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Today in the afternoon, in the city of Khasavyurt, two unidentified persons have opened automatic fire at the people who were coming out of the local mosque and wounded two persons who later died.

The Advocates' Chamber of Armenia will try to initiate criminal prosecution of the power agents who have allegedly violated their rights at the police station. This was announced by Ruben Saakyan, Chairman of the Chamber.

One of the novelties of this summer in the capital of Azerbaijan was the appearance of cabs, the so-called "London taxis", which was differently treated by townspeople – both drivers and passengers.

As reported by the Chief Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation, mass checks conducted by policemen in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, within the last 24 hours resulted in 11 solved crimes and two detainees who had been on the federal search list.

On August 11, Arif Ganiev, acting deputy head of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) for organizational issues, was detained in the city of Sumgait together with his son Yashar. On that very day, a spiritual figure Abdulah Suleimanov and Ramin Bairamov, editor of the website İslamazeri.az, were detained. The IPA has condemned the arrests in its statement.

Recently, certain foodstuffs have become more expensive in Chechnya. It happens despite the fact that prior to start of the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan republic's leaders had stated inadmissibility of food price increase and expressed their readiness to start regulating food prices.

During a campaign called “One-hundred-thousandth appeal to President of Azerbaijan” Center of Protection of Freedom of conscience and religion (DEVAMM) collected about 124 thousand signatures under a petition demanding to cancel the prohibition of wearing hijab in the schools of Azerbaijan.

In Kabardino-Balkaria where there is no Committee for adaptation of gunmen to peaceful life yet mothers of the participants of the underground decided to act on their own and prepared a video message to their sons asking them to surrender arms and come back home.

Six supposed gunmen killed in a special operation in Makhachkala on August, 11, women among them, have been identified, National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

20 artists from Russia, Belarus and Armenia visited Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the First International Symposium “Armenian Palette”.

Municipal Council of Tbilisi has taken a decision of calculation of new tariffs on garbage disposal. Christian Democratic movement of Georgia traversed the decision of the Council in courts.

Today, in the centre of Baku a one-storey building, which houses the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by Leila Yunus, well-known human rights activist, was demolished.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War (WW II), living in the Chechen Republic, will receive financial assistance from the national budget.

The inventory conducted by the Mayoralty revealed: which kiosks work legally, and which – illegally. Demolition of idle and illegally operating kiosks will be implemented in the nearest future. This was announced at the today's government meeting by Karen Karapetyan, Mayor of Yerevan.

In the city of Novocherkassk of Rostov Region, a 58-year-old chairperson of the housing cooperative society will face the court. The head of the cooperative society is suspected that due to her fault a woman-pensioner was killed by a fallen icicle.