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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.

Exercises of more than 500 militaries from the Russian base in Armenia were held at the "Alagyaz" training ground, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.

The court in Baku has denied the conditional early relief (CER) to Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 99 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The Judge, who is considering the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", told about futile search for a witness who allegedly saw Oyub smoking marijuana. Swedish rights defenders from the organization entitled "Civil Right Defenders" came to visit the court session.

Law enforcers of Chechnya have rejected the idea to hold a people's assembly, announced by them earlier, to expel the families of the participants in the attacks on policemen.

Under protection of Chechen policemen, workers from Chechnya moved deep into the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, while continuing building the road, activists asserts. Residents of Ingushetia are outraged that the authorities left these actions without reaction, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, has stated.

Policemen have offered teachers to give negative characteristics to the participants in the recent attacks on law enforcers, a source said. The Chechnya's Minister of Information has refuted the data on any pressure exerted on the families of assassinated teenagers.

The Armenian national judo team will not go to the World Championships in Azerbaijan, because of absence of security guarantees from the hosting party. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Sports claims that it has issued a guarantee letter to Armenian athletes.