The "Kavkassia" Georgian Independent TV Company has failed so far, after eviction on August 10 from the building of the "Samshoblo" (Homeland) Publishing House, to find any alternative office premises and resume its broadcasting.

The Russian Committee for Agricultural Supervision ("Rosselkhoznadzor") has addressed the International Epizootic Bureau in connection with a message of the Veterinary Service of Abkhazia about detection in River Kodor of carcasses of pigs that perished from African swine fever.

Murat Zyazikov, President of Ingushetia, has reported that "under the data of law enforcement bodies, Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and respective agencies, suspects have been detected, some people detained" in the case of the murder of Russian lady-teacher.

In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, the militia had dispersed a peaceful meeting organized by relatives of kidnapped young men.

The case of Rizvan Talybov, chairman of the committee in defence of Ali Insanov's rights, has been delivered for enforcement to the Sumgait Court of Azerbaijan, to Judge Takhmina Khalilova.

The European Court has accepted for proceedings a complaint filed by Arifa Gadzhily, head of the central executive office of the "Musavat" Party. Earlier the European Court has accepted the complaint of Panakh Gusein, deputy of Azerbaijani Parliament.

The Georgian police are moving about ten editorial boards of Georgian newspapers and two TV Companies out of the building in the centre of Tbilisi.

The thirteen women who had gone on hunger strike in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, went to the Chechen Republic and visited the Prosecutor's Office of the city of Grozny.

The health of ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin, who is serving his four-year punishment for disclosure of state secrets, has seriously aggravated recently.

In Azerbaijan, publicist Rafik Tagi and editor of the "Sanat" (Culture) newspaper Samir Sadatoglu were sent to the strict custody colony for serving their punishments.

Esko Repo, head of the Department for Refugees of the Authority on Foreigners' Matters of Finland, has stated: "Before the end of June this year, a total of 75 Russian citizens arrived to Finland and applied for granting political asylum. There are Chechens among them."