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Russia is unwilling or unable to solve the problem of human rights violations in Chechnya, announced 15 member countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and demanded from the Russian authorities to report within ten days on the measures taken.

On August 30, there was a funeral of a miner, who died of injuries after the incident which occurred at the "Obukhovskaya" mine in the Rostov Region. He has become the second victim during 15 days.

Ramzan Edilov, a fellow villager of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been appointed the head of the department for private security of the National Guard of Russia in Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by an official of the National Guard of Russia on August 30.

A native of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of involvement in the Syrian conflict, the FSB reports today.

The policemen did not receive any wounds dangerous for life, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Within the last 24 hours, units of Armenian Armed Forces, by using heavy machine guns, violated the ceasefire for 86 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

In Yerevan, policemen detained two street musicians from Ukraine. The policemen's actions aroused indignation of detainees' colleagues, who staged a musical protest action. Lilit Makunts, the Minister of Culture of Armenia, has stated support of street musicians.

Participants in the rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) have criticized Putin's speech on the pension reform, calling it withholding of money from the population. Communists have called for the resignation of the government and holding an all-Russian referendum against the increase of the retirement age.

Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), a track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the high jump competition at the final stage of the Diamond League, which was held in Zurich.

The citizens of Georgia detained for violating the border were released after paying a fine, the South-Ossetia State Security Committee (KGB) has announced.

Ovik Abramyan, a Former Prime Minister of Armenia, his brother Genrikh Abramyan and Alik Sargsyan, a former head of the Armenian Police, are suspected of abuse of powers and committing a fraud; a criminal case has been opened, the Armenian Investigating Committee has stated.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia has completed the acceptance of documents for participation in the early elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan. Candidates of 4 blocks and 9 parties have applied for council seats.

After a series of teenagers' attacks on law enforcers, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, instructed officials to collect information about viewpoints of schoolchildren and students. Residents of the republic treat it as an attempt to establish total control over children and youth.

A court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced a local resident, detained at Nalchik Airport while trying to go to Syria, to five years in prison.

Announcements of nationalists' protest actions, flash mobs in social networks and an UEFA award followed the entrance to the football pitch with a rainbow bandage of Guram Kashiya, a football player of the Georgian national team.

Investigators have reported today that the case of multi-million fraud at the Medical Compulsory Insurance Fund (MCHIF) was combined with the case of abuse of powers by Magomed Suleimanov in the post of acting Mayor of Makhachkala.

The state of health of Makhmud Velitov, an Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, who has been hospitalized in a hospital of a correctional colony in Astrakhan, caused no doctors' fears, the local department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has reported.

The authorities of Chechnya have reported an extensive programme to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Grozny. The city expects the arrival of political and public figures from different countries of the world, pop stars, and well-known athletes, an official of the Mayoralty reported.

During the past day, the ceasefire regime in the conflict zone was violated 90 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

An attack which took place in the Khasavyurt District on August 29 and as a result of which policemen were wounded became the sixth attack on law enforcers in Dagestan since early 2018 and the first incident in the region.