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32 athletes from the countries of Southern Caucasus will take part in the Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro on September 7-18. The national team of Azerbaijan is the most numerous one, and it includes 27 athletes. Georgia will be represented by three athletes, and Armenia by two athletes.

Residents of the district centre of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh have expressed their dissatisfaction with the repair of the houses damaged during the combat actions. According to agents of the construction departments, the works are still underway. They have accused some complainants of dishonesty.

On August 24, the hearing of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes on the "Nardaran case" was held in tense atmosphere. The judge had to postpone the court hearing because of a verbal skirmish. The defendants accused policemen of use of torture, but they denied the charges.

The charge has been filed against five persons, including two members of the battalion "Sever" (North), arrested in the case of extortion of 100 million roubles from a Moscow businessman. The defendants plead not guilty.

The Law "On elections" prevents participants of the election process from equal exercising of their rights. This opinion was voiced by journalist Maxim Shevchenko. According to him, he would not challenge the decision of the working group of the Central Election Commission (CEC), which recognized as lawful his removal from elections in Dagestan.

Relatives of Sultan Gumashvili, a 21-year-old resident of the Pankisi Gorge, have confirmed the information about his death in Syria. The Sultan Gumashvili's father holds the position of the Minister of Justice at the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in the Russian Federation. This was reported by Georgian political analysts.

The men killed in a shootout in the Shamil District were identified as blood brothers Nabi Gasanguseinov and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

The Aksai District Court of the Rostov Region has found Ivan Smykov and Vladimir Nemtsov, participants of the "tractor march", guilty of violating the order of holding public events.

The initiative to rename the Volgograd airport to "Stalingrad" is inappropriate. This opinion was voiced by political analysts and activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to them, the authorities speculate on the "Stalingrad" topic.

According to an official of the Prosecutor's Office, investigators were acting under the law, and thus the claim filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who demanded to pay compensation for three months wrongly spent by her in prison, is not to be granted. An advocate of Khadija Ismayilova has submitted documents to substantiate the claim.

45 candidates to the jury in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov disqualified themselves. The repeated attempt to select jurors will be held on September 28. The decision was pronounced by the Moscow District Military Court.

The Armenian Court of Appeal has left in custody Andreas Gukasyan, a member of the initiative movement "Arise, Armenia!", a member of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia". Andreas Gukasyan continues his hunger strike.

Andrei Babushkin, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia, has published an open letter to the HRC Chairman with a request to support Kuban farmers detained in the Rostov Region.

The militants killed last week in Saint Petersburg were plotting terror acts on the territory of Russia, and after that they were going to escape abroad. This was reported by Yuri Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria. According to him, weapons and ammunition were seized at the place of the special operation.

Today, in Yerevan, Mikael Danielyan, a well-known Armenian human rights defender, has suddenly died before his 57th birthday.

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.