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Azerbaijani militaries were not involved in the fires near the Armenian village of Sotk, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has assured in response to accusations of setting pastures on fire.

The Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has treated the installation of warning signs on the South-Ossetian side of the demarcation line as destructive.

Parents of Chechen schoolchildren have stated on the Instagram that they will not follow Ramzan Kadyrov's call and will not dare complaining about school extortions. The practice of claiming money will continue after the statement of the head of Chechnya about its inadmissibility, social network users have suggested.

Nina Tseretilova has treated her ex-husband's statement that their three children began studying at the Buynaksk school as a lie. She asserts that nobody has taught the children since last December; they are not certified for the third and fourth quarters of the school year.

The Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Dagestan has reported on the stabilization of the situation with the incidence of coronavirus in the region and the phased closure of hospitals for COVID-19 patients. Instagram users were sceptical about this information and associated it with the upcoming elections.

The Nevinnomyssk City Court has extended the arrest of Dmitry Novikov, a former Sochi judge and lawyer, by three months. During his three months in custody, no investigative actions were conducted with Novikov, his advocate have stated after appealing against this ruling.

In the Karabakh conflict zone, rescuers have found remains of another Armenian soldier. The total number of bodies and remnants found has reached 1655, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.

Chechnya has never been independent; and national heroes had tried to bring it to its present form, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. This interpretation of folk heroes' aspirations has caused bewilderment among Instagram users.

The Astrakhan Regional Court has upheld the decision of the district court, which on August 3 fined Ekaterina Semyonova, a resident of Astrakhan, by 10,000 roubles for taking part in the January 23 action in support of Alexei Navalny.

In his statement following the talks with Armenia, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has ignored the issue of resuming the work of the OSCE Minsk Group, because Russia expects to resolve the Karabakh issue in a trilateral format, Armenian political analysts told the "Caucasian Knot".

At a session of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, Eldar Gasanov, a former Azerbaijan ambassador, asked to release him from SIZO (pre-trial prison) referring to deterioration of his health and need for treatment. The session was interrupted because Gasanov felt bad, but the court refused to change his freedom restraint measure, his advocate has informed.

In the Gegarkunik Region, cattle breeders faced the problem of feed for livestock because of fires: hay prices doubled, residents of border villages complain.

On the final day of the commemorative watch in Beslan, the people, who gathered in the building of the destroyed school No. 1, laid flowers at the memorial and released 334 balloons into the sky to symbolize the number of those killed.

The Chechen police posted a video of a preventive conversation with residents of Argun, whose children dragged the body of a dead dog along the ground for burial and became the heroes of a video popular on Instagram. The police considered the above fact as the basis for drawing up administrative protocols against parents of the children.

Soldiers of the Defence Army were not involved in a shelling attack on the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces near Shushi, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

At night, the positions of Azerbaijani militaries stationed near Shusha (the Armenian name is Shushi, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") were shelled from the positions located in the responsibility zone of Russian peacemakers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Magomed Alkhanov, a native of Chechnya, who is accused of involvement in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000, is innocent, his advocate has stated. According to his version, Alkhanov has no scars on his body that would indicate his participation in the battles, while investigators have failed to present proofs of his guilt.

Self-improvement efforts, yoga, books by psychotherapists and active social activities help to cope with psychological traumas after the school seizure by terrorists in Beslan, former hostages said at a meeting dedicated to the tragedy's anniversary.

The Georgian government's refusal to accept the financial help offered by the European Union (EU) in the amount of 75 million euros will affect citizens' well-being and the country's reputation, Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has stated.

The interview of Alexander Vodorez, a prosecution witness, will be announced at the trial of the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, since Vodorez's testimony in court differs from what he told reporters.