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On August 1, approximately at 22:00, the house of Аlan Chochiev, a well-known political observer, expert, doctor of sciences (history), occurred in North Ossetia. There were no victims among his relatives.

The authorities of the unrecognized republic started to evacuate women, children and old people as a result of the shelling of South Ossetia settlements.

An officer of FSS department was killed by unidentified persons during gun fire in Nazran, Ingushetia. In the course of the investigation of the incident, a person who entered the protected zone was shot to death.

Ilkham Aliev, the incumbent president, has again been nominated to run for presidents' post in the country at today's regular 4th congress of the ruling party "Еni Azerbaijan".

The Russian championship on mountain climbing has ended in Karachayevo-Cherkessia. During two weeks, 26 teams competed in fast climbing the peaks of the Karachayevo district. The sportsmen from St-Petersburg were the best ones.

In the course of the subbotnik held on the territory of the Chechen Republic under the motto "In Support of Childhood", the ministries and departments of Chechnya have collected five million rubles for supporting orphans and low-income families. The money raising process is not over yet.

Tigran Mkrtchian and Vardan Badalian, singers from Nagorny Karabakh, have returned home with three silver medals from the contest "Worldstars" held in Hollywood.

Six persons were killed in the course of shelling of South Ossetia settlements on the night of August 1, and seven people more were wounded.

Radiy Burulov, mayor of Kalmykia's capital Elista, has been transferred from the temporary detention center to the pre-trial prison. His state of heath deteriorates. Burulov complains of heart ache and needs medical aid.

On August 1, Armenian opposition held a meeting and a march along central streets of Erevan, which were not sanctioned by the authorities and involved more than 45,000 people.

Muhu Aliev, president of Dagestan, while visiting Untsukul district of Dagestan on August 1, announced that the counter-terrorist operation regime on the territory of the village of Ghimry, which lasted for eight months, had been lifted.

On Tuesday, August 5, the parliament of Karachaevo-Cherkesia will consider the candidature of Boris Ebzeyev, nominated by the Russian resident Dmitri Medvedev, for granting him the powers of the republic's president.

Today, the Komi Human Rights Commission (KHRC) "Memorial" has filed a complaint to Yuri Chaika, Russian Prosecutor General, in which it claims that the introduction of Russian railway troops to Abkhazia which is formally part of the Georgian territory was made with a serious violation of the Russian Constitution.

Today, police in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, has stopped a third piquet of "Musavat" party during the last one and a half months in front of the Baku Executive Authorities headquarters. The action was held in connection with regular refusals of the city authorities to allow opposition meetings.

On July 31, the law enforcement agencies in Kalmykia refused hospital treatment to Radiy Burulov, mayor of Elista held at the pre-trial prison.

The commission of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service for the Republic of Dagestan has instructed the air-carrier "Dagestan Airlines" to reduce the unjustifiably high prices on passenger transportation.

Six foreigners who tried to illegally enter the Chechen territory were detained on July 30 by Russian MoI officers in the region of the administrative border with Ingushetia.

Emergency situation may be introduced in North Ossetia in connection with the incidence of African plague among swine, reports Vladimir Ivanov, head of North Ossetia Ministry of Emergency press-service.

South Ossetia has laid an ultimatum to Georgia to restore normal water supply in Tskhinvali by eliminating illegal water takes-off in the Edis-Tskhinvali pipeline, and threatened with response measures.

There are suspects on the case of the explosion near the Ingushetia MoI headquarters and their identification is a matter of time, stated Musar Medov, Ingushetia's Minister of Interior, on July 30.