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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.

Policemen have partly blocked Putin Avenue in connection with the opening of a rapper Timati’s burger restaurant in the capital of Chechnya.

The Judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have refused to send the case on the capture of hostages in the Beslan School for reconsideration. Thus, Russia is obliged to pay over 2.9 million euros of compensation to the applicants.

A Russian citizen of Chechen origin was detained in Germany on suspicion of involvement in the banned terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). This was reported by the Hamburg General Prosecutor's Office.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has added the Volgograd journalist Alexander Batmanov to the list of his other four colleagues persecuted for their professional activities.

Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russia’s Ombudsperson, decided to talk personally to Chechen law enforcers and rights defenders during her visit to the region.

Today, in Republic Square in Yerevan, policemen detained six activists, who were spreading leaflets with information about the leader of Armenian opposition.

The Armenian and Karabakh armed forces have violated the ceasefire for 125 times over the past 24 hours. This has been reported today by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Incidents involving Russian soldiers are provoked by lack of discipline. This opinion was expressed by members of human rights and public organizations of Armenia. Residents of Gyumri, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, noted the deterioration of the attitude towards soldiers from the Russian Federation.

Joseph Alexander Smith, a journalist from Great Britain, has been registered by the Saburtali District Election Commission as a candidate to participate in the elections to the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council).

More than 200 applications from relatives of the children brought to Iraq and Syria were transferred from Chechnya to the federal commission in charge of returning children from warfare areas.

Asiyat Abdulkarimova, a native of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, with her seven minor children, was forced to fly to Russia by the authorities of Egypt, her relative has stated.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala has appealed against the acquittal of Badrudin Musaev, accused of insulting Dagestani policemen and traumatizing one of them.

A park with rare trees and flowers has been arranged near the complex "Grozny-City". Residents of Grozny treated the park as very beautiful and original and noted that the opening ceremony was held at enhanced security measures.

Today, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes has cancelled sanctions against the agency "Turan", but it still cannot resume its activities because of the absence of the information on the closure of the criminal case. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Shakhin Gadjiev, the deputy director for the agency "Turan".

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has reported termination of the proceedings in the case on the liquidation of the Spiritual Centre of Muslims for the Republic of Ingushetia in connection with the conclusion of a settlement agreement.