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The married couple Abdulazizi and Zargan Osupov, residents of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, fear that their house may be burnt down by power agents as punishment for their son's joining militants. They shared their fears with the staff of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, members of power ministries of the republic killed 12 participants of armed underground as a result of three special operations. The operations were carried out in the evening of August, 17, and at night of August, 18, in two districts of Chechnya and Grozny.

Armed and masked people wearing camouflage uniforms in Chechnya kidnapped and carried away in an unknown direction a teacher of a men’s madrasah of Gudermes and three of his pupils, “Memorial” Human Rights Center reports.

Four supposed terrorists whose detention was reported on July, 18, were planning to organize an explosion of a passenger “Sapsan” train following from Moscow to Sr. Petersburg which enjoys great popularity with the politicians and businessmen.

As reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, seven servicemen were wounded, when a column of Internal Troops were shelled on the Chechen-Ingush border.

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.

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

On August, 9, Byelorussian frontiers detained five natives of Chechnya, citizens of the Russian Federation, two little children among them.

The human rights activists who organized a memory action in Grozny timed to the second anniversary of the murder of Zarema Sadullaeva and her husband Alik Jabraiilov declared that they would appeal to the management of Investigative Department of Chechnya demanding investigation of the murders of members of the organization “Save the Generation” and human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

The tenants of a five-storey house in Khankalskaya street, No 90, in the town of Grozny exploded by Russian military men in November, 2002, will receive indemnity payment for their lost dwellings. The respective instruction has been signed by Chairman of the Government of Chechnya Odes Baisultanov.

Opening of the complex "Grozny-City" will be conducted together with the City's Day and the birthday of the leader of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov, which are to be celebrated on October 5. At the opening ceremony, the organizers plan to show the presentation in 3D format and to arrange a laser show and fireworks.

Start of Ramadan, Muslims' sacred fasting month; trial on resonant murder of football fan in Moscow, where residents of Northern Caucasus are defendants; fight of villagers in Ingushetia for their elected head; funeral of Georgian woman killed in terror act in Norway, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 1-7, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Khamovnichesky court of Moscow deferred hearing on the cassational appeal against the verdict of acquittal to Head of “Memorial” Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov submitted by Andrey Krasnenkov, attorney of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, till October, 4, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports from the courthouse.

A new stage of the project “Kunachestvo” (“Friendship”) passed off in Kabardino-Balkaria from August, 1, till August, 5. The boys who took part in it and the organizers of this stage of inter-regional project consider that the project should be continued.

In Chechnya, during the year the commission for reconciliation of blood feudists (blood feud avengers) managed to reconcile 812 families who were in the state of blood feud; and the last three of such families will be reconciled before the end of Ramadan, the Republic's Muftiat states.