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In Yerevan, Araik Khandoyan, Varuzhan Avetisyan, Areg Kyuregyan, and Aram Akopyan, participants of the seizure of the building of the patrol-and-post service of the police regiment are charged with hostage-taking and illegal possession of weapons.

In Saint Petersburg, the City Election Commission (CEC) has for the second time rejected the initiative group in consideration of an application for a referendum on the naming the bridge over Dudergof Canal after Akhmat Kadyrov. The Commission has pointed out to the errors in the application.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has received complaints from five persons, sentenced to life imprisonment, and from other eleven persons, sentenced to various terms of imprisonment in the case of the attack on Nalchik. Earlier, 11 complaints have been field to the ECtHR. Prisoners complain of torture, violation of the right to freedom, and unfair trials.

Ilez Mutsolgov and Mamed Gazgiriev, residents of Ingushetia, were arrested on suspicion of possession of ammunition and explosive devices. According to their relatives, rounds and grenades were planted to them during the search.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, in the course of the celebration of the Day of Repatriate, activists of the public organization "Ochag" (Hearth) fed the repatriates living in the republic with dishes of the national cuisine. Furthermore, an extensive cultural programme was also presented. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by members of the "Ochag".

Today, in Yerevan, the rally in support of the group "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) has been attended by more than 500 people. This was reported by the organizers of the event.

The Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered the acting head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, as a candidate for the forthcoming on September 18 election of the head of Chechnya.

Kadjik Grigoryan, who committed self-immolation as a sign of protest at the march organized by supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" group, has died today from his burns.

The wedding ceremony of the journalist Seimur Khazi and Nigyar Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was held today in Azerbaijani Colony No. 17.

Fazil Iskander has opened Abkhazia for the whole global literature, and taught his fellow countrymen to view their homeland in a new way, said the participants of the farewell ceremony with the writer held in Moscow.

The use of violence against journalists at dispersal of the opposition's action in Yerevan should be objectively investigated, and the perpetrators should be punished, the human rights organizations "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) and the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) have stated.

The video statement with threats against Russian citizens published on the Internet by the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court, was made by Gasan Abdullaev, one of the leaders of the Dagestani armed underground, who was killed in June 2016.

The storm which hit Stepanakert on August 1 damaged the roof of an apartment building in Saroyan Street. 10 apartments were damaged. The apartment house needs a major overhaul for a long time already; however, the appeals to the authorities remain unanswered. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by local residents.

On August 1, in Nalchik, the Museum of Fine Arts opened the exhibition "If I can fly." It presents pictures of three young artists with disabilities, including 18-year-old Temirlan Atalikov and Larina Shipsheva, and 11-year-old Karolina Tkhakakhova. The project "Equal Opportunities" plans to establish an online portal to ensure that the children with special needs will be able to sell their pictures.

Law enforcers have put pressure on politician Bamat-Girey Mankiev by conducting a search at his house and detaining his son for several hours. This was reported by members of the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party. Bamat-Girey Mankiev himself, the former Ingush Minister of Agriculture, associates the actions of the law enforcers with his criticism of the Ingush authorities.

In Yerevan, the film platform "Armenia-Turkey", which operated during the Thirteenth International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", presented more than twenty films. Prizes have gone to two projects dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

The court has pronounced the decision to arrest for two months Andrias Gukasyan, a member of the Board of the civil movement "Get up, Armenia!" and a member of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia". Armen Martirosyan and Ovsep Khurshudyan, the deputy chairman and the press secretary of the "Heritage" Party, respectively, were arrested for the same period.

The Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has completed fundraising in favour of repatriates from Syria.

Power agents suspect Kamaldin Kazimagomedov, the alleged leader of the "southern" grouping of militants, killed in July 29, of involvement in the murder of the accountant of a police station.

The wedding ceremony of the jailed journalist Seimur Khazi and Nigyar Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, did not take place after they were told that the travel wedding services are banned in Azerbaijan. The disruption of the ceremony has political character, Ms Yagublu is sure.