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Persons, killed in an explosion, which occurred in a private house in the Ingush village of Galashki, were militants, and the explosion was caused by detonation of a bomb with capacity of 30 kilograms of TNT equivalent. This was reported today by the press service of Ingushetia.

In the evening of July 30, the National Museum of Adygea in Maikop opened the exhibition "We are not only heirs of past, but also ancestors of future generations", dedicated to the Day of Repatriate, celebrated annually on August 1. It was organized by the museum with the support of the Committee of Adygea on National Affairs, Relations with Compatriots and Media.

In July 2012, the organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" registered in the territory of Russia 19 cases of religious intolerance to them, including one case in the southern part of the Russian Federation in Kalmykia. This was reported today by the administration centre of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Russia.

A committee for inspection of lawfulness and relevance of dwelling fund distribution in “Moskovsky” micro-district built in the suburbs of Tskhinvali was created in South Ossetia. Many of the new residents are sure that the dwellings were distributed unfairly, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

Sovietsky, Trusovsky, Kirov and Lenin courts of Astrakhan issued the whereas clauses of their verdicts of dismissal of the claims of annulment of the results of Mayor’s election of March, 4, to Oleg Shein.

On July, 30, attorneys Gennady Kalyshev and Vitaly Shipulin filed a cassational appeal against the verdict on Elena Spasskaya and Mikhail Batrakov’s case to juridical board for criminal cases of Krasnodar regional court.

Abam Khizriev born in 1988 who is under investigation and currently kept in a temporary isolation ward (TIW) swallowed a tablespoon and now needs urgent hospitalization, his relatives state.

On July, 30, 15 activists in Sochi blocked the traffic along the sidewalks in Chaikovskiy and Novoselov streets used by the builders for transporting cargo.

Last week, from July 23 to July 26, 2012, at least 36 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 25 persons perished and 11 more were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open.

On August 6, the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia is to pronounce the verdict in the case of the murder of Ismail Bostanov, a well-known religious figure, the rector of the Islamic Institute, Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and Stavropol.

The Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has cancelled the court's decision of separate proceedings in the case of defendant Sarabi Seiyunov, accused of the attack on Nalchik, committed on October 13, 2005. The defendant Sarabi Seiyunov will be returned to the process.

Today, in the final judo match of the Olympic Games in the weight category of 73 kg, Mansur Isaev, a Russian judoist, a native of Dagestan, defeated Riki Nakaya from Japan and won the gold medal of the 2012 Olympics.

On July, 27, a charge was brought against Tamerlan Amirov who “left the forest” and came to the Committee for adaptation of gunmen with the President of Dagestan about 9 months ago according to several clauses of the Criminal Code, among them an attempt at police personnel and participation in a paramilitary group, Amirov’s attorney Rasul Kadiev, member of the Committee, reported.

This morning, the delegation of young representatives of the Diaspora in Turkey arrived in the capital of Adygea from the Krasnodar Airport. The delegation consists of 21 teenagers, who are 12-17 years old, and two accompanying adults; for all of them, this is the first visit to Adygea. This was reported by the Republic's Committee on Youth Affairs.

Today, July 30, Vardan Oskanyan, the founder of the "Civilitas" Foundation, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, filed to the Court of Appeal a complaint to challenge the decision of the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan communities of Kentron-Nork-Marash. This was reported in the press service of the Foundation.

The government of Dagestan allocated from the reserve fund 345,000 roubles for the provision of one-time financial assistance to Erzi Akhmadova, the mother of Malik Akhmadov, who became Category I invalid, rescuing a drowning girl.

Lawyer of the family of Ivan Agafonov, who died after a fight with sambo athlete Rasul Mirzaev, filed to the investigatory authorities a complain about pressure from friends and relatives of the athlete.

According to the official information, during the first seven months of the current year, 3000 Syrian citizens of Armenian nationality received visas to enter Armenia. Some representatives of the Syrian community have highly appreciated the efforts of the Armenian government; however, they consider the simplification of the procedures for entry into the country to be rather belated.

Valentin Christov (56 kg weight), representative of Azerbaijan at the competitions in weightlifting, successfully made his début at the Olympics in London winning a silver medal.

A group of physicians representing medical centers of Penal Service and Center of forensic medical examination examined Ilham Amirsalanov, activist of “Kura” staff, in the investigative isolation ward of Baku. The physicians confirmed wounding of tympanic membrane.