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The traffic through the Buynaksk Pass is closed because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), the Dagestani Ministry of Transport reported.

The court arrested for two months a woman from the Khurvaleti village of the Gori municipality, who was detained at the border on September 29, the KGB of South Ossetia reported.

Law enforcers did not detain participants of a motor rally held in protest against the change of the Chechen-Ingush border, since there were a lot of protesters. The border agreement brought together all the opponents of the authorities, state activists.

A scandal with the "Iberia" TV Company and its main sponsor, the Omega Group of Companies, provoked sharp criticism of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party. According to political analysts, the scandal may affect the results of the presidential election.

In Yerevan, a lot of people gathered in Charles Aznavour Square to pay tribute to the memory of the world-famous French chanson singer of Armenian origin. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan decided to declare mourning on the day of the Charles Aznavour's funeral.

Today, during about an hour, law enforcers were searching the house of Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the youth wing of the "Yabloko" Party in Ingushetia. The policemen seized a laptop and a mobile phone.

Javad Javadov, an advocate, who has joined the defence of Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has filed a complaint against the arrest of his client. The defence asks the court to release Ibragim for the period of the investigation.

Beslan Tasuev, who was present as a witness during the inspection of the car of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", had worked in the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) a year before. Ibragim Daudov, a prosecution witness, was on duty on the day of Titiev's detention at a police checkpoint, but this information is absent in official documents.

Today, Charles Aznavour, a world-famous French chanson singer of Armenian origin, has died in the 95th year of his life. In social networks, Armenian residents and migrants from the country write about the irreparable loss.

In response to the assumptions that the agreement on the border with Chechnya is related to oil production plans, Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov stated that mines of the Dattykh deposit were conserved, while their development was unprofitable.

Soldier Gevorg Aronyan got a fatal wound at a military unit, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has refused to grant the complaint filed by Djakhad Babakishizade about the decision to transfer him to a prison of higher security.

Users of the Telegram channels announced the start of mass motor races in Ingushetia in protest against the change of the Chechen-Ingush border. The Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) warned participants of unsanctioned actions about liability.

Over 1000 soldiers and officers from the Russian military base and the armed forces of Armenia take part in exercises at the Bagramyan military training ground, the Southern Military District reports. Joint exercises of air defence are scheduled for October 8, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Armenia reports.

On the day to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the victory in the war of 1992-1993 and the declaration of independence, residents of Abkhazia complained about the deplorable state of the economy and the lack of people's unity.

Appointment of the new leader in Kabardino-Balkaria; resignation of the Governor in the Astrakhan Region; signing of the agreement on fixing the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia; meeting between the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia; reappointment of Artyom Zdunov as the chair of the Dagestani government and the next CTO in the republic, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 24-30, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The authorities of the Gori municipality have appealed to the European Union's observation mission in connection with the detention of a resident of the village of Khurvaleti on the Georgian-South Ossetian border.

The arrest has been extended for Eida Arsanukhaev, a resident of Chechnya, accused of justifying terrorism. According to his mother, he tortured to obtain confessions. Arsanukhaev's arrest has been extended, despite his health problems, said Sols Musostov, his advocate.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has instructed officials to conduct explanatory talks with local residents about punishment inevitability for unlawful statements about the border with Chechnya.

The people, who gathered for a rally in Baku, have demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to launch a forceful "liberation of Karabakh."