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Start of construction of "Arkhyz" Resort in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia and crash of helicopter with officials; a triple terror act in Grozny on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, committed by suicide bombers; mourning events in memory of the victims of the 2004 Beslan tragedy; first nominee for presidency in South Ossetia, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 29-September 4, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In 2001, Ayub Dovletukaev, a resident of the village of Dzhalka of Gudermes District of the Chechen Republic, who was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya, was sentenced on charges of involvement on the militants' side in the armed clash, which took place in the hospital of Gudermes, and he was serving his term in a psychiatric hospital. In 2005, unidentified armed men kidnapped Rustam Dovletukaev, his brother.

On August 29, Roman Magomadov, a medrese teacher, and his students Rustam Seliev, Viskhan Geliskhanov and Ruslan Sakkazov, who had been kidnapped in Chechnya, were released.

An unidentified person made a shot at Salautdin Mamakov, the representative of the head of the Chechen Republic in the Sverdlovsk Region. This was reported by the Department for the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).The incident occurred at 7:45 p.m. on September 5 near No. 52 in Aviatsionnaya Street.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended until December 7 the custody of Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of murdering the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

Today, the Moscow Regional Court has held a session on the criminal case against two natives of Chechnya - Apti and Aishat Magmadov, accused of promoting terrorism and setting up illegal armed formations (IAFs). At the request of the prosecutor, their custody was extended till December 22, 2011.

Investigators of Chechnya initiated a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping and murder of a man, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today. The resident of Gudermes district of Chechnya was kidnapped by armed people from his own house and killed on the same day. In the opinion of leader of one of the local human rights organizations, only the personnel of enforcement agencies might have been involved in the crime.

The French authorities have not allowed Isa Yamadaev, the younger brother of the Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in 2008, to get from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, and returned him back to Dubai.

Umalat Bersanov and Akraman Ugurchiev, who were kidnapped by unidentified persons in Ingushetia, unidentified, are currently in Chechnya, Bashir Bersanov, Umalat's father, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

A secret witness under an assumed name of Aslan has identified Magomed Suleimanov, suspected of killing ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov; however, Suleimanov refused to plead guilty.

According to Chechen power bodies, the triple terror act involving militants-suicide bombers, committed in the city of Grozny at night on Tuesday, August 30, was organized by Dokku Umarov, the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground, and Muslim Gakaev, one of field commanders.

As a result of 12 self-explosions committed by suicide bombers in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and in Moscow, the last three of which were triggered in Grozny on August 30, 63 persons were killed and more than 224 wounded. These are the figures of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data of own correspondents of the edition and information from open sources.

This year the Prize "Witnesses of Peace", established by the Italian city of Ovada, will be awarded to human rights activist from Chechnya Shakman Akbulatov.