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Law enforcers suggest that three residents of Armenia were involved in killing Garik Mosinyan and wounding Vaagn Abgaryan. The aim of the attack was to shoot Abgaryan, the Investigating Committee reports.

The criminal proceedings against Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, sentenced in the case on public justification of terrorism, imitate the fight against terrorism, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today. The rights defenders have demanded to release Makhmud Velitov.

The Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev, who is on his fifth day of a hunger strike, announced in protest against the imposed administrative fine, said today that he feels well.

Today, at 11:00 a.m., in Gukovo, miners started their picket in the square near the building of the Palace of Culture with a demand to have their wages debts paid. The picket was sanctioned by the city authorities and was about 60 persons strong.

A son, two daughters, an elder brother and a wife of a son of Abbas Kuzhulov, sentenced on the charge of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF), have been kidnapped by law enforcers in Chechnya. This was reported by a collective statement disseminated in Facebook.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has replaced the remaining term of imprisonment for Faig Amirov, the financial director of the opposition newspaper "Azadliq" with conditional sentence. Faig Amirov was released in the courtroom.

At least one of the Chechen gay men, who were granted asylum in Canada, fell victim to threats from his compatriots, members of the Chechen Diaspora in Toronto. This was reported by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail on September 14. According to journalists, the police of Toronto launched an investigation into the incident.

At the discussion held at the Media Centre and focused on the closure of the exhibition dedicated to victims of Stalin's repressions, Ruben Babayan, the artistic director and the chief director for the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, stated that the closure of the exhibition is an act of censorship.

On September 13, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations hosted the next seminar from the cycle "The Caucasus in the past and the present (society and politics, economy and culture)." Experts have noted that in Northern Caucasus, the Islamic component in the relationship between men and women is increasing, while women are getting new opportunities for socialization.

On September 17, rights defender Igor Nagavkin decided to stop his hunger strike because of his health problems, his advocate Farit Murtazin reports.

Azeri opposition activist Uzeir Abbasov, sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest on charges of disobeying the police, is held in an overcrowded cell where prisoners are sleeping in turn, his advocate reports.

The girl and the boy brought to Grozny today received burns during missile strikes in Mosul. Children need treatment and rehabilitation, said Ziyad Sabsabi, Russian Senator from Chechnya.

A group of people, including natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, has been detained in the village of Chernobaevka in the Kherson Region. This has been reported today by the State Border Service of Ukraine.

The Azadliq Radio, the Azerbaijani unit of the Radio Liberty, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint about obstruction of activities in the territory of Azerbaijan. The complaint states that the Azerbaijani government has been obstructing the activities of the Azadliq Radio for nearly three years, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Yerevan, at least one person was killed and another was wounded as a result of a shootout near Republic Square.

A wave of telephone calls around Russia with threats of planted bombs was initiated from abroad by persons associated with the "Islamic State" (IS)*. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

On September 12, more than 100 people took part in the funeral of Ali Dabuev (Timur Makhauri) in the Pankisi Gorge. People who knew the deceased man denied the version about his involvement in the death of Shamil Basaev.

No one was injured in an earthquake registered in the village of Tsentaroi in the Nozhai-Yurt District on September 13. This was reported by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). Local residents have confirmed the information.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin and his mother flew to Israel. This has been reported today by a source from the Baku airport.

Mirgafar Seidov, the chief of the Baku Police, has become one of 15 persons included in the list, sent on September 12 by international organizations to the US authorities for inclusion in the Global Magnitsky Act.