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Temporary restoration of Iran's visa regime to enter the country has created serious problems for the citizens of Azerbaijan, who planned to travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Azerbaijani citizens, who go to Iran for medical treatment, and residents of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), who go to that region by bus by transit through Iranian territory, form long lines at the Embassy.

Today, in Sochi, at the Mayoralty, the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the "Yabloko" Party, and Kudepsta residents held a protest action against the construction of a thermal power plant (TPP) in the village and in support of Pavel Chesnokov, who was detained in the confrontation of local residents and builders of the TPP. The protest action was held in the format of citizens' gathering, and it was attended by about 30 persons. The gathering ended without any detentions or incidents.

The festival "DebutFest", held in Armenia, was to be finished on August 15; however, screening of films within the film festival will continue till late August. This was reported by Araik Manukyan, Director of the Company "A.M. Media Production".

In Krasnodar, near two Orthodox churches Cossack Army Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky and Saint George's Church activists of the "Left-Wing Front" held pickets in support of the band "Pussy Riot". Today, the court found members of the band guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for "punk prayer", performed in February in the Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

Rita Zoloeva, the cook of the kindergarten "Ivushka" (Willow) in the Kirov District of North Ossetia, was found guilty of violation of the sanitary and epidemiological rules, which negligently caused the mass poisoning of children in April. The court sentenced her to a fine of 5000 roubles.

On August 16, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria started the trial on the case of robbery attacks on families, living in different dwelling settlements across the republic. There are 11 defendants in the case, and they face a sentence of 7-15 years of imprisonment.

On August 16, medallists of the London Olympic Games arrived in Dagestan. They were greeted by about 1000 fans at the Makhachkala airport. Each winner of the Olympic Games has received from the republic's authorities three million roubles and documents for a land plot.

In Tbilisi, in front of the building of Russian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Georgia, an action of support and solidarity with the punk band "Pussy Riot" was held. About 30 young people with bright posters in their hands and with bright masks on their heads came to express their solidarity with the members of the "Pussy Riot" and quoted the words of a band's song.

On August 16, the verdict to Roman Gubarev, convicted by the Stavropol Regional Court for the murder of 8 persons in Stavropol, entered into legal force. This was reported by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

About 40 activists of the youth wing of the "Georgian Dream" held a protest action at the house of President Mikhail Saakashvili in the town of Kvareli. They demanded to clarify the circumstances of spending the funds, allocated to help victims of the flooding in Kakheti.

Participants of the today's rally, which was organized by public initiative "Let's Release Youth of Congress" and held in Yerevan, passed to the Yerevan Office of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) a letter, demanding to release young opposition activists.

Today, Elista solemnly welcomed Olympic champion Alina Makarenko; at the airport, she was greeted by her relatives and friends, young students of the gymnastics school, and journalists. Decree of Alexei Orlov, the leader of the republic, who also greeted the athlete, awarded her with the title of "Hero of Kalmykia".

The Supreme Court of Dagestan returned to the Prosecutor's Office a criminal case against Zaur Gasanov, a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, was a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), which acted in the city of Izberbash.

On August 16, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia registered the electoral block "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" for participation in the parliamentary elections.

The body of a young man, who was killed at the exit from "the East Mosque" in Khasavyurt, was taken and driven away to some unknown destination by attackers, who shot and killed him. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an eyewitness of the incident.

Today, in Novocherkassk, Oleg Prudnikov, the organizer of the rally in support of the punk band "Pussy Riot" was detained. According to Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" in the Rostov Region, the detention is an attempt to disrupt the rally.

At today's court session on the case against athlete Rasul Mirzaev, after whose blow Ivan Agafonov, a resident of Moscow, died, Judge Andrei Fedin pronounced the decision to conduct a new comprehensive examination.

Unidentified persons extorted money from Ruslan Kodzev, an entrepreneur from the city of Baksan, and that fact could be a motive for his murder. This was reported by a resident of the city. A representative of the local administration also believes that the murder was connected with the entrepreneur activity of the deceased man.

Vladimir Zhamborov, the head of the administration of the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, a figurant of the case on embezzlement of state property, strictly refused the medical examination and conducting the medical treatment. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Yesterday, August 15, 6:00 p.m., was a deadline for registration of candidates, who would participate in the elections of local self-administration in Armenia to be held on September 9. According to the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Armenia, as of 4:30 p.m. Moscow time, 598 persons nominated themselves for the positions of the heads of 375 communities in five regions of the country.