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At the trial in the case against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko, the court in the Rostov Region has questioned two victims and listened to the written testimony of the third victim. The defendant's defence has claimed a lot of coincidences in the testimonies of the victims and called that fact an "intellectual fraud".

In Armenia, the initiative group "No to robbery!" has expressed its distrust of the results of the first phase of the audit in the energy sector of the country. According to the activists, the audit was based on the documents, selectively provided by the Company "Electric Networks of Armenia".

At the trial in the case against Pyotr Parpulov, accused of treason, the Court has dismissed all the motions filed by defence. This was reported by Oleg Eliseev, an advocate of Pyotr Parpulov.

In the Astrakhan Region, women, who take part in the hunger strike of the employees of the "Akhtuba ATP", have suspended their participation in the protest action because of sharp deterioration of their health. Three employees of the "Akhtuba ATP" continue the hunger strike, and they are joined by two deputies.

About a dozen members of the initiative group "You won't deceive us!", opposing the constitutional reforms, marched in the capital of Armenia.

After the discharge of chemical substances from the Volgograd enterprise "Caustic", city residents demanded from the authorities to bring the guilty persons to justice.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has proposed to engage ground forces in addition to the Russian air forces to combat the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.

Sarabi Seyunov, a defendant in the case of the attack on Nalchik, has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine has expressed its strong protest in connection with the trial against Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian citizen and a people's deputy of Ukraine. The Ukrainian MFA has demanded to release Nadezhda Savchenko.

In the village of Gluboky of the Kamensk District, participants of the hunger strike made a decision to stop their protest action after the conversation with the Deputy Prosecutor of the Rostov Region and the Deputy Chief of the Investigating Department for the Rostov Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

In Nalchik, the office of the NGO "Adyge Khase" hosted the presentation of the three-volume book "Circassians" written by Turkish writer Yalcin Kaya. The presentation was attended by the author, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

At the trial held at the Yasamal District Court of Baku, advocates of the defendants in the case against the Said Nursi followers, detained in April 2014, have asked the Court to acquit their clients. The advocates also claimed the political background of the case.

In Sochi, city resident Tatiana Kholidi, the mother of Pavel Resh, a seriously ill 33-year-old person with disabilities, has sent an appeal to Veronika Skvortsova, Russian Minister of Health. In her appeal, the woman complains about doctors and pharmacists, who failed to provide her son with life-saving drugs.

In Dagestan, the search for members of the armed underground in the territories of the Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts is still underway. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the evening of September 29.

In Yerevan, the St. Anne's Church held a liturgy in memory of four soldiers, who died in the Karabakh conflict zone on September 25. Parishioners also lit candles to pay tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers.

Today, according to the US Treasury, the US authorities have imposed sanctions against 29 individuals and entities affiliated with the grouping "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia, the USA, Turkey, and a number of other countries.

Today, Alexander Malofeev, a member of the Ukrainian organization "UNA-UNSO", has been found guilty of killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya. He is sentenced to 24.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, and the sentence has appeared to be tougher than the prosecutor requested.

Aimur Khakulov, who is being kept at SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik till the consideration of the appeal against his verdict in the case of the attack on Nalchik, receives all the necessary medical treatment. This was reported by the Acting Assistant on Human Rights to the Chief of the Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service.

According to Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko, the instructions, which she gave during the shelling of the positions of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (known as LNR), cannot be treated as an adjustment of fire. Nadezhda Savchenko states that she only asked the artillerists not to shell the roads.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the verdict in the case of defamation. The journalist's advocates intend to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.