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During the excavations of an ancient fortress in the Krasnodar Territory (aka Kuban by the name of the main river), which was found during the construction of the energy bridge to the Crimea, a burial ground of the Khazar epoch with weapons and ornaments was discovered, the head of the archaeological expedition reports.

The members of the US House of Representatives David Valadao, Frank Pallone and Tulsi Gubbard have been put on the list of undesirable persons for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports.

Investigators have released the description of the resident of the Suleiman-Stalski District, who disappeared on August 29.

Sirazhdin Ramazanov, the leader of Social Democratic Party from Dagestan wants to get nominated for the presidential election.

Alexei Kardashov, who left his home in Khasavyurt on September 14 and never came back, was kidnapped, investigators believe.

An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, who was seriously wounded by a mine explosion in the vicinity of Vedeno, was operated on in a Grozny hospital after receiving multiple shrapnel wounds; while his colleague was contused and received moderate-gravity wounds.

In Makhachkala, pupils and teachers of two schools were evacuated after messages on undermining. Such messages were also got by four schools in Makhachkala.

In the forest near the village of Vedeno, policemen with a militant detained a year ago were blown up on a mine. As a result, the detainee was killed, and the law enforcers were hospitalized. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

In Grozny, experts from the Rostov Centre of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have defused an unexploded air bomb. Another shell was liquidated in the mountainous Vedeno District.

Three policemen have been hospitalized after being shelled in North Ossetia; their lives are out of danger.

Within the past 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire on the contact line for 128 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

The human rights organization "Transparency International-Russia" (TI-R) will check the cost of the horse, which Prince of Dubai presented to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

After meeting officials, Mokok villagers agreed to postpone their hunger strike planned for today till October. Their protest is caused by non-payment of compensations to fire victims. The Dagestani leader’s order is ignored, said the villagers.

On the eve of the arrival of Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia’s Ombudsperson, relatives of Chechen residents from the "execution list" received threats from law enforcers, the BBC reports citing the relatives.

The Russia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has started delivering military equipment to the Armed Forces of Abkhazia under the agreement on the joint troops grouping.

Today, the convicted activist Hayk Kyuregyan has stopped his hunger strike, stating human rights violations in Armenia and a threat to country’s independence.

The Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports detention of two residents of Khasavyurt, who has joined militants in Kaspiysk.

Today, the Grozny "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) has lost as guest 0:3 to Krasnoyarsk "Yenisei" in the 1/16 finals of the Russian Football Cup and left the tournament, the edition called "Championship" reports.

Tbilisi authorities refused to send an ambulance and set up bio-toilets near the parliament building for the hunger-strikers, the protesters assert.

Three persons from the "execution list" made public by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" died after armed clashes in Chechnya last December, and two others died from natural reasons. This has been reported by Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Ombudsperson.