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Dmitri Kuzmin, former mayor of Stavropol who is in the international wanted list, has been detained in one of the Austrian airports, reports a source at the main Russian MoI department for South Federal District.

The coaches with children and women evacuated from South Ossetia have crossed the Russian border. Meanwhile, 300 volunteers from Russia have already arrived in South Ossetia.

A meeting of "Olympic Games-2014 victims" was held in Sochi on August 4, protecting against the selling of land in the city center, construction development of beeches and forced relocation of Imeretin valley residents.

Today, an address to Dmitri Medvedev on behalf of residents of Ingushetia and 80,000 signatures of the republic' residents in support of returning of Ruslan Aushev to the post of Ingushetia president was brought to the RF President's administration reception office.

The defense lawyers of Radiy Burulov, mayor of Kalmykia capital Elista, have filed a cassation appeal against the Elista city court ruling to place Burulov into custody.

Stavropol krai where Alexander Solzhenitsin was born mourns for his death. Crepe tapes are hanging from all buildings connected with the writer's life.

The Azeri authorities have returned four Armenian prisoners captured on the night of April 18-19 near the Armenian village of Khachi. The hand-over process was held today at noon near the village of Traskhavan at the Armenian-Azeri border.

Radiy Burulov, mayor of Kalmykia capital Elista, is pressed into resignation against dismissing the criminal case against him. This has been relayed by the mayor's wife Inna Burulova.

The non-government environment protection center "NABU-Kavkaz" in Adygeya has registered large-scale construction of a highway on the territory of the World Natural Heritage (WNH). This has been revealed in the course of a regular public environmental inspection conducted by the organization on July 26-29.

On August 1, approximately at 22:00, the house of Аlan Chochiev, a well-known political observer, expert, doctor of sciences (history), occurred in North Ossetia. There were no victims among his relatives.

The authorities of the unrecognized republic started to evacuate women, children and old people as a result of the shelling of South Ossetia settlements.

An officer of FSS department was killed by unidentified persons during gun fire in Nazran, Ingushetia. In the course of the investigation of the incident, a person who entered the protected zone was shot to death.

Ilkham Aliev, the incumbent president, has again been nominated to run for presidents' post in the country at today's regular 4th congress of the ruling party "Еni Azerbaijan".

The Russian championship on mountain climbing has ended in Karachayevo-Cherkessia. During two weeks, 26 teams competed in fast climbing the peaks of the Karachayevo district. The sportsmen from St-Petersburg were the best ones.

In the course of the subbotnik held on the territory of the Chechen Republic under the motto "In Support of Childhood", the ministries and departments of Chechnya have collected five million rubles for supporting orphans and low-income families. The money raising process is not over yet.

Tigran Mkrtchian and Vardan Badalian, singers from Nagorny Karabakh, have returned home with three silver medals from the contest "Worldstars" held in Hollywood.

Six persons were killed in the course of shelling of South Ossetia settlements on the night of August 1, and seven people more were wounded.

Radiy Burulov, mayor of Kalmykia's capital Elista, has been transferred from the temporary detention center to the pre-trial prison. His state of heath deteriorates. Burulov complains of heart ache and needs medical aid.

On August 1, Armenian opposition held a meeting and a march along central streets of Erevan, which were not sanctioned by the authorities and involved more than 45,000 people.

Muhu Aliev, president of Dagestan, while visiting Untsukul district of Dagestan on August 1, announced that the counter-terrorist operation regime on the territory of the village of Ghimry, which lasted for eight months, had been lifted.