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The health condition of the Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike for 15 days, has somewhat stabilized after a blood transfusion, his doctor has informed.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is considering special security measures for Movsar Umarov, a resident of Chechnya, whose escape during a special operation was announced by law enforcers, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has reported.

After the "1ADAT" channel had posted information about Salman Chachaev, who died after being beaten by law enforcers, the "Grozny" state-run TV Company made public a video in which a relative of Salman Chachaev pointed to the natural causes of his death. The video appeal provoked mistrust among Instagram users.

Ovik Tamazyan, a 29-year-old Junior Sergeant, died from gunshot and shrapnel wounds, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.

In Chechnya, investigators finally became active and decided to question a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev. Law enforcers forced Salman Tepsurkaev to record a video to make people believe that he was at large, noted Dmitry Piskunov, a member of the "Committee against Torture".

In the Urus-Martan District, local MPs have suggested that directors of private and state-owned enterprises in the region wear badges with a portrait of Kadyrov Sr. and the inscription reading: "First President of the Chechen Republic".

A court found Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov guilty of drug possession and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

In Europe, a secret laboratory has created a mask simulating the Ramzan Kadyrov's face for the operation "Twin", the Chechen Press Ministry's edition and the "Grozny" TV Company report. Social network users considered the information incredible and called it an attempt to divert attention from the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev.

A court in Baku has dismissed an appeal complaint against the refusal to transfer Baba Suleimanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused in connection with the July 15 rally in Baku, under house arrest.

On September 15, in Sochi, in the feature-length film contest of the 31st "Kinotavr" Open Russian Film Festival, the Russian premiere of Ivan Tverdovsky's film "Conference" took place. Despite the high opinions and artistic merits, film critics agreed that the film would not be a hit at movie theatres.

The Court of Cassation in the Stavropol Territory has recognized that the Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva was kept in custody from September 12 to December 11, 2019, for no good reason.

It is not the first time that Akhmed Zakaev's relatives have been forced to renounce him, Tatiana Lokshina has recalled. His relatives living in Chechnya may fear that some actions may be taken against them by authorities, Ruslan Kutaev has noted.

After another sending of Azerbaijani citizens to their homeland, about 800 people still remain in the border tent camp in Dagestan; the flow of newcomers to the camp has increased, said Afik Allakhverdiev, the spokesman of the National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region.

On the eighth day of their protest, the women on a hunger strike demanding a large-scale amnesty for prisoners in Georgia have complained about weakness and dizziness. The organizers of the action announced a march in central Tbilisi.

Salman Tepsurkaev tried to hide from the people who came for him to the Gelendjik hotel, and obeyed them after a few words, spoken to him not in Russian, a hotel employee told the "Caucasian Knot".

Programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, who deceased in Georgia, and her car could stay on the territory of a hotel complex in the area of Tetritskaro while the nearby terrain was combed in a search for the young woman, lawyers of the Bachaliashvili family claimed. Searches and an investigative experiment were carried out inside the above premises.

On September 14, no armed incidents were registered in the area where, according to a report from Baku, a soldier was allegedly wounded, the press secretary for the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

After two weeks on hunger strike, oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has reached critical condition, his daughter reports today. On September 14, activists held a flash mob in the Baku metro with the demand to release Tofig Yagublu, who was sentenced in a case on a road traffic accident.

Alan Zoloev drove through Vladikavkaz in a car with a poster reading: "I am / We are Giorgi Guev." The activist made stops in front of buildings of the regional FSB Department, the Palace of Justice and the government of North Ossetia. Instagram users approved the idea of the motor rally in support of Giorgi Guev, accused of financing terrorism.

Amid the public outcry around a video depicting the Salman Tepsurkaev's humiliation, supporters of the Chechen authorities demanded from relatives of the young man not to address the law enforcement bodies and threatened them with problems, one of Salman Tepsurkaev's relatives told human rights defenders and administrators of the "1ADAT" Telegram channel.