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Mothers of visually impaired children of Volgodonsk and Zimovnikov District have appealed to the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev with a request to open a special group in the kindergarten for their children. However, the education department of Volgodonsk said that there are not enough such children in the city and offered the women to open a family-based preschool group.

On August 2, the national carrier of Armenia – the "Armavia" Airline – carried out an additional Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flight without passengers because of their absence.

At the initiative of the public organization named "Ayazn", a group of young people has come from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh to stay in a tent camp near the village of Zuar, Shaumyan District. The camp will run till August 11.

The sixth day of the London Olympic Games proved to be unsuccessful for Azerbaijani athletes. On August 2, Azerbaijan has finally lost its chances to win medals at competitions in judo: Elmar Gasymov, the last Azerbaijani athlete had to occupy the seventh place.

Today, in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow, a picket was held in support of Gilal (Hilal) Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who was arrested in Azerbaijan,.

Today, all markets of Vladikavkaz were evacuated and cordoned off because of an anonymous call about a planted bomb. Law enforcement authorities of North Ossetia did not found any explosive devices and explosives at any of the seven markets of Vladikavkaz.

Tagir Khaibulaev, judoka of the Russian national team, a native of Dagestan, became Champion of the London Olympic Games in the weight category of up to 100 kg.

10 out of 25 Armenian athletes have completed their performance at the London Olympic Games. None of them won points for their national team. The number of the defeated athletes includes two swimmers, two judokas, three weightlifters, one gymnast, one boxer, and one shooter.

Torture, which power agents apply to detainees, contributes to leaving of young people "for the forest". This was stated by Maryam Akhmatova, the leader of the public organization "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria for Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms", at the conference, held in Nalchik and dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the movement "For Human Rights". Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement "For Human Rights", recommended local human rights defenders to complete an analytical note on the existence of opinions about how to administer the situation in the republic from one centre and promised to bring it to the authorities of the country.

Today, in Baku, Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Abid Abdinbekov, considered an appeal, filed by Anar Bairamly, a staff member of the representative office of the Iranian TV in Azerbaijan. The Court has partially granted the appeal and reduced the journalist's punishment from 2 years of imprisonment to 1 year of imprisonment.

Yesterday, on August 1, at the highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan, in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, three unidentified men in camouflage and masks shot and killed a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

On August 2-12, Jewish communities of Northern Caucasus will be visited by the Jewish ethnographic expedition, organized by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR). The expedition will visit the cities of Novocherkassk, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Armavir, Stavropol, Volgograd, and Volzhsky.

On August 1, near the residence of the President of Armenia, an action was held in support of sentenced activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC). The action was attended by the ANC activists and representatives of a number of public organizations.

The Baku Court of Serious Crimes announced a break for indefinite term in the trial in the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural". Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva did not appoint the date of the next session. In his turn, the defendant has assumed that the break is announced in connection with vacation of the Judge.

More than 20 children, whose parents disappeared during the war in the territory of Chechen Republic, were sent to spend their holidays in the sanatorium of the city of Nalchik. Another group of orphaned children from Chechnya will rest there in September.

Today, in the Lenin District of Makhachkala, 22 families of the dwelling settlement named "Rembaza" (Turaly-1) were cut off from gas supply. According to the residents of the settlement, the city authorities try to put pressure and unlawfully clean the territory for the construction of the satellite town "Lazurny Bereg" (Cote d'Azur).

Muhammad Hafezi (Havez), Advisor on Consular Affairs of the Embassy, has completed his diplomatic mission in Armenia. This was reported by the Embassy of Syria in Armenia. The Spokesperson of the press service of the Embassy assumed that Muhammad Hafezi has joined the opposition.

On July 31, about 15 residents of Astrakhan gathered near the monument "For Fighters for Soviet Power" in Bratsky Park to attend the picket in support of Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The action was held peacefully, without clashes with the police.

Abam Khizriev, detained resident of Dagestan, accused of committing a major road traffic accident, is in serious condition and he needs urgent hospitalization. This is stated by his relatives. According to them, Abam Khizriev swallowed a tablespoon to express his protest, and the investigatory authorities refute the statements of the detainee's relatives.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has appointed the parliamentary elections on October 1 this year. This was announced by Manana Mandjgaladze, Press Speaker of the Georgian President.