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On September 20, two residents of Chechnya, earlier declared dead, were delivered to Grozny to meet Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Ombudsperson. This was reported by the Chechen authorities.

A resident of Chechnya, who in 2015, in Syria, joined the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, is accused of financing terrorism.

Supervisory officials are examining a café in Grozny, whose visitors were hospitalized with poisoning.

Law enforcers failed to find any explosive devices in the shopping centres, from which residents of Nalchik were evacuated on September 20.

Today, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has marked the Adygs Day for the fourth time. Nalchik townspeople treat it as a unifying holiday, but saw some opposition to the Revival Day of Balkar Nation in it.

The detention raids of Baku gays were triggered by citizens’ complaints that people with non-traditional sexual orientation are engaged in prostitution, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Local LGBT activists assert that homophobic sentiments are very strong in the country.

Chechen investigating bodies have opened criminal cases on disappearance of 18 persons, Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russia’s Ombudsperson, has stated.

Despite 189 appeals in support of the former Mayor of Makhachkala, a commission has unanimously refused to pardon Said Amirov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. This was reported by the newspaper "Orenburzhye" with reference to the Vice Governor of the Orenburg Region.

On September 19, at the opening of the Timati's restaurant in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov handed out burgers to the first visitors, being guarded by armoured vehicles and soldiers. This was reported by local residents.

The number of the documents from the secret archives of the Vatican, earlier unpublished and donated to the Museum, includes the records of diplomats who worked in the Ottoman Turkey in the period from 1914 to 1917.

During the past 24 hours, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 127 times at the contact line. This has been reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

According to the law enforcement agencies, two residents of Chechnya, mentioned in the publications of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" as dead, are alive. This has been reported by Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, during her trip to Grozny. Tatiana Moskalkova intends to meet them.

Khasan Tagirov, a native of Chechnya, detained in Iraq, is kept in prison in Baghdad and will be brought to trial in accordance with the Iraqi laws. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader.

Stefan Schennach (Austria) and Cezar Florin Preda (Romania), the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee, have called on the Azerbaijani authorities to speed up the reform of the penitentiary system, bring the country's legislation on NGOs to European standards and release activists arrested and sentenced for political reasons.

In Baku, a trial in the case against Aziz Orudjev is scheduled for September 27. The journalist is being prosecuted in connection with his professional activities, claims his brother Anar Orudjev, a founder of the "Kanal-13".

Judges from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have refused to send for reconsideration the case of beating in Ingushetia of rights defender Oleg Orlov and three journalists. Russia is obliged to pay 84,000 euros of compensation to the complainants.

The police have blocked the building, where an event was scheduled in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Islamic Party (AIP).

Sakhrudin Ibragimov, a resident of Khasavyurt, was killed in a shootout with policemen, the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.

On September 18, in Chechnya, the Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) almost simultaneously rejected the political and criminal subtext in the disappearance of Zelimkhan Bakaev. The Ministries have assured they are making all efforts to find him.

In Makhachkala, three months after an attack on a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, investigators have instituted a criminal case under the Article stipulating up to six years of imprisonment.