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In North Ossetia, people are fond of freestyle wrestling; however, the number of athletic halls is not enough. This opinion was voiced by Olympic champions Khasan Baroev and Arthur Taimazov. Ingushetia has not enough gyms for judo, and the constructed complex in weightlifting was "pulled apart" by businesses, state the coaches working in the republic.

In the Rostov Region, 65 people take place in the hunger strike. They demanded to pay off the wage arrears to employees of the enterprises of the "Kingcoal" group of companies. According to the protesters, the debt to them amounts to 103,000-260,000 roubles.

The decision on life imprisonment for soldier Valery Permyakov, sentenced for the murder of a family in Gyumri, will not affect the negative attitude of the Armenian society towards Russia. This opinion was voiced by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Chechnya, opening ceremonies of schools and hospitals and visits of federal officials were dated to the 65th anniversary of the birth of Akhmat Kadyrov, the former leader of the Chechen Republic, which was celebrated on August 23.

In Yerevan, the protesters who demanded to provide medical aid to wounded members of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), failed to visit the rebels.

Staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Stavropol Territory have not detained Mikhail Abramyan, a member of the "Communists of Russia" Party. This was reported by the MIA's officials. Party colleagues of Mikhail Abramyan have filed to the MIA a complaint about his kidnapping.

The defence and representatives of the Avetisyan family's successors will solve the question of challenging the sentence of Valery Permyakov after they get the judicial act at hands.

In Georgia, simultaneously with the cancellation of the registration of the pro-Russian "Centrists" Party for the parliamentary elections, the public attention focuses on the video of torture in prisons shot by its leader. There are some allegations of the staged nature of the video record and the requests for new investigation.

The North-Caucasian District Military Court has postponed to September 6 the court hearing scheduled for today in the case of an attempt to create in Kabardino-Balkaria a caliphate with Sharia form of government. The court hearing was postponed, since defendants were not brought to Rostov-on-Don.

Truck driver Rustam Malamagomedov, detained in the Rostov Region after his arrival to support the protest of Kuban farmers, complains about force used by policemen against him.

Kuban farmers have decided not to go to Krasnodar to meet Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. They intend to continue driving their tractor convoy to Moscow. This was reported by Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers".

In Chechnya, four young men who in November 2015 set on fire a ziyart (mausoleum) on the tomb of Yangulbi-Khadji Dokhtukaev, a theologian revered in the republic. The defendants were sentenced to 7-7.5 years of imprisonment.

On August 22, in the towns of Zverevo and Gukovo of the Rostov Region, 61 workers of the enterprises of the "Kingcoal" group of companies declared a continuous hunger strike. The protesters demand to pay off wage arrears.

In Chechnya, family members of Usman Murdalov and Sulim Israilov, killed in the Moscow Region, are not allowed to hold the ritual of their commemoration (tezet). This was reported by local residents. According to them, the family members of the killed men are interrogated by law enforcers.

The authorities of Dagestan have promised to provide financial assistance to victims of fire in the village of Mokok, Tsuntin District.

Policemen have blocked farmers and their vehicles in a roadside hotel in the Aksai District of Rostov Region, the participants of the tractor rally have stated. According to their version, after the pressure of the police and governmental officials, they decided to abandon the idea of protests.

The Dagestani wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev has won the expected gold medal, while the defeat of Bilal Makhov was a misfortune, but not a failure, the Dagestani Wrestling Federation (DWF) has stated. Milana Dadasheva, despite her early dropout, received an important experience for future performances, coaches believe.

The project of making a museum out of the Samosdelka settlement in Astrakhan Region is not realized because of a lack of funding, said archaeologist Dmitri Vasiliev. The project has been stopped due to sequestration of the budget of the regional targeted programme, local officials explain.

A complaint about the ineffective inquiry into the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, has passed the filter section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and has been registered, said the advocate of the injured party.

The car belonged to Magomed Gadjiev, who earlier was accused of murdering Musa Alaudinov, a coach of the Makhachkala-based club "Gorets” (Highlander), but was acquitted. The remains found in the car could belong to Gadjiev, power agents suggest.