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The outcome of direct election for the head of Chechnya is defined; and election campaigning in the republic is senseless, Magomed Khamidov, a political analyst, and Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believe.

Nika Meliya, the chairman of the "United National Movement" (UNM), has named Gigi Ugulava, a former Tbilisi Mayor, to be the only oppositional candidate for the post of Mayor of the city of Poti instead of Tina Bokuchava. The "European Georgia" Party has pointed to the absence of approval of Ugulava's candidacy; and the wife of the party chairman has criticized the former Mayor.

Positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled on the border with Armenia and in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The total damage from heavy downpours that hit Abkhazia in July and August has amounted to more than 80 million roubles. The disaster affected 231 houses and 242 social objects. Authorities continue calculating the losses.

Because of an accident, the dwelling settlement of Svetly Yar has no water supply for three days. It stopped in the morning on August 18, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed. He visited Svetly Yar on August 20. There was still no water in the houses.

In two weeks, almost 60 Azerbaijanis gathered in the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District, mostly those who urgently need to get home. The Azerbaijani authorities fail to announce the next date for opening the border, the camp tenants interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.

The council of religious leaders has chosen the Imam from the village of Verkhnee Gakvari as the new Imam for the Agvali mosque and introduced him to the local jamaat, residents have informed.

In Chechnya, a total of 30.3% of the population has received both doses of coronavirus vaccine, while Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia remain in the last places in terms of the proportion of those vaccinated, the RBC (RosBiznesConsulting) has informed.

Muslims of the Tsumada District have opposed themselves to Muftiate supporters throughout Dagestan and lost the opportunity to pray in the mosque; while Instagram users have criticized the supporters of the new Agvali Imam.

Today, in Yerevan, a clash has occurred between the police and residents of the city, who are protesting against the construction of a 12-storey building with underground parking.

An administrative case was instituted against the director of the water park in Volzhsky, which employees refused to let a family with a disabled child in, the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) reports.

Employees of a foreign company flew out of Kabul and will return to Georgia today, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports. According to the diplomats, the above employees are the last Georgian citizens remaining in Afghanistan.

Today, on the outskirts of the Dagestani village of Agvali, where residents have chosen a new imam, many people have gathered to announce the appointment of an imam from another village, local residents report. The police took control over the entrance to the village.

The Baku Court of Appeal did not grant a complaint filed against the arrest of Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The oppositionist himself retracted his testimony in court, his advocate reported.

Two more Georgian citizens have left Afghanistan and flew to Germany to return to their homeland. According to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), overall 14 Georgian citizens are still in Kabul, which was captured by the Taliban.

The positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled by Armenia in the Lachin, Kelbadjar and Tovuz Districts, as well as near Shusha, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The court has passed a too harsh verdict to Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, by sentencing him to five years in prison for attacking law enforcers at a protest action, social media users believe.

Baku does not exclude the resumption of negotiations with the participation of the officials of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), if ways of achieving peace based on mutual recognition of the two countries' territorial integrity are offered, Azerbaijani political analysts assert. The trilateral ceasefire agreement, which contradicts the principles of conflict settlement of the OSCE Minsk Group, prevents Armenia from activating the negotiation process, Armenian political analysts believe in their turn.

Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan, has stated that her ex-husband and his parents had beaten her up, when she came to them in Buynaksk to see the children. The woman turned to the police. In his turn, Magomed Tseretilov, her ex-husband, claimed that Nina had attacked his parents.

At the Southern District Military Court, prosecutors have read out 118 pages of analysis of the general financial ties of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism. However, their names are mentioned once or twice in the huge document, Mr Rizvanov has pointed out.