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In the evening of September 17, the Tbilisi City Court released Gigi Ugulava, the former Mayor of the capital of Georgia, from pre-trial detention. However, the trial in the case of misappropriation of the "Imedi" TV Company will continue.

Activist Sergey Titarenko refuses to plead guilty to public calls to extremism and treats the verdict of the Krasnodar court as unfair.

In the area of the village of Maidanskoye, Dagestani law enforcers destroyed a dugout, in which they found an improvised explosive device (IED) and components for manufacturing of IEDs.

Azerbaijani freelance journalist Shirin Abbasov is sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest. Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) did not specify what kind of administrative offense had been committed by the journalist.

When commenting on his inclusion in the sanctions list, the leader of Chechnya has declared that Kiev officials are unable to prevent his visit to Ukraine.

On September 16, the Soviet City Court of Astrakhan held the trial on the administrative case instituted against Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The court's decision to recognize illegal the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to institute a criminal case on abuse of power by Stavropol policemen during the special operation in Grozny has come into force.

Russia is busy looking for options to resolve the Karabakh conflict; however, Russians will not ignore the interests of Armenia. This opinion has been expressed by Armenian political analysts.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has granted the motion filed by advocates of Ukrainian citizens Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, accused of involvement in the combat actions in the territory of Chechnya.

Ella Pamfilova, the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, took part in the coordination meeting of Ombudsmen of North-Caucasian republics, which was held in Nalchik on September 16. After the meeting at the Government House in Nalchik, Ella Pamfilova met citizens and journalists.

On September 16, power agents started to inspect houses in the village of Sogratl. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by a woman from the village, who introduced herself as Muminat.

In Tbilisi, in front of the buildings of the prison No. 9 and the Georgian Ministry of Probation, protesters have demanded to release immediately Gigi Ugulava, whose detention in custody is recognized as unconstitutional.

Colleagues of Azerbaijani freelance journalist Shirin Abbasov, who cooperated with the "Meydan TV" online TV Channel, report his disappearance.

One of the participants of the execution of the family of a fortune teller in the Dagestani village of Rubas was Abutdin Khanmagomedov, a member of "Derbent" grouping, who fulfilled a Sharia court verdict, said a law enforcement source.

The investigation officials have transferred the entrepreneur Levon Airapetyan, who is accused of theft "Bashneft" assets, from house arrest to recognizance not to leave.

Policemen found, near the village of Maidanskoye, Untsukul District of Dagestan, remains of suspected militant. The police found that the casualty is the 27-year-old O. Sharaputdinov, a resident of the village of Balakhani, which was blown up by his own bomb.

On September 16, the Presidium of the Supreme Mejlis of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (DPA) overturned the decision to participate in the November 1 parliamentary elections. The abolition of decision was motivated the absence of conditions for political rivalry and refusal of the ODIHR OSCE to monitor the elections.

Today, it became known that Sochi activists of four parties – the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), the LDPR (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia), "Homeland" and "Yabloko" – signed a resolution recognizing the outcomes of the elections to the City Council of Sochi, held on September 13, invalid.

The group "No to robbery!" stated numerous appeals of citizens of Armenia about the fact that electricity bills for August do not indicate how much money is subsidized by the authorities.

The police detain residents of the Vedeno District suspected of trying to join the "Islamic State" (IS), declared to be a terrorist organization in Russia, and recruiting young people to take part in the combat actions in Syria.