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The death of Gennady Gaguliya, the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, is an accident not connected with an attempt, Naala Avidzba, the press secretary of the Republic's President, has stated.

The fall of Gunib and the capture of Imam Shamil, contrary to the popular belief, did not lead to the end of the Caucasian War, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe and regret that for over 150 years the image of Shamil has been used by authorities for self-promotion.

The North-Caucasian Muslims' Coordinating Centre was created 20 years ago to help the state in confronting extremism, the journalists Maxim Shevchenko and Evgeny Kratov have stated. Ruslan Kurbanov, an Orientalist, believes that the future of the Centre depends on the position of Russian authorities.

Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is on hunger strike for the second day, protesting against the refusal to grant him the conditional early relief (CER), his relatives have stated.

On September 2-8, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made more than 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

During the last 24 hours the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was violated for 75 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The truck that was bringing soldiers from exercises tipped over; one soldier perished and two others were injured, the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

The information about the cancellation of Egor Kreed's concert in Makhachkala, after the singer received threats, has nothing to do with reality, the representative of the music label, with which the singer works, has stated.

The State Commission on definition and clarification of the administrative borders of Chechnya must prepare documents for resolving disputes over the precise location of republic's borders, says a decree signed by Ramzan Kadyrov.

Karim Kasumov, who was accused of attacking a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, was repeatedly warned that the video record was made by a media representative, but he did not react and continued to hinder the work of journalists, reported at trial Patimat Makhmudova, an injured party in the case. 

Colonel-General Mikael Arutyunyan, a former Armenian Minister of Defence, announced in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) interstate search, has been removed from the wanted list in the territory of the Russian Federation, the Armenian Police have stated.

The father of the teenagers killed on August 20 during an attack on policemen in Chechnya has been kept by the law enforcers for almost three weeks; and members of his family are not allowed to live in their homes. This was reported by sources of the edition "Kavkaz.Realii".

On September 6, Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the Swedish charitable association "Vayfond", went on a hunger strike in protest against the decision of the authorities of Bosnia to extradite Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia.

During the last 24 hours, six Azerbaijani villages were shelled in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

They mastered actions aimed to curb a terror act on water transport means in the Caspian Sea.

The sanctions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), imposed based on the corruption inquiry held by the PACE, have been removed from Gyultekin Gadjibeili, an oppositionist and a former Azerbaijani MP. She is satisfied with the restoration of justice regarding her.

The temporary investigation commission of the Georgian parliament, which dealt with the murder case of two schoolboys, revealed new circumstances of the crime, including one of its participants, not established earlier by the prosecutor's office. Zaza Saralidze, the father of the killed teens, believes that the commission failed to cope with its mission, and announced resumption of protests from September 10.

Chechen workers have asphalted about 4 kilometres of the road on the border with Ingushetia, the Chechen "Minavtodor" has reported, thus, confirming the information of Ingush activists about the works performed in the Sunzha District.

Actions against extradition of Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia, accused of links with militants, to Russia were held in Stockholm, Paris and Berlin. Authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to extradite him after they received Russia's assurances that Altamirov would not be tortured

Mass detentions were launched in Argun before the August series of attacks on policemen in Chechnya, and stopped after the appointment of a new head of the interior department, local residents have reported.