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Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, arrested in the case of the dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, no longer has any serious political influence and has not earlier announced his participation in the election, political analysts stated.

On July 30, the "Grozny" TV Channel stated that Ibragim Yangulbaev, accused of extremism, had not filed any complaint about the lack of medical assistance at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). People who watched the TV story drew attention to the fact that Ibragim Yangulbaev himself had not been given a chance to speak.

Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", sentenced on the charge of justifying terrorism, was transferred to a prison hospital with complaints of heart pain, his advocate reported.

The state-owned enterprise "Chechenfilm", against which leaders a criminal case on fraud has been instituted, is liquidated and its general director left Russia, reported Alvi Karimov, the spokesman for the leader of Chechnya.

Within a week, the authorities of Chechnya failed to react publicly to the appeal of two women from Chechnya to Ramzan Kadyrov, in which they complained about inhuman treatment of their relatives kept in Russian colonies.

The four suspects of committing assassination attempt on the head of Ganja and organizing subsequent riots were killed by law enforcers, dozens of people were arrested or declared wanted, the Azerbaijani General Public Prosecutor has announced. However, a rights defender told the "Caucasian Knot" that the investigation is not transparent.

In Moscow, a charge has been brought against a young man detained after an attack on a policeman with a knife. During an interrogation, the native of Chechnya has voiced his dislike of law enforcers, a source reported.

Today, members of NGOs and journalists have appealed to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a request to let blogger Mekhman Guseinov, sentenced for slander, visit his seriously ill mother.

Guilty verdicts to Ingush CCE agents in the case on torture; arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan in the case on dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 23-29, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Since early 2017, 125 people, who fell victim to persecution, left Chechnya, the "Kommersant" reports today in the article "In the Chechen Republic, there are no sex minorities or their number drops" with reference to a member of the movement "Russian LGBT-Network".

A criminal case has been instituted against chiefs and employees of the film studio "Chechenfilm" after a complaint filed by Vladimir Medinsky, Russian Minister of Culture, the RBC reports today.

During the week of July 23-29, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On July 29, in the centre of Volgograd, a flash mob was held in support of Aslan Yandiev, accused of involvement in a series of terror acts in North Ossetia. Activists of the human rights association "Vaifund" took part in the action.

The charge brought against Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, is based on the testimony given by anonymous witnesses and contains no specific statements, and the court ignored his immunity, advocates have stated.