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The Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014", which was engaged in organizing the 22nd Winter Olympic Games, has announced the start of the commission to liquidate it as a legal entity.

On August 11, Igor and Batyr Pukhaev, kept in the temporary isolation facility (known as IVS) in Tskhinvali and accused of treason and a coup d'etat attempt, were taken to the Republic's Somatic Hospital (RSH) with cut wounds of the abdomen.

In Azerbaijan, the Court has completed the consideration of the appeal filed by Nidjat Guliev, the former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, who was sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of drug possession.

In Azerbaijan, Murad Adilov has been detained on suspicion of illegal possessing drugs. He is a brother of Natiq Adilov, a journalist of the newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) and a presenter of the on-line programme "Azerbaijani Hour" broadcasted on the website of the above opposition newspaper.

One of the victims of the explosion at a fuelling station in Makhachkala has died in hospital, the Burn Centre of the Dagestani National Clinical Hospital reports.

The Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) has drafted a decision on resettling Ukrainian refugees from the temporary accommodation centres (TACs) located in the overpopulated regions of Russia to those subjects of the Federation, where they could find employment.

On August 11, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" published a new updated list of persons recognized as political prisoners. At present, the list has been expanded from 40 up to 45 persons, including, in particular, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus.

According to Armen Kaprielyan, a member of the Committee on prisoners of war (POWs) under the Government of Armenia, a criminal case will be instituted to reveal the cause of the death of Karen Petrosyan, and a number of examinations will be appointed.

South Ossetia should fix humanitarian relations with Georgia, Andrei Epifantsev, the head of the analytical agency "Alte Et Certe", said at an international scientific and practical conference on August 9 in Tskhinvali. However, his opinion was not shared by other participants.

On August 11, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the former leader of Kalmykia, was re-elected as President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). His main opponent was Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Chess Champion, a Russian opposition politician.

The Council of Europe (CoE) and Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to re-establish a working group to address the release of persons recognized as political prisoners by local human rights defenders. The offer to take part in the re-establishing working group has already been sent to the Azerbaijani human rights defenders.

Rashid Magomedov, a resident of the Kizilyurt District, who is suspected of illegal possession of weapon, was arrested by the Court for one month, reported an official from the Kizilyurt District Court. Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate of the arrested man, treats the Court's decision as unlawful and the court documents in the case as falsified.

After his meeting in Sochi with the Armenian President, the Azerbaijani President will return to the belligerent rhetoric; however, he will seek a peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent state.

In Abkhazia, voters' lists to be used in the election of President of Abkhazia are in urgent need of re-examination and correction. The lists still contain the names of deceased voters, for many voters their addresses and dates of birth are not indicated; and some voters are mentioned in the lists for twice or more times.

The criminal case on the attack on soldiers, in which one person was killed, and another one was wounded, and the case on the murder of Rustam Azhigov, a resident of the village of Plievo of the Nazran District, have been combined into one case.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal against the arrest of Arif Yunus, a conflictologist and a staff member of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD). The defence intends to file a new motion demanding to change the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest to the home arrest.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have claimed new cases of violations of the ceasefire in the conflict zone. The claims have been made after the meeting of the Presidents of both countries and Vladimir Putin which took place in Sochi.

During the week of August 4-10, 2014, at least 9 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 5 persons were killed, and 4 others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has extended for two months the arrest of Khasan Edilkhanov, a native of Chechnya, suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), the "Kommersant" reports. The defence treats the charges filed against the student as far-fetched.

In Ingushetia, the Nazran District Court has sentenced a local resident to one year of conditional imprisonment on charges of possessing live ammunition.