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In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court found Zalim Atalikov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, guilty of trying to join the Syrian militants and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

The ban on the operation of public transport does not reduce the number of cases of coronavirus infection, and it has only worsened the social situation of Georgian residents, as they face more difficulties while getting to work, protesters in Tbilisi claim today.

In their appeal to the Russian President, authors note that Khusein Karagulov, a scientist from Kabardino-Balkaria, was unjustifiably accused of the industrial production of drugs, whereas the purpose of his development was research activities. The activists ask Vladimir Putin to intervene in the situation.

Former ambassador of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasanov called the charges of embezzlement and other crimes brought against him unfounded and ordered.

A threat of a mass conflict has appeared in the village of Agvali in the Tsumada District of Dagestan after a brawl of the Imam of the local mosque with a villager. Armed law enforcers have arrived in the village; policemen took control over the entrances to Agvali.

Armenian militaries have shelled the Azerbaijani positions stationed in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), as well as in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

In Baku, a court has sentenced Yunis Safarov, accused of an attempt on the life of the head of Ganja, to life imprisonment. Nine other defendants within this case have been sentenced to prison terms from 18 to 20 years.

Azerbaijani militaries have shelled the villages of Kut and Norabak, Yerevan has reported. However, Baku has refuted this information and accused Armenian militaries of shelling the positions of Azerbaijani military servicemen in the village of Yukhary, Airym, Kelbadjar District.

About 3000 people – politicians, relatives and friends, bikers and horsemen from the "Wild Division" – came to the Magas Airport to meet Musa Evloev, the Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling who won a gold medal in Tokyo.

Under the pretext of quarantine, the advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was again denied a visit to his clients kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). During the quarantine, visits to detainees are prohibited, advocates have the right to communicate with them via telephone, the Moscow lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

Arman Akopyan, a conscript soldier, was mortally wounded in an Armenian position located in the Gegarkunik Region during a shootout with Azerbaijani militaries. The Azerbaijani party also has losses, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated; however, this information was refuted by Baku.

Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, signed a confession after the beatings, an advocate of the oppositionist claimed to the Prosecutor’s Office.

During a series of solo pickets, relatives of Derbent residents Islam Barzukaev, Gasan Kurbanov, and Mirzaali Mirzaliev have claimed that the promises voiced by the chief of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to control the consideration of a complaint about torture are not credible. The picketers requested the clarifications with regard to the reasons for ten refusals to prosecute law enforcers.

During the week of August 9-15, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Georgian authorities try to organize the evacuation of 23 citizens who worked in Afghanistan and found themselves unable to leave Kabul after the seizure of the city by militants, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia reports.

Deaths of nine patients in a Vladikavkaz hospital because of oxygen problems; flooding after downpours in Kuban; shelling attacks in the area of the Karabakh conflict and at the border of Armenia with Azerbaijan; tightening of COVID restrictions in Georgia; oil spill in the sea near Novorossiysk; arrest of officials from the government of North Ossetia in a case on embezzlement, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 9-15, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Vaan Tatosyan, a senior warrant officer, was killed today by a sniper shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The cooperation agreement of Georgian and Belarusian special services endangers the safety of Belarusian citizens living in Georgia, Georgian activists believe, urging the authorities to cancel the agreement.

As a result of a shootout in Western Moscow, Gasan Abdullaev, a 28-year-old native of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, was shot dead, sources reported. The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported a start of inquiry.

The criticism of a girl who appeared dressed in shorts in Dagestani mountains has angered some social media users, who stated that tourists have the right to dress as they please. In their turn, other commentators have noted that guests of Dagestan should respect the traditions that have developed in the local society.