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The Armenian authorities should thoroughly investigate the circumstances of beating of Smbat Akopyan, a member of the "Union of Soldiers-Liberators", and punish all the persons guilty of the incident. This was declared by the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

Law enforcers have detained a resident of the Vedeno District of Chechnya, suspected of rendering assistance to militants in Syria and attempting to form an armed grouping in Chechnya. This was reported by an official of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In the course of the meeting of the Akhtubinsk City Assembly, at which deputies made the decision to repay wage arrears to employees of the local auto transport enterprise, the Prosecutor has reported on the violations committed during the tenders for the carriers.

The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has sent to the Levashi District Court the case against Abdurakhman Gadjiev, a local resident, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In Dagestan, residents of the village of Novy Kurush have carried out all the things out of the mosque, and the door to the building has been welded shut. According to the village administration, the action was sanctioned by the police.

The Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region has pronounced a break in the trial in the case against Nadezhda Savchenko until September 29. On that day, the Court is to question the very defendant and witnesses.

A resident of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan and a native of Chechnya have been detained and taken into custody as persons suspected of an assassination attempt on the Director of the Museum of the Jewish History in Russia (MJHR) in Moscow.

Today, Veniamin Kondratiev has taken office as the Governor of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) and announced a change in the structure of the regional administration.

After the resignation of Saigidpasha Umakhanov from the post of the Mayor of Khasavyurt, sources familiar with the situation mention a ministerial seat in Makhachkala as one of his supposed jobs. The press service of the Khasavyurt administration report that Saigidpasha Umakhanov is on vacation.

Saigidpasha Umakhanov may resign from his post of the Mayor of Khasavyurt. This information disseminated in social networks was confirmed to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source familiar with the situation. However, the information has not been officially confirmed yet.

Law enforcers have found no members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the village of Zayukovo, and in that regard, the regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) was canceled at 1:45 p.m. Moscow time, the operative headquarters for KBR reports.

The body of Mairbek Kaitukov, the head of the administration of the village of Khod of the Alagir District was found with multiple stab wounds. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of North Ossetia.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a resolution concerning the complaint filed by relatives of Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Makhachkala, kidnapped on June 25, 2010, whose fate is still unknown. The complainants are granted compensation for moral damages in the amount of 60,000 euros.

The special operation ongoing in the village of Zayukovo has become the third such event in the Baksan District of KBR in 2015. In June, the regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in the vicinity of the village of Atazhukino, and in July in the area between the city of Baksan and the village of Dygulybgei.

Investigators have put on the wanted list Gasan Mamedyarov, Robert Melikov, and Magomedali Murliev accused of killing hunters in the Suleiman-Stalsky District. According to the updated information of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), three persons were killed, including Lamet Ibragimov, Zakidin Metkhanov, and Gadjimet Yurkuliev.

In the vicinity of the village of Zayukovo of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where the regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced today, law enforcers have found militants. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) reports the winners in the contest of the projects submitted by NGOs on the subjects of Cossacks, ethnic and religious relations. Today, organizers start accepting applications for the new contest for socially-oriented NGOs.

In Akhtubinsk, apart from the demand of full payment of wage arrears by the municipal enterprise (MP) "Akhtuba ATP" (auto transport company), participants of the hunger strike insist on the resumption of the enterprise's operation. They welcomed the information about the possible dismissal of the ATP director.

A counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been started in the village of Zayukovo of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The CTO regime was introduced at 5:00 a.m. Moscow time.

The case against Magomed Labazanov accused of involvement in an armed formation not stipulated by the federal law has been sent to the court.