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During the week from July 25 to July 31, 2022, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Kirill Skripin, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, accused within a graffiti case critical of the Russian president, is seriously ill. However, he was released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) not because of his illness, but because the investigator did not insist on his further custody, Irina Gak, his advocate, has noted.

Since August 1, the programme of the Tbilisi Mayoralty for providing refugees from Ukraine with housing and foodstuffs has ceased to operate; within the coming three months, they will receive cash benefits. This caused opposition's criticism, which stated that it's impossible to rent housing in the Georgian capital for this money, and called on citizens to help refugees.

Albert Bakhshiyan, a serviceman of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, who was wounded on the contact line, is in satisfactory condition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic has informed.

The Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh has suppressed the attempts of Azerbaijani militaries to cross the contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic has reported. The Azerbaijan MoD has refuted this statement.

Appeal complaints have been sent to the courts against the sentences passed to Vadim Cheldiev, Arsen Besolov and Ramis Chirkinov, convicted for organizing riots at a rally in Vladikavkaz, their advocates have announced.

Without explanations, Raffi Ovannisyan, the founder of the Armenian oppositional "Heritage" Party, was not allowed to come to Nagorno-Karabakh. The ban was imposed by Russian peacemakers, the party has stated.

A court sentenced a resident of Vladikavkaz to a fine of 30,000 roubles, recognizing his posts on a social media outlet as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, the police reported.

The Tskhinvali City Court returned the case on the death of Inal Djabiev to the Prosecutor’s Office and demanded to eliminate the violations in it. Part of the information indicated in the case file was not confirmed in the indictment, a lawyer of the Inal Djabiev’s widow explained.

The trial in a case on the murder of four persons in the village of Shamiram has been going on for more than four years, relatives of the victims have stated at a protest action. The protestors called on the authorities of Armenia to intervene in the case and expedite the investigation. The relatives of the victims warn that if a guilty person is not convicted, blood feud is not ruled out.

Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; casualties in a rescue helicopter crash in Georgia; public outcry after a debauch in Nizhnevartovsk by a native of Dagestan who called himself a Chechen, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 25-31, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

When explaining his call to transfer HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Georgia, US Congressman Adam Kinzinger wrote that after the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia might enter into an armed conflict in Southern Caucasus.

The Georgian Statistical Agency (GSA) has reported the growth of country's economy in June. However, Georgian economists assert that statistics are influenced by money transfers from abroad, while in Georgia, a number of industries are declining, and the number of unemployed is growing.

According to the first half of 2022, residents of Ingushetia can afford to buy only 570 litres of gasoline for their salary. This is the worst result in Russia. Residents of Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria can also purchase less than 600 litres.

Residents of the village of Djrashen, Ararat Region, have blocked the road in protest against water pollution in the canal flowing through the village. They treat the discharge of waste water from the pig farm as the source of pollution.

On July 31, more than 20 Russian citizens held a pacifist march in the Armenian city of Gyumri. Their action found no support among local residents, the organizers have reported.

The advocate's statement about Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's departure from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party that he founded is untrue and was voiced out as part of the defence's strategy, Nika Meliya, the party chairman, has suggested.

The practice of giving expensive presents by the bride to the groom's family is contrary to traditions; it should be cancelled, Instagram* users have pointed out in their comments to the video by the "Grozny" State TV Channel.

From the new school year, they introduce educational hours "Talk about the important" in schools. However, social network users from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have stressed that authorities should pay more attention to the quality of education, and not to engage in propaganda at schools.

Djansukh Adleiba, Vadim Markholiya and Daur Gunba stop their hunger strike and move on to other forms of protest. Their action has helped drawing public attention to the issue of handing over the Pitsunda state dacha to Russia, Adrug Ardzinba, the opposition spokesman, has stated.