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The ceremony of dedicating 520 children to "Kadyrov Youngsters", held on August 16, continued the trend of a rapid growth of the children's and youth organization, in which now every fourth Chechen pupil is a member, the republic's Ministry of Education has reported. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who spoke at the solemn ceremony, called the members of the organization to be the cadre reserve of the local power.

15 Azerbaijani soldiers tried to attack the positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh army, stated the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani armed forces deny the information.

Today, Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah Volunteer Union", has been left under arrest for other two months, his advocate reports.

At trial, a father of Islam Gugov said that law enforcers threatened a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of connections with Syrian militants, with new criminal proceedings against him and demanded from him to testify against Alim Sultanov.

The Prosecutor's Office has closed the investigation into a criminal case on a fight, which triggered a mass protest in Stepanakert. The case was closed in connection with the reconciliation of the parties.

The Armenian armed forces 92 times violated the ceasefire using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

The decision to terminate the term of office for the Council of Elders of Yerevan was made after it had failed to elect a new mayor of the Armenian capital.

On August 16, the average waiting time at the border between Russia and Georgia reduced down to 2-3 hours, the Federal Customs Service of Russia reported. According to tourists, they actually spent in queues about seven hours.

The head of Chechnya has ordered to look for the eight-year-old girl, who went missing in Dagestan in late July, by involving the Chechnya's representative offices and communities in Russian regions, Zhambulat Umarov, the Minister for National Policy of Chechnya, has stated today.

The judge, who has released Robert Kocharyan, a former president of Armenia from arrest, had to take self-disqualification, as he had worked in Kocharyan's administration and passed sentences "on the March 1 case," the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS) of Armenia has stated today. The Kocharyan's defence treats it as pressure on the court.

Five people were injured and one perished in an explosion in the "Obukhovskaya" Mine in the town of Zverevo, Rostov Region, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

The duration of the inquiry into the attack on journalists and rights defenders in Ingushetia on the border with Chechnya has been extended and by October 25 will make 30 months, Yegor Skovoroda has informed. Investigators fail to take any real action to capture the criminals, the suffered journalists say.

A video appeal of the Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev and a video clip on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, are intended to mislead the society, the rights defenders Tatiana Lokshina and Svetlana Gannushkina are convinced a year after the singer's disappearance.

Investigators have conducted an inadequate check of the statements of three residents of the city of Anapa about torture, and again refused to initiate criminal cases, the Committee Against Torture (CAT) has stated today. Rights defenders demand a deeper investigation.

The investigator of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) was unable to confirm to the court today that the search witnesses supervised in detail the inspection of Oyub Titiev's car.

Armenian militaries have shelled positions of the Azerbaijani Army by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has stated today.

The USA, the European Union and the Council of Europe, while welcoming the release of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party in Azerbaijan, have urged official Baku to release all the persons arrested for the implementation of their fundamental freedoms.

In the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers detained two Jehovah's Witnesses to check their involvement in extremist activities; however, later they were released, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated. In general, Jehovah's Witnesses* are now almost in the same situation as in the Soviet era, said Alexei Makarov, a rights defender.

The military exercise "Noble Partner-2018" ended in demonstrative training fights, during which Georgian militaries used the American Javelin anti-tank missile complex for the first time.

Rescuers have inspected the "Silachi" Hotel in Yerevan after a call was received from an unknown man, who threatened to blow up the building. The explosive device was not found.