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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia has no data that Maryam Kachmazova, a native of North Ossetia, deported from Italy to Russia, and her husband Ali Bambataliev are involved in terrorist activities. This was informed by the North Ossetian MIA in response to the official request of the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, staff members of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) helped to prepare complaints for 255 citizens who claimed the loss of their parcels after reports on disclosure of mail theft.

Advocate Ivan Pavlov, who represents the interests of Sochi residents Annik Kesyan and Marina Djandjgava, sentenced for high treasury and pardoned by the Russian President, have announced the intention to continue seeking the complete cancellation of the verdict.

Law enforcers have detained a 32-year-old local resident suspected of killing a man in Nazran, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

The Russian President has ordered Victor Zolotov, Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops (known as “Natsgvardia”), to head the anti-terrorist group in Northern Caucasus and to involve power agents, employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) and the Armed Forces in counterterrorist operations.

Sochi residents Annik Kesyan and Marina Janjgava, convicted for state treason after sending SMS-messages to Georgia, have been exempted from serving their sentences by respective presidential decrees.

In the case on an attempted assassination of the Chechen leader, the Gudermes City Court has sentenced each of three defendants Aziz Alviev, Beslan Zakaraev, and Shamkhan Magomadov to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony. This was stated by a source from the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic.

Investigators began to check the lawfulness for the actions of the Voronezh policemen, who on July 27 demanded from two Chechen women to produce their documents and who detained their father and brother. The leader of Chechnya has also requested the Voronezh regional authorities to react to the incident.

On July 23-29, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 180 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reports.

Soldier Arthur Mairanyan was wounded at the positions in the Tavush Region of Armenia. This was reported by the deputy head of the Paravakar village.

The body of Private Arkady Gambaryan was found today on the defensive section in the Tavush Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

Wrestlers of the national team refuse to go to Paris, where the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships will start on August 21. The athletes are note paid their salaries for more than a year.

Despite the court judgement that came into force on May 2, investigators have not yet provided data on the initiation of a criminal case or denial thereof on the application of the father of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” reports.

Yuri Golder, the head of the Volgograd Consumer Rights Protection Association and a member of the Volgograd City Human Rights Council (HRC), suspected of taking a bribe from a businessman, has been arrested until September 26.

Sergey Bachurin, the head of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has reported the prevention, since the start of the year, of 190 NCFD residents from joining terrorist organizations.

Marina Grishina, a track-and-field athlete from the Krasnodar Territory, has won the long jump event at the Deaflympic (Surdolympic) Games; and Polina Smirnova, a Sochi lawn tennis player, has won a silver medal there.

In the Martuni District, a ZIL truck drove over a land mine; the driver and passengers were not injured, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

Roman Rubanov, the leader of the Anti-Corruption Fund has appealed to a district investigating division of Volgograd, suggesting that cutting down the Widow's Park at the Mamaev Mound may look like a public desecration of the symbols of Russia's military glory.

A man suspected of shooting and killing a resident of Nazran has been identified, and a search for him is underway. This was reported by investigators, who refused to comment on a version about blood feud.

More than 1500 discoveries from 32 burial complexes dating from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages were investigated at the site of the construction of the "Platov" Airport in the Rostov Region. The discoveries were brought to the Azov Museum-Reserve.