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Today the court of the Traktorozavod District of Volgograd sentenced Yuri Babkin, a former teacher and deputy of the City Council, accused of paedophilia, to 15 years of deprivation of freedom in a high security colony.

Anzor Kokoladze, the founder of the largest Georgian network of electric equipment shops "Elite Еlectronix", was detained on suspicion of appropriation of a huge sum of money through a fraud.

As reported today by the spokesman of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, on August 5 in the evening, an unknown person opened fire on an ambulance and stole over 1.5 million roubles - the salaries of the hospital employees - out of it.

As reported by the Investigatory Department of Russia's ICPO for the Stavropol Territory, inspectors have initiated a criminal case against Sergey Demidenko, former mayor of the city of Kislovodsk, who is suspected of service abuse.

On August 4, in the Sergokalin District of Dagestan, unidentified persons shelled a car with two persons inside.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in a skirmish in the municipal district Plievo in Nazran, two servicemen of the OMON (Special Militia) were wounded.

Experts are sure that the contradictory statements of the leader of Chechen militants Dokku Umarov, who has refuted his recent statement on his resignation and appointment of the militant Aslambek Vadalov to the post of Amir of the forbidden Imarat Kavkaz, were caused by a serious split among militants, experts are assured. According to political scientist Abdullah Istamulov, head of the Research Centre "SK-Strategy", under one of the versions, the leaders of the Kabardino-Balkarian subdivision of the Imarat forced Umarov to recall his resignation statement.

The coalition of NGOs for public supervision, set up under the "National Preventive Mechanism", which was founded by six public associations of Azerbaijan, is open for new NGOs, engaged in human rights activities. This was stated by Elchin Bekhbudov, coordinator of the coalition and head of the Azerbaijani Committee Against Torture.

At night on August 3, a suicide was committed in the Baku pre-trial detention facility (known as "SIZO"). As reported by the Sabunchin District Prosecutor's Office of the city of Baku, Alim Ismajlov, 41, hung himself in the cell. The reason of his suicide is unknown yet. According to Elchin Bekhbudov, head of the Azerbaijani Committee Against Torture, it already the third suicide in Azerbaijan among persons kept in custody from the start of this year.

As reported by a source in the Ingush MIA, in a shelling in central Nazran Ibragim Evloev, 35, former deputy head of the State Security Centre of the MIA of Ingushetia, who was earlier convicted for an imprudent murder of Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositionist website "Ingushetia.Ru".

Dokku Umarov, leader of Chechen militants, who had earlier appointed his successor - Aslambek Vadalov, - has now stated that he would not resign.

From the start of this year, the law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic have liquidated 51 militants; and 128 suspected members of the armed underground and their helpers were detained. These figures were announced on August 3 at the meeting in Grozny of President of Chechnya with the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic. Local observers believe that the figures presented by power agents can be overestimated.

Within the criminal case on the fact of death of Artak Nazaryan, a contract officer, initiated by the military prosecutor's office under Article 110 of the Criminal Code (incitement to suicide), four militaries have been detained: an officer and three regular soldiers.

Employees of law enforcement bodies render no pressure on Malika Evtemirova, a resident of Dagestan, and offer her a deal in exchange for cooperation with the investigation. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Evtemirova herself.