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Members of a fire prevention raid held by the "Greenpeace" and "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who were hurrying to help a rescue team of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), were blocked by Cossacks in Kuban. This was reported by members of the ecological organization "Greenpeace-Russia".

In the course of a special operation in Makhachkala, it was Amalatbek Bogatyrov who was killed and not Aziz Djamaludinov, as it had been reported earlier. This was announced by the law enforcement bodies.

At a press conference held in Moscow, Svetlana Gannushkina, a candidate to the State Duma from the "Yabloko" Party, the leader of the Committee "Civil Assistance", reports that she is ready to discuss with Ramzan Kadyrov the social and political life of Chechnya.

In the town of Volzhsky, the police instituted administrative proceedings against three agitators of the "Parnas" Party, detained on September 7. They are accused of placing campaign materials in violation of the electoral laws. Members of the "Parnas" Party have claimed facing obstacles in the pre-election campaign.

The defence of Khaiser Djemilev, a son of Mustafa Djemilev, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement, has repeatedly filed a motion to the Astrakhan court for conditional early relief. This was reported by advocate Nikolai Polozov.

People going for Hajj to Saudi Arabia will be able to vote at the elections earlier at a polling station in the city of Jeddah on September 13.

On September 7, in Makhachkala, fellow villagers and relatives of killed Gasanguseinov brothers agreed to demand the transfer of the case on the shepherds' murder to the Investigating Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). Moreover, they have founded a working group to assist the advocate in the above. The villagers have decided to refuse protests.

In Sochi, precinct election commissions began issuing absentee ballots. Candidates to the State Duma drew attention to a large number of absentee ballots, issued earlier by precinct election commissions.

On September 7, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, attended the international conference "Change in European geopolitical landscape after the Warsaw Summit" held in Tbilisi. He has stated the political nature of the issue of Georgia's joining NATO.

Anzor Magomadov, a 27-year-old resident of Sochi, a former student of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), is detained on suspicion of trying to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia.

Farmers will use an advice of the Vladimir Putin's press secretary and send an appeal to the Russian President. Meanwhile, according to the farmers, the police are trying to prosecute an 18-year-old activist, one of the organizers of the "tractor march".

203 workers of the group of companies "Kingcoal" have been paid debts for their wages for the period of April-May 2015. This was reported by the government of the Rostov Region.

Russian authorities should ensure an immediate revision of the case of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was convicted in Chechnya, with account of his statements about his kidnapping and ill-treatment, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated.

In the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the city of Izberbash, as law enforcers have reported, they killed Magomed Khalimbekov, Rinat Osmanov and Bagaudin Magomedov; in a shootout in Makhachkala – Rashid Umakhanov, Aziz Dzhamaludinov and Nazir Kasumov.

Journalists of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Azadlyg" (Azadliq – Freedom) treat the suspension of their paper, arrest of its financial director and questioning of the staff at prosecutor's office as an attempt to "completely suppress the critical voice." They called on the public to react to what is happening.

In Rostov-on-Don, near the building of the administration of the governor of the Rostov Region, miners are holding solo pickets, demanding the governor's arrival in Gukovo to decide the pay out of salary debts and ration coal.

Six people involved in an attack on the police, including Magomed Khalimbekov, the leader of the local grouping of militants, were killed in Makhachkala and Izberbash. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The North-Caucasian District Military Court has four residents of Sevastopol guilty of involvement in the terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", banned in Russia. The defendants were sentenced to 5-7 years of imprisonment.

In Sochi, investigators have combined the case against Irina Snytko of using violence against the police and the case of the use of violence by the police against the woman herself. After the cases were combined into the one, the investigation against a policeman was closed.

Today, in the Dagestani town of Izberbash, law enforcers have cordoned off the house, which, according to their information, could hide members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), involved in the attack on the police in August. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced.