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The agreement on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia assumes no sale of land, Aslan Bjaniya, President of Abkhazia has assured, urging the MPs to ratify the agreement. He believes that refusal to ratify the agreement could worsen relations with Russia.

The Armenian population of Lachin and the villages of Akhavno and Sus must leave these territories, the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, has stated.

In the Kalmyk colony, where a FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) employee was killed, the Muslims' rights are respected, and the convicts voiced only everyday complaints, the Deputy Mufti of Kalmykia has stated following his visit to the colony. However, commentators of Dagestani Telegram channels have objected stating, if there had been no torture and bans on praying, there would have been no murder.

The behaviour of a young woman in extremely short shorts who came to buy groceries in Vladikavkaz was unacceptable, but none of those around her reprimanded her, users of the Telegram channel noted.

Residents of a village in the Shirak Region have temporarily blocked the road from Artik to Alagyaz. The protestors demand from the authorities to solve the problem with irrigation water.

Since July, local residents have been complaining about smoke coming from burning waste at a Malgobek landfill. However, the requests for elimination of fires addressed to the regional operator “Ecosystem”, which is an owner of the Malgobek landfill, remain unanswered.

Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who was detained at the Romanian border, will not be able to leave the country after being released from custody, since the issue of her extradition to Russia has not been resolved, the "Vayfond" human rights association has stated. Human rights defenders call on volunteers to help find housing for Gerikhanova in Romania.

Legal representatives of the liquidated Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* have filed a complaint against the early exclusion thereof from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, which prevented the HRC from paying off its debts, human rights defenders have informed.

Fifteen out of sixteen casualties of the explosion in the "Surmalu" shopping centre in Yerevan have been identified. Two persons are still listed as missing, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has informed.

At the Nalchik oncology dispensary, patients are not receiving the proper treatment; they are prescribed low-quality drugs, which is why they have to go to other cities for treatment. This was stated in patients' appeal to President Vladimir Putin. They demanded to dismiss the chief physician and provide cancer patients with due medical care.

The judge has dismissed the advocate's petition to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case of Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of a fraud and assault on a law enforcer.

Residents of the town of Berdzor and the village of Akhavno in Nagorno-Karabakh must leave their houses by August 20, from that day on communications will be cut off the settlements, local authorities have announced.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has declared August 17 and 18 to be the days of mourning over those who perished in the "Surmalu" shopping centre. Three people remain on the list of missing persons; the fire in the shopping centre is completely extinguished, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has informed.

A court in Rostov-on-Don began considering the case of Andzor Kudaev, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), whom investigators have accused of aiding terrorists and possessing weapons. In their turn, human rights defenders assert that the indictment is based on Kudaev's confessions obtained under torture.

Two men, standing in garbage cans against the background of a wall with barbed wire, apologized for stuffing their acquaintance into a similar garbage can.

Today, the body of Leonid Gutrits, the former head of the Gulkevichi District, was found near the building of the local prosecutor’s office, and the media reported that the official left a suicide note. Lawsuits have been going on against the official for several years in a case on fraud and a case on the death of a child in a water park, local advocate Sergey Zemtsov reports.

A minefield was discovered at the Sarybaba height, which was returned under the control of Baku during the “Retribution” operation on August 3.

Information about the raids of Chechen law enforcers on the resorts of Northern Caucasus frightened residents of Chechnya, and part of the vacationers decided to return home. This was reported by an author of a comment on the “Caucasian Knot”. Several social media users suggested that young people who did not follow the rules of conduct prescribed in Chechnya on vacation could be expected to be sent to Ukraine.

The Elista City Court has fined a local resident and her daughter by 10,000 roubles each, and her son – by 20,000 roubles for their pickets in defence of the freedom of speech that were not sanctioned by the authorities. All the family members were charged with violating the rules for holding a rally.

After the dismissal of Vladimir Pukhaev, the head of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia, his several subordinates wrote resignations reports in solidarity with their boss, an MoD's source has informed.