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On September 22, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made a decision in favour of relatives of Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, who was kidnapped in Dagestan in June 2010. The ECtHR ordered to pay the complainants 60,000 euros of compensation.

Today, a picket in support of Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko has been held in front of the building of the Donetsk City Court in the Rostov Region, where the trial in the case against Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of the murder of Russian journalists, is conducted. Advocates have reported the beginning of the action in support of their client.

Amur Khakulov, who is being kept at the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik and who is expecting the consideration of the appeal against the verdict in the case of the attack on Nalchik, suffers from chronic kidney disease and does not receive the necessary medical treatment. This has been reported by the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

In the territories of five southern districts of Dagestan, the activities of searching for militants are being conducted outside residential settlements, and they do not interfere with the lives of civilians. This was reported by a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Local residents confirm the information and note the large concentration of law enforcers.

A resident of Maikop has held a solo protest action with the demand to evacuate Circassian families from the conflict zone in Syria. Other activists announced their willingness to support the protestor. The pickets were held in response to the murder of an 11-year-old Circassian girl near Damascus.

In Volgograd, 11 local activists spoke in support of the project "Last Address" designed to perpetuate the memory of the repressed USSR citizens. At the Regional Library named after Gorky, the activists read poems of Soviet poets, dedicated to the victims of the repression.

The situation in the village of Novy Kurush in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, where a Salafi mosque was closed on September 22, remains tense. As of September 28, the very mosque is closed.

Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has recognized the legitimacy of two fines, each for the amount of 300,000 roubles, imposed by the magistrate judge on the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" for violating the law on foreign agents.

Today, at the monument "Tree of Life" in Nalchik, city residents have held an action to pay tribute to the memory of Judy Maf, an 11-year-old Circassian girl, killed in Syria. The participants of the action have stated that the Russian authorities should pay attention to the problems of Syrian Circassians.

Today, freelance journalist Islam Shikhali, who cooperates with the Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Office, has been questioned at the Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan. The investigators asked the journalist about the activities of the Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Office and the "Meydan TV" online TV Channel.

In the south of Dagestan, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced within the area with population of about 200,000 people. Law enforcers are searching for militants, who killed five hunters. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

According to various sources, 3-13 persons have joined the hunger strike in the village of Gluboky of the Kamensk District of the Rostov Region.

In the village of Gluboky of the Kamensk District of the Rostov Region, after a rally held in front of the administration building, participants of the action declared a hunger strike. They demanded the arrival of investigators and prosecutors from Moscow for carrying out the investigation into the activities of local officials.

Celebration of Eid al-Adha by Muslims of the Caucasus; new cases of escalation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone; continuation of the hunger strike in Akhtubinsk despite the start of the debt repayments, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 21-27, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the course of the re-interrogation, Shagid Gubashev, accused in Boris Nemtsov murder case, has retracted his initial confession. Therefore, all the defendants in the case pleaded not guilty. This was reported by a source close to the investigation.

Athletes from 37 countries have arrived in Sochi to take part in international competitions in summer sports among people with musculoskeletal system disorders.

During the week of September 21-27, 2015, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In connection with the search for militants, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced within the territories of the Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts of Dagestan.

On September 27, in Astrakhan, five activists joined the international campaign in support of Nadezhda Savchenko and held an action with an appeal to release the Ukrainian aviator.

On September 24-25, in Nagorno-Karabakh, residents of the near-border villages of Madaghis and Talish suffered from one of the most intensive attacks in recent years. They called on the parties to the conflict to stop endangering the civilian population.