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Former law enforcer Denis Irza, who won the case on his unlawful arrest in the Kabardino-Balkaria at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), demanded to institute criminal proceedings against the judges who extended his arrest.

A 49-year-old Russian citizen suspected of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, is arrested, reports the Prosecutor's Office in Berlin. The arrested person is a native of Chechnya, sources report.

Presidential election in Abkhazia; conflict with shooting in Krasnodar of natives of Chechnya and Dagestan; disputes around a large mosque opened in Chechnya, – read about these and other events in the weekly review of major events in the Caucasus that happened on August 19-25, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On August 23, law enforcers checked documents of Muslim believers at the mosque in Moscow, after which they made detentions, including of natives of the Caucasus. One of them said that all the detainees received electric shocks, and two men were beaten up.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has cancelled as illegal the ruling of the Magas Court to fine Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans), after the rallies in October 2018. This is already the second decision of Uzhakhov's administrative cases, quashed by a higher judicial instance.

Ilyas Vanatov, a native of Dagestan, killed in Krasnodar, was buried in his native village of Turshunai. Tensions among natives from Dagestan and Chechnya have intensified after disputes on the republics' border and Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about Imam Shamil, members of the Dagestani community of Krasnodar assert.

The blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, trying to belittle Ramzan Kadyrov's achievements, has understated the scale of building mosques in Chechnya, Chingiz Akhmadov, an employee of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), wrote in his blog. Residents of Chechnya were distrustful of Kadyrov's words that he had objected to naming the new mosque in Shali after him.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, was shot dead in the head in Berlin, his Georgian compatriots have informed.

The court has ruled to place three alleged participants in the conflict of North-Caucasian natives that broke in Krasnodar behind bars. During the conflict, two people suffered, investigators informed on August 23.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has cancelled the house arrest of Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian public organization named "Khabze", accused of drug dealing.

On August 22, several thousand residents of Grozny took part in a rally on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag of Russia, despite the working day. The attendance at the rally was mandatory, employees of budget-funded companies have complained.

Users of social networks criticized officials for alleging that a shootout of natives of Chechnya and Dagestan in the centre of Krasnodar was a domestic conflict. The authorities try to hide the interethnic background of the incident, the social network users suggest.

A paratrooper died from wounds he had got during military exercises in a mountainous-wooded area in Chechnya, reported the military commandant's office. The deceased man was Mikhail Bezelt, a resident of Yekaterinburg, his wife reported.

Five suspects involved in a shootout near the market in Krasnodar are detained in Sochi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MA) reports today. In a video posted by law enforcers, the detainees said that they had arrived in the resort city on vacation.

Calls for employees of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) to vote for the Ramzan Kadyrov's refusal to hold a public discussion with Tumso Abdurakhmanov exacerbated the sensitive situation which the leader of Chechnya faced after a call for a dispute, notes political analyst Ruslan Kutaev.