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The President of Russia has signed a decree to award the title of Hero of Russia to Magomed Nurbagandov, a Dagestani policeman, who was killed after under the threat of violence he had refused to urge his colleagues to leave the law enforcement bodies.

In Dagestan, a fight occurred at a polling station in the village of Gotsatl of the Khunzakh District when an observer tried to prevent ballot stuffing. This was reported by a source. The law does not imply re-voting in such a situation, state Grigory Melkonyants, a member of the movement "Voice", and political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.

In Chechnya, the high voter turnout and the outcomes, desired by the authorities, are ensured thanks to state servants and budget-funded employees, who have to vote as they are ordered under threat of dismissal, residents of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot".

The violations committed in the course of voting at elections in the Krasnodar Territory had no essential impact on the election outcomes, the regional branches of the PARNAS Party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and the "Yabloko" Party have acknowledged.

Starting from today, companies that provide heating to residents of the cities of Taganrog, Novocherkassk, Azov, and the Azov Region are deprived of gas supply because of their debts. This was announced by the director of the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Rostov-on-Don".

The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the request of the opposition activist Fuad Akhmedli to transfer him from custody to house arrest. His defence intends to appeal against this decision at the European Court of Homan Rights (ECtHR).

Employees of the cleaning company "EKO-M" were not paid in full during 1.5 years. The debt amounts to 9.5 million roubles. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). A criminal case is instituted against top managers of the company "EKO-M".

The oppositionist Eduard Marshankulov won more votes in Cherkessk than Rasul Botashev, a candidate from the ruling "Edinaya Rossiya" (ER) (United Russia) Party. Despite the failure in Cherkessk, the candidate from the ruling party managed to win at the single-mandate constituency No. 16.

The law enforcement authorities are engaged in checking 116 out of 119 reports on violations committed during the elections to the local self-government bodies in Armenia. Law enforcers have announced the institution of two criminal cases.

Rashid Temrezov, who was re-elected on September 18 for his new term as the head of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has appointed a new senator (member of the Russia's Federation Council) – Rauf Arashukov. He will substitute Krym Kazanokov, who was appointed to represent the republic at the Federation Council in February 2016.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Ramazan Umarov was detained on April 28, 2007. His relatives could not define his whereabouts and turned to the prosecutor's office. The case on Umarov's kidnapping was opened on May 19, 2007; but it was never investigated and was suspended for six times.

In the Volgograd Region, numerous violations were registered at the elections, and the outcome of the voting was influenced by administrative resources and the low voter turnout. This opinion was voiced by members of the opposition parties interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) marks the Circassians' (Adygs') Day. On this occasion, it was declared a day off in the republic. On the eve of the holiday, the 11th Extraordinary Congress of the International Circassian Association (ICA) was held.

The opposition was unable to fight for the victory at the elections in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) without creating a strong coalition, the "Yabloko" Party has stated. The republic's leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) said that the ruling "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party would not let any rival come close to it.

Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party, a candidate to the State Duma from the federal list, has announced his intention to challenge the results of the elections in Ingushetia.

The local authorities had coordinated the outcomes of elections in Chechnya well in advance; and one should not believe the official announced figures, according to which the "Yabloko" Party won only 0.03% of votes, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights activist and a candidate for the Russian State Duma from the "Yabloko", told said the "Caucasian Knot".

Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, a candidate from the "Yabloko" Party, has reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on mass violations during the voting at the Tuapse electoral district. According to the ecologist, the turnout in Tuapse was overstated by 2.5 times, and the results of the voting "do not reflect the real situation."

In North Ossetia, the elections of deputies to the State Duma were held without gross violations. This was reported by Konstantin Kadiev, the chairman of the Election Commission for North Ossetia.

The preliminary data on voter turnout in comparison with the 2011 similar election campaign indicate a downward trend in the interest of residents of Chechnya, Stavropol Territory, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Ingushetia to the election of Russian State Duma MPs. However, this time, the voter turnout has increased slightly in Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and North Ossetia.

The voters of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" on the voting day, treated the non-admission of the self-nominee Aliya Totorkulov to the elections as their major disappointment of the 2016 election campaign.