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In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the celebration of the Circassian (Adyg) Day is accompanied by concerts of folk and student groups. Circassians from five regions of Southern Russia, as well as from other countries, have come to Nalchik, the KBR capital, to take part in the festival.

Today, 15 years after the terror act in the Beslan school, former hostages need medical and social rehabilitation, but receive no support from the authorities. No high-quality rehabilitation of tragedy victims is possible without a state programme, as it needs huge resources, the leaders of the "Beslan Mothers" and "Voice of Beslan" NGO have stated.

The imprisoned Ikram Ragimov, the editor of the "Realliq.info" website, has announced resumption of his hunger strike, demanding his complete acquittal. However, the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service has objected claiming that the journalist is taking food.

Makha Idrisov, a search at whose home discovered an arsenal of weapons, never worked for the "Anji" FC. That was a reaction of the "Anji" FC's administration to a message from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reporting that Makha Idrisov, who boasted of his friendship with Ramzan Kadyrov, was the vice president of the "Anji" FC.

In Yerevan, more than 30 relatives of soldiers killed in peacetime held a protest rally. They demand from the Armenian authorities to pay compensations similar to those to be paid to the victims of the March 1-2 events. Otherwise, the protesters threatened to start a hunger strike.

In Chechnya, under the threat of dismissal, public sector employees have to paint trees and collect damage on roads and cemeteries in their free time, local residents complain. Thousands of people participate in subbotniks (voluntary cleaning works on Saturdays) in Chechnya, the republic's authorities report.

Supporters of Robert Kocharyan demanded to transfer Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, under house arrest after the court had again decided to leave him in custody.

The international organization "Freedom House" is deeply concerned over attacks and intimidation of journalists in a number of OSCE member states, including in Azerbaijan. The human rights defenders called on the authorities to stop harassing journalists and the media. 

The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) released a video showing the detention of a 19-year-old suspected militant in Dagestan. The young man could be provoked by law enforcers themselves, users of social networks suggested.

The veterans of the Afghan War, who are on a hunger strike in Makhachkala, have reported that on September 19, one of the protesters was hospitalized because of a serious deterioration in health; several others needed help of ambulance staff.

A 19-year-old native of one of Caucasian republic, extradited to Volgograd, is accused of persuading two teenagers to join Syrian militants.

A court in Baku sentenced seven defendants in the case of participation in the riots in Ganja to imprisonment for the terms from 2 to 20 years. They refused to plead guilty, Arzu Abdulla, a member of the Public Committee for Protection of Defendants' Rights, has stated.

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the appeal against the refusal to transfer the consideration of the case of the eight Dagestanis murdered in Chechnya from this republic to another region, Andrei Sabinin, an advocate, has informed.

A documentary about the Chechen choreographer, Ramzan Akhmadov, has been included into the contest programme of the "Artdocfest" Festival. In Chechnya, the film crew faced people's reluctance to tell what was happening in the republic out of fear before authorities.

The police have reported that they found plenty of firearms at home of Makhi Idrisov, a detained former vice president of the Dagestani "Anji" Football Club (FC). In social networks, Idrisov actively demonstrated his close friendships with Ramzan Kadyrov.

Users of social networks mentioned mandatory donations from public sector employees and entrepreneurs among sources of funding for the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, which assets increased by more than 1.5 times over the year.

Law enforcers conduct searches at home of Magomed Idrisov, who shows his friendship with the leader of Chechnya on social networks, the "Caucasian Knot" has been informed by a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The US animal rights organization requested the UFC to make a stand against Khabib Nurmagomedov for fighting a bear and urged the Dagestani fighter to stick to wrestling with willing human opponents only.

Deaths of children in the terror act in Beslan are as tragic as a death of a child in a road traffic accident, says designer Artemy Lebedev after his statement about the "Mothers of Beslan" had been criticized. The position of the blogger has been disapproved by YouTube users.

The brothers Ismail and Mukhtar Kurbanov from the Kayakent District of Dagestan joined an illegal armed formation (IAF), stored explosives, while the younger, Mukhtar, fought for the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation by the court in Syria, the prosecution has stated. The brothers have refused to plead guilty.