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In April-June 2016, in the Stavropol Territory, at least 5 people fell victim to the armed conflict underway in Northern Caucasus; all of them perished. These are the findings of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

During the week from August 1 to August 8, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, four persons were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In April, May and June of 2016, in Karachaevo-Cherkesia, there were no victims of the armed conflict in the North Caucasus. These are the findings of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In April-June 2016, in Chechnya, at least 14 people fell victim to the armed conflict underway in Northern Caucasus; three of them were killed and 11 wounded. These are the findings of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The first gold medal at the Olympic Games, won for Russia by a native of Kabardino-Balkaria; flooding in Sukhumi caused by heavy rain; motion for Dmitry Medvedev's resignation after his response to a question of a Dagestani teacher concerning teachers' salaries; earthquake in Azerbaijan which damaged old buildings; gas explosion in a banquet hall in Makhachkala, which injured 27 people, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 1-7, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Makhachkala, law enforcers have released all the believers of the Salafi mosque in Hungarian Fighters Street, detained on August 5. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by one of the detainees. Officials from the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) have confirmed the information.

According to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia, the Astrakhan Region has entered the top three most corrupted Russian regions. According to the supervisory authority, in the first half of 2016, the Astrakhan Region faced a more than double increase in the number of registered crimes related to bribery. According to the report, in January-June 2016, the number of such crimes reached 74, while in the first half of 2015, there were only 36 of them.

In Dagestan, a squad of the patrol-and-post service is shelled from a grenade. As a result, three police officers and one local resident were wounded.

In Makhachkala, the police detained about 70 people near the Salafi mosque after the Friday prayer. The number of detainees includes a minor, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.