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On the anniversary of the Beslan terror act, residents of North Ossetia traditionally bring toys, flowers and water bottles to the school gym – the tragedy venue; they light candles in memory of the victims. The participants of the three-day-long memorial watch come with their children to commemorate the terror act victims.

Today, at a press conference in North Ossetia, the head of the “Mothers of Beslan” Committee has stated that the investigation into a case on the seizure of a school by terrorists on September 1, 2004, in Beslan should be intensified and take into account the materials of the Strasbourg Court.

Today, the Azerbaijani armed forces have not opened fire in the direction of the village of Yeraskh and have not been involved in the death of an Armenian soldier, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Russian freestyle fighter Arthur Kulitsky has apologized to the leader of Chechnya for criticizing Kadyrov’s subordinates. The fighter attributed his remarks to the influence of YouTube bloggers and the effects of alcohol.

Soldier Gegam Saakyan got a fatal wound as a result of a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.

The Nagorno-Karabakh police have launched an investigation into a criminal case on torture motivated by ethnic hatred of a resident of the village of Machkalashen, who in July got lost in the area of the demarcation line and entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

The statements about Joseph Stalin voiced by Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, are designed to ensure support for the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party among Stalinists, many of whom live in the Volgograd Region, political analysts suggest.

The three-day mourning events in North Ossetia have begun with a memorial service and laying flowers at the Beslan school, which was seized by terrorists 17 years ago.

The Georgian authorities' refusal from the financial help of the European Union (EU), which was offered in exchange for reforms, threatens with a loss of balance in relations with the West and is at odds with the needs of the country's economy, which because of this risks to face investment outflow and unemployment increase, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has failed to find Russia responsible for the death of Natalia Estemirova due to political reasons, human rights defenders assert.

The fires that onset on August 29 near the villages of the Gegarkunik Region on the border with Azerbaijan are spreading and threatening dwelling settlements; it is difficult to extinguish them due to the terrain relief and weather conditions; and residents of Armenian villages are afraid of getting under shelling, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

Parents of children from the village of Nichras, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, have refused to send their children to a new school, because it has no water and sewage system. The prosecutor's office has announced the start of a check.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), after finding the absence of any efficient inquiry into the murder of Natalia Estemirova, has awarded her sister compensation for moral harm in the amount of 20,000 euros. Human rights defenders have expressed regret that the ECtHR failed to recognize Russia responsible for Estemirova's death.

Niyameddin Aslanzade has served the administrative arrest imposed on him after a complaint from the Ombudsman Office and intends to appeal against the court’s decision.

Today, the cassation court has dismissed an appeal against the verdict to Giorgi Guev, a resident of North Ossetia, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of financing terrorism.

When explaining his refusal to accept the claim of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, the head of the NGO “Positive Changes” and the director of the “Human Capital Consulting” LLC, a judge has referred to the fact that the President of Azerbaijan, due to discrepancies in the claim itself, cannot act as a defendant. The activist has appealed to court again.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has noted that the Russian authorities provided it with an incomplete copy of the case file on the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, but there is reason to doubt the effectiveness of the investigation into the case on the murder. The ECtHR requested Russia to find and punish the persons guilty of the murder.

In Chechnya, the crime rate indicators are beneficial for law enforcers to demonstrate their work, but they will not affect the outcome of the presidential election, as this outcome is predefined, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.

Since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict, a total of 3890 residents of Azerbaijan, including 719 civilians, have gone missing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

Sofo Djaparidze, a member of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has called on the authorities to amnesty those convicted of petty crimes in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons.