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Salman Archkhoev, Chief Accountant of the Department for Housing and Utilities (DHU) in Sunzha District of Ingushetia, accused of embezzlement of over 90 million roubles from the state budget was sentenced to six years of conditional imprisonment and a fine at a rate of 50,000 roubles.

Makhmud Sakalov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Ingushetia, has reported at the sitting of the national parliament that President Yunus-Bek Evkurov, wounded as a result of a terror act, is now much better; Mr Evkurov is 46 today.

As a result of an attack on the militia unit in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, three militiamen were wounded.

In a combat skirmish that burst out on July 28 in the Urus-Martan District of the Chechen Republic four supposed members of armed underground groupings were killed. There are no losses among power agents.

The representative of the Yamadaev family in the Chechen Republic has confirmed that in Moscow an attempt was made on Isa Yamadaev, brother of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose GRU battalion; however, the relatives gave no details of the incident. A source in Chechen power agencies has noted that there was no attempt; but Isa wanted by making this statement to damage the reputation of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic.

Rustam Mukhadiev, a suicide bomber who committed a self-killing act in the evening on July 26 at the national theatre-and-concert hall in the centre of Chechen capital, was brought up by a difficult family: his parents were divorced.

Law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia continue investigating the circumstances of the explosion that took place near the house of Aslambek Sagov, Mayor of the city of Magas, the republic's capital, about last midnight; the house is located in Gamurzievo settlement of the city of Nazran.

The suicide terrorist Rustam Mukhadiyev who made an explosion on the evening of July 26 near the concert hall in Grozny, was member of the unit headed by field commander Usman Muntsigov, better known as "Shatral", claim Chechen law enforcement agencies.

On July 27, a man who put up armed resistance was killed in the course of a special operation in the mountain district Urus-Martan in Chechnya. The special operation was conducted near the village of Alkhazurovo where search for members of armed units is under way. Efforts to identify the victim are made.

Five of the eight members of the group killed in Dagestan in the course of a special operation conducted on July 28 carried passports of Kazakh citizens, report law enforcement agencies.

Peter Gabriel, well-known singer from the United Kingdom and former leader of the group Genesis, paid tribute to the memory of Natalia Estemirova, Chechen human rights activist and journalist, while singing on Saturday, July 25, at the musical festival WOMAD in England.

Akhmed Zakayev, one of the leaders of Chechen separatists has announced that the leadership of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has taken a decision to stop armed actions against Chechen militia from August 1. According to him, the decision is the result of the meeting of Zakayev with Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, chair of Chechen parliament.

The Chechen MoIA expresses doubt that the terrorist who exploded himself on July 26 near the concert hall could initially plan an attempt on the life of Ramzan Kadyrov. The militia officer who has given the information to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent thinks that the Chechen president is well protected.