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Because of the imposed restrictions, the "Smart Voting" strategy failed to find its broad application at elections in regions of Southern Russia; however, the candidates for the Volgograd Regional Duma suggested by the "Smart Voting" won second places in many constituencies; one of them has won, supporters of Alexei Navalny have stated.

Law enforcers have refused to initiate a criminal case on the applications of Anna Dvornichenko, a Rostov LGBT activist, submitted after two attacks and threats against her. Polina Raizman, another activist, has complained about police inaction in searching for the man, who threw a smoke bomb at a café.

The participants in protest rally held in Yerevan by the workers of the "Sanitek" Company assert that the city authorities failed to transfer funds to pay wages to them. In their turn, Yerevan authorities claim they paid the "Sanitek" for the amount of the work that the garbage collection operator had performed.

The jury found three figurants not guilty of attempting to assassinate Khamzat Chumakov, the Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque in Ingushetia, but found two of them guilty of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

The official version of the death of the 18-year-old Usman Aziev in Grozny, as well as statements about his plans to attack law enforcers, is causing distrust among local residents.

The Azerbaijani police have ensured increased security measures in connection with mourning ceremonies held in mosques and shrines on the occasion of the Day of Ashura revered by Shiite Muslims. In places of mourning ceremonies, donor blood donations were organized.

On September 10, Ruslan Amirli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was kidnapped by unidentified people in Baku, the PFPA has stated. According to Nurlan Libre, a freelance journalist, the activist was taken to the 29th station of the Yasamal District Police Department.

The total number of refusals to sanction rallies in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev reached 209. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan claims that criticism of the law enforcement bodies voiced at a rally will provoke unrest, reports Armen Magomedov, a lawyer of the initiative group.

Ayub Vakharagov, a singer from Chechnya, has denied the information from Kheda Saratova, a member of the Human Rights Council under the leader of the republic, concerning the detention of him and his brother for an "educational conversation" because of a violation of the government's ban on singing his songs.

Dressing women in men's clothes does not contradict the Caucasian traditions. This was noted by historian Naima Neflyasheva after Khabib Nurmagomedov voiced a statement that only men could wear papakha (sheepskin) hats.

On the anniversary of the explosion of a residential building in Guryanov Street in Moscow, casualties' relatives and friends gathered in the venue of the tragedy to commemorate the victims. Facebook users recollect that they still remember the horror experienced by them 20 years ago.

During the past 24 hours, in the Karabakh conflict zone, positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 23 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

Magomet Yandiev, associate professor of the Moscow State University (known as MGU), explained his victory at the elections to the Moscow City Duma by the support of voters who used the "Smart Voting" service.

Prosecutors failed to sufficiently substantiate their version that after leaving the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Zarifa Sautieva may hide from investigators. This opinion was voiced by an advocate when he commented on the court's decision to extend the arrest of the Ingush activist.

Thorhild Sunna Evarsdottir, a PACE Rapporteur, has paid a three-day visit to Azerbaijan, where she met officials, critics of the authorities and prisoners. The rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed hope that the visit of Ms Evarsdottir will help political prisoners.

A court in the Vladimir Region of Russia has found Ashot Grigoryan, an Armenian citizen, guilty of recruiting a teenager into a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 14 years in prison, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) reported on September 9.

Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Council of Teips (family clans) of Ingushetia, has refused to be present at the next court session, at which the investigators' petition to extend his custody should be considered. Djabrail Kuriev, his advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

The "Beslan Mothers" Committee opened an account to raise money for helping tragedy victims, but having faced a flow of negative reactions gave up the idea without receiving any money.

Valeria Kasamara, a competitor of Magomet Yandiev, a former Minister of Economy of Ingushetia and now Associate Professor at the Moscow State University (MSU), has associated his success at the recent elections to the Moscow City Duma with support of local Muslims; however, Mr Yandiev has refuted this version.

During the week of September 2-8, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.