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For the week from July 30 to August 5, 2012, at least 18 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 11 persons perished and 7 more were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

Tenants of the dormitory in Grozny, located in No. 4 in Vyborgskaya Street of the Zavodskoi District, have reported on the decision of the territorial administration of the "Rosimuschestvo" (the Federal Agency for State Property Management) in Chechnya, in accordance with which about 100 families are to leave the dormitory till September 1. According to the tenants, they have nowhere to go.

According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), four Russian military men were killed in the double explosion, which occurred on August 6 in the October District of Grozny. Two military men, a Chechen police officer, and a local resident got injuries of varying severity. Doctors do not fear for the condition of the injured persons.

Representatives of Chechen law enforcement agencies treat a terror act, which occurred today in Grozny as a revenge of militants for the operation, conducted in the village of Galashki. The terror act was organized by Gakaev brothers, the republic's authorities believe.

Investigator refused to stop the case against Sergey Khadjikurbanov, former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta". This was reported by the lawyer of Sergey Khadjikurbanov.

On August 5, Chechen young men, conscripted for military service in units of the 46th brigade of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) a month ago, took a military oath. The solemn ceremony was held under the enhanced security measures in the territory of the memorial named after Akhmad Kadyrov in the centre of Grozny.

Successes and failures of Caucasian athletes at London Olympics; polemics of heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia after special operation in Galashki; set up of office in North Ossetia to help compatriots in Syria and real measures already taken in Armenia; announcement of the date of parliamentary elections in Georgia; debates on future of Stavropol, including return of pre-revolutionary names to its streets, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 30-August 5, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov voiced out criticism of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov. In his comment on the special operation conducted in the Ingush village of Galashki, he has treated the activities of the authorities of Ingushetia against terrorism as insufficient. Kadyrov's statement followed the Evkurov's one that Chechen power forces had not carried out any operations in Galashki.

In July 2012, at least 118 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: 78 persons were killed and 40 more wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from open sources.

More than 20 children, whose parents disappeared during the war in the territory of Chechen Republic, were sent to spend their holidays in the sanatorium of the city of Nalchik. Another group of orphaned children from Chechnya will rest there in September.

Military combat engineers of the federal forces, who starting from the beginning of April conduct a large-scale mine clearing of farmland in five districts of Chechnya, have already cleared the total territory of 420 hectares of mines, unexploded ammunition, and various explosive devices. In total, the military combat engineers are to clear the territory of 1700 hectares.

Last week, from July 23 to July 26, 2012, at least 36 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 25 persons perished and 11 more were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open.

The defense of Sergey Arakcheev, ex-officer of Inner Troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs who fought in Chechnya, sentenced to 15 years of custody for accusation of murder of three peaceful residents of Chechnya in January of 2003 appealed against the law “On state forensic expert activities” in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

In the flat region of the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya, about 6000 hectares of farmland are affected by plagues of locusts. A motor delta plane is mobilized for control of pests of the farmland.