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The body of Agasi Mkrtchyan with a gunshot wound is found in the territory of a military unit, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

An 18-year-old native of Chechnya is arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror act, the French media report. The Embassy of Russia is currenty verifying the information.

Today, the court has pronounced a decision to let journalists attend the hearing in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny.

In the territory of the Buynaksk District in Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced for the second time in September. In the Kumtorkala District, the special operation became the first one in 2018.

In Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze and Malkhaz Machalikashvili have called on members of political parties to join their protest action. The appeal was voiced after the police did not let the protestors to set up a tent in front of the parliament building.

Law enforcers began searching for militants in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Dagestan reported.

Teimur Akhundov, a resident of Gazakh, died after being summoned to the local district police department on September 25. His sister reported the signs of torture on his body. The police claim that the man died at the district diagnostic centre, where he was brought because he felt bad.

Forensic experts came to the conclusion about diagnosing with serious diseases Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer Union. The defence of the arrested former delegate intends to request the court to release him from custody.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has prolonged by three months the detention of Abdusamad Gamidov, a former Dagestani Prime Minister, and three other former high-ranking officials. The defendants are using their administrative resources to exert pressure on witnesses, an investigator has stated in court.

The events in Kendelen have shown the Kremlin that Yuri Kokov is unable to maintain stability in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Andrei Serenko believes. Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political analyst, is sure that Moscow officials, while combating the opposition, which manifested itself during the incident in Kendelen, are safeguarding themselves.

The protesters against the transfer of a part of the territory of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia to Chechnya left the venue, when dozens of law enforcers' cars arrived there. Some activists were detained.

Murtazali and Patimat Gasanguseinov have decided to stop picketing for several days, because the head of Dagestan, a meeting with whom they are seeking, is away.

Rajab Abdulatipov, a Dagestani MP, was detained on suspicion of taking part in a criminal community; he will soon be charged, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on its website.

Against the backdrop of protests in Sunzha and Magas, the heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia have signed an agreement on the mutual border.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has partially granted a cassation appeal filed by journalist Fikret Faramazoglu and reduced his sentence from seven to six years of imprisonment. The defence does not agree with this verdict and will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Over the past day, units of the Armenian armed forces 91 times violated the ceasefire in various directions of the front.

The statement voiced by Conor McGregor, who called Ramzan Kadyrov a dictator, does not hurt the leader of Chechnya, stated the Chechen Press Minister.

Today, in Sunzha, being under the tight control of law enforcers, about 50 people have started a spontaneous action against the transfer of lands in the Sunzha District to Chechnya.

Four international NGOs have submitted a statement to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in support of Azerbaijani journalist and rights defender Emin Guseinov. The NGOs request the ECtHR to recognize the revocation of his Azerbaijani citizenship as a persecution for freedom of expression.

Levon Yeranosyan, the former Armenian police forces commander, is charged with exceeding his power in connection with the use of special equipment by law enforcers during the April mass protests. The Lieutenant General refuses to testify in the case.