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In Dagestan, one of the three persons, whose bodies were found yesterday, on August 26, in a burned down car, has been identified. Father of Arthur Butaev - Yuri - could recognize his son only by his personal belongings, as the body was strongly scorched. The earlier identified young man had been kidnapped by unidentified persons.

Today, at the session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the criminal case about the events on October 13, 2005, the parties in the process discussed the petition filed by defendant Azamat Akhkubekov in favour of returning the criminal case to the public prosecutor, since, in his opinion, there are significant discrepancies between the indictment and the materials of the criminal case.

The court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan community Tsentr-Nork-Marash has passed a decision to extend by two month the pre-trial custody of Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak" and activist of the "Armenian National Congress" who voluntarily surrendered to law enforcers on July 1.

Today an extraordinary session of the Union of NGOs "Homeland" was convoked to discuss actions in defence of constitutional rights of Dagestan citizens.

On August 26, in Ingushetia, local representative of Russian Ombudsman Magomed Khazbiev was approached by relatives of the Ingush militiamen injured by the terror act in Nazran on August 17 and sent to take their treatment to Rostov-on-Don. According to their story, the militiamen receive insufficient health care; and the conditions, in which they are treated, are "awful".

On August 25 in the morning, Tamara Gerieva, a member of the Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP), was violently delivered by militiamen to the Prosecutor's Office of Nalchik, where Anatoly Tkhagapsoev, public prosecutor of the city, offered her to sign a warning on inadmissibility of extremist activity. Ms Gerieva herself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Magomed Shakhidov who committed on August 25 a terror act in the Shali District of Chechnya, in 2004 was sentenced to imprisonment for taking part in illegal armed formations (IAFs).

The concert under the motto "To Russia with love!" will be the final event of the Tskhinvali's meaningful day of the first anniversary of South Ossetia's independence. An "Open lesson of peace, friendship and arts" is another Russian-South-Ossetian action dedicated to one year after Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence.

The republic's MIA has confirmed that the evacuation of the Ingushetian Republic's Clinical Hospital (IRCH) in Nazran was not an exercise, but a reaction of power agents to real information about a prepared explosion with participation of a woman-suicide bomber.

Abdulbadyr Abdulzhaparov, a resident of Rakhata village, Botlikh District Dagestan, has addressed his complaint against Labazan Derbishev, head of the criminal investigation division of the Botlikh ROVD, to Interior Ministers of Russia and Dagestan Rashid Nurgaliev and Ali Magomedov. Mr Abdulzhaparov believes that he has fallen victim of the militiaman's persecution because of aversion.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has accused, in his video address to the Ingush people, his officials of negligence and irresponsibility, which led to the terror act at the Nazran ROVD building.

The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has sent appeals to the General Public Prosecutor and Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan, urging them to objectively investigate the death on August 17 in the prison hospital of Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh).

Relatives of Shamil Makhloev, 21, a resident of Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, state another extrajudicial punishment by power agents.

The litigation on the hooliganism case initiated against young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli will start at the Sabail District Court of Baku on September 4 at 3:00 p.m. local time. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by advocate Isakhan Ashurov.

The terrorist-suicide bomber, who blew up the ROVD building in Nazran on August 17, could be Alexander Tikhomirov, 27, one of the main Wahhabites' ideologists in Northern Caucasus, also known as Sheikh Said Buryatskiy. In a video record that appeared in the Internet he declares his intention to commit a terror act.

In Georgia, on August 26, after four years of imprisonment, journalist Shalva Ramishvili, owner of the TV Company "202", will be released.

On August 24, Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, said, after his working visit to Dagestan, that in Northern Caucasus 78 murders had been ascribed to the persons who never committed them.

The "Reporters without Borders" (RwB), an international organization defending the freedom of press, has rendered financial help to the family of convicted journalist Mushvig Guseinov, an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way).

Separatists of Chechnya have sentenced one of their emissaries Ahmed Zakaev to death. In their opinion, he betrayed Islam, having recognized the legitimacy of Ramzan Kadyrov's government.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) (located in Azerbaijan) has considered the appeal complaint lodged by Khakimeldost Mekhtiev, a correspondent of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), against the decision of the Nakhichevan Court to reject Mr Mekhtiev's claim against Sabukhi Novruzov, boss of the city police.