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Exercises involving military units of the Southern Military District demonstrate the Russia's strength in the region, including to the authorities of Georgia, where the NATO exercises had been held earlier. That opinion was voiced by political analysts and journalists.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by Afghan Mukhtarly, sentenced for six years of imprisonment. The journalist's defenders intend to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The militants, who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers, were plotting a terror act in Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies suggest. At the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia have started a special operation to search for accomplices of the killed militants.

In Shali, a conflict between participants of a wedding party cortege provoked a mass fight. The men apologized on the air of the TV Channel. Some local residents found the practice of public apology in Chechnya inadmissible.

Workers of the Volgograd "Krasny Oktiabr" (Red October) Factory are afraid of losing their jobs due to the bankruptcy of the enterprise. They face salary delays.

Servicemen of artillery units of the Russian military base in Armenia are mastering their skills of mortar shooting in mountainous terrain.

On September 16, servicemen of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) shot dead three militants on the Chechen-Ingush border, law enforcement sources have stated.

A search of the editorial office of the website "Yerevan.today" was conducted as part of the wiretapping case of Arthur Vanetsyan, Director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, and Sasun Khachatryan, the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS). The work of the website is paralyzed, Sevak Akopyan, the editor, has stated.

Investigators have found proofs of involvement of three residents of Ingushetia in preparing an assassination attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in 2017. The alleged leader of the attackers is trying to evade responsibility, law enforcers have stated.

The Ingush authorities had long ignored the infrastructure problems of the mountainous Sunzha District; therefore, the initiative of their Chechen counterparts, who began building a road, caused no opposition among residents of the nearest Ingush villages. This was reported by residents of border areas of the two republics.

Razmik Simonyan was detained again right after the end of his arrest, Alexander Saveliev, an activist, has stated.

The Moscow District Military Court has announced the verdict to Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, accused, after her return from Syria, of links with militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

Aziz Gakhramanov, a member of the "Musavat" Party, was arrested for 10 days after picketing against the ineffective conclusive negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh which lasted 25 years. Members of the "Musavat" Party believe the persecution of Aziz Gakhramanov is of political nature.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has rejected the information about three killed Azerbaijani soldiers voiced by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

Veterans of the Karabakh war demanded from Sasun Khachatryan, the chief of the Special Investigating Service of Armenia, to apologize to CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov in connection with insulting statements addressed to him.

On September 16, a rally against the verdict to residents of the Kurchaloi District, to which social network users called, did not take place, the authorities confirm. Security measures were enhanced in the places where rallies could be held, local residents reported.

The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled a border village in the Tavush District of Armenia. A local resident is wounded.

On September 15, residents of Grozny took part in the All-Russian action "General cleaning of the country". Employees of public institutions, state-financed organizations and students reported that they came to clean the city at the request of their chiefs.

During the week of September 10-16, 2018, four persons were killed in 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.

24 wine companies from Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia and 29 private winemakers took part in the fifth wine festival held in the village of Tog in the Hadrut District. Last year, the wine festival was attended only by ten private winemakers.