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In Moscow, the court has pronounced the decision to extend by four months the detention in custody of Khamid Razhapov and Khusein Tsetiev, accused of an attack on staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). Said-Magomed Tsetiev is left under house arrest for the same period.

On September 14, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, reported that the Georgian authorities became aware of the intention of the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party to organize riots in the country. "The UNM's interests include radicalization of the situation... This statement is based on the specific information. Therefore, we are to carry out preventive measures to avoid aggravation of the situation at any polling station," emphasized the Georgian Prime Minister.

The Prosecutor's Office for Dagestan has been instructed to check the information about the practice of female circumcision in Dagestan. This was reported by the Deputy General Prosecutor of Russia.

Tonight, law enforcers have lifted the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, in force since August in the Karabudakhkent and Buynaksk Districts of Dagestan.

In Dagestan, no pre-election intrigue still remains, since the authorities have removed from the electoral process all the political forces undesirable for them. This opinion was voiced by Gadjimurat Sagitov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novoe Delo".

On September 14, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Mirpasha Guseinov, considered the appeal against the extension of the pre-trial restriction measure against Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the movement "Nida".

Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", has been prosecuted in Chechnya for his professional activities, and the criminal case against him was fabricated. This is announced in a statement released by the international human rights organization "Civil Rights Defenders" based in Sweden. The human rights defenders have treated the sentence of the journalist as a demonstration of permissiveness of the Chechen authorities.

Today, the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office has announced no need to keep in custody Vaagn Gumashyan, a supporter of the "Constituent Parliament", who is accused of using violence against a public official during the dispersal of demonstrators.

In Azerbaijan, activist Fuad Akhmedli is refused his right to visits and phone conversations by the investigator's decision. According to his advocate, the defence treats the above decision as ungrounded.

In Yerevan, a case of obstructing the activities of journalists during the dispersal of demonstrators in the Sari Tag District on July 29 is brought to court. The case involves four defendants.

The international organization "Free Press Unlimited", engaged in support of freedom of speech, has condemned the sentence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", and demanded from the Russian authorities to review his case.

Swimmer Dmitri Saley, a member of the Azerbaijani national team, won silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke event at the 15th Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athlete Elena Chebanu won her third medal, this time in the women's long jump.

The military exercises "Caucasus-2016" in the south of Russia and the NATO "2016 Agile Spirit" in Georgia, which took place in early September in the immediate vicinity of each other, were not related. This was stated by Russian military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The human rights organization "Article 19" has called on the authorities to review the case against Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", who was sentenced in Chechnya for three years of imprisonment.

The initiative group of friends of the journalist of the "Caucasian Knot" Zhalaudi Geriev, sentenced to three years in prison on charges of illegal drug possession, has initiated the collection of signatures to the petition posted on the "Change.org" open civil platform.

The inter-regional environmental and human rights public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) has been recognized today as a foreign agent on the outcomes of the check conducted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Adygea.

Today, a statement in support of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, sentenced to three years in prison, was issued by the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ).

Dagestani authorities will petition about awarding the title of Hero of Russia to policeman Magomed Nurbagandov, who was killed by militants after he refused under the threat of execution to urge his colleagues to leave law enforcement bodies, Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of the republic, said today.

Today, at the parliament building of Armenia, an action was held in support of the detachment "Sasna Tsrer", whose members held captured for two weeks the building of the police PPS in Yerevan. Supporters have called on MPs to promote the release of detachment members and other political prisoners.

Policemen detained "Greenpeace" activists in Krasnodar on their way to a press conference, dedicated to fighting forest fires in the Krasnodar Territory. Four persons were taken to the police station of the Tsentralny District of Krasnodar.