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In Azerbaijan, imprisoned activist Giyas Ibragimov has complained of being placed into a dungeon (punishment cell) because of reading a book after the beginning of the night's sleep regime time. The Penitentiary Service claims that Giyas Ibragimov violated the regime, but denies the fact of his placement to the punishment cell.

A 17-year-old Azerbaijani activist, who earlier claimed she was persecuted for participating in the campaign "Let's tell about a dictator", became a suspect in the case on unsanctioned action after posting a video from a polyclinic.

The voting at elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan showed the increased confidence of Armenian residents in the process. This was stated by Lene Wetteland, an adviser of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, in her interview published by the "Caucasian Knot".

Should officials started dialogue with public activists and acted professionally, the confrontation in Kendelen could have been avoided, Aslan Kudaev, the organizer of the equestrian march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle, has stated today.

Law enforcers have announced Sergey Stefanenko, a citizen of Ukraine, who was detained in the Krasnodar Territory (also named Kuban by the main river), to be an exposed agent of the Ukrainian Security Service (known as the SBU).

Since the morning on September 19, relatives of Rashid Pugoev from Prokhladny cannot contact him, reports a local group in Instagram. Users of the social network have expressed the opinion that the disappearance of the young man may be related to the conflict between Kabardian and Balkar people in the village of Kendelen.

Today, in Makhachkala, a father and a mother of the brothers-shepherds killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh, have held a picket in the hope to meet the leader of the republic. The parents demanded to punish the persons who killed their sons, but no officials came out of the building to meet the Gasanguseinov spouses.

After handing over the low-liquid "Chechenneftekhimprom" to the Chechen authorities, the "Rosneft" will retain its main asset in the republic, therefore the dispute between Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin will continue, economists reported.

Interethnic conflict in Kabardino-Balkaria; actions in Southern Russia against pension reform, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 17-23, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (the CCF) has accepted for consideration the complaint filed by Aslan Yandiev, a native of North Ossetia, extradited from Slovakia to Russia. The complainant believes the search for him after the UN demand to suspend his extradition was ungrounded, the association "VayFond" reports today.

In the centre of Grozny, builders have completed the reconstruction of yard areas and are to finish the improvement of streets till the 200th birthday of the city, the authorities reported. The construction works, which took 1.3 billion roubles only from extrabudgetary sources, are being conducted in a hurry, and that fact affects their quality, the local people complain.

Over the past day, the Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 89 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

The "My Step" bloc headed by comedian Hayk Marutyan gained 81.06% of the votes at the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported.

During the week of September 17-23, 2018, three persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

After the expiration of his administrative arrest, advocate Mikhail Benyash was not released from the special detention facility in Ust-Labinsk and was sent to Krasnodar. A criminal case was instituted against Mikhail Benyash under the article on using violence against a public official.

In Makhachkala, about 340 people came to a rally against the pension reform sanctioned by the authorities. The event was organized by local Communists.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Azerbaijan has condemned the statement of CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov concerning the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The Azerbaijani MFA has referred to the Armenian citizenship of the CSTO Secretary General and accused him of bias and abuse of authority, since the CSTO does not have a mandate for activities related to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Artsakh Ovsepyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was killed by the shelling delivered from the Azerbaijani side, the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Eight out of the 33 persons, detained on September 19 after the Kabardinian-Balkar conflict in the village of Kendelen, were released from the Nalchik temporary isolation facility, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated.

Nato Chkheidze, the founder of "Iberia" TV Company, has left the "Alliance of Georgian Patriots" Party, explaining it by the fact that the party had failed to support the TV Company in its conflict with the authorities. Ms Chkheidze's threatens to ruin the whole party's parliamentary faction.