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In Dagestan, on Saturday, the legal regime of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in connection with searches of suspected militants at the junction of the Gumbet and Kazbek Districts, said the Operative Headquarters of the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in Dagestan.

The units of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) are brought to the high alert state, because of the risk of showers and mudslides in Northern Caucasus, said the MfE.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found Biaslan Djaboev, who was killed in February 2012, innocent under the incriminated article of "participation in illegal armed formation (IAF)". Under all other indictment points brought against Djaboev, he was found guilty killed, said the advocate Tatiana Psomiadi.

As of Saturday morning, the whereabouts of Sakhratula Magomedov, a resident of Kizilyurt, who was kidnapped in the evening on September 25, has not been established, said Aisha Selimkhanova, an employee of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent a request to Russian authorities concerning the case of a participant of the liquidation of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) accident from the KBR.

The criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, voiced out by President Barack Obama in connection with obstacles to NGOs' activities may tell positively on solution of existing problems, NGO activists hope. At the same time, the official Baku has rejected the criticism from Washington.

On September 24-26, residents of the micro-district KSM in Sochi held three rallies, attended by some 200 people, who spoke against the build-up of the water-protection zone on the left bank of the Sochi River.

Relatives of Sakhratulla Magomedov, who assert that he was kidnapped on September 25 by unidentified persons, have gathered at the Inter-District OVD (Interior Division) in the city of Kizilyurt.

A resolution calling to ensure the safety of journalists and media workers has been adopted by the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations (UN). The human rights organization "Article 19", which gave advice on the resolution, has again urged Russia to resume the investigation into the murder of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev.

Agrarians of Northern Caucasus and regions of Southern and Russia are ready to increase their production output, should the credit policy be changed, small businesses supported, protective tariffs introduced and fuel-and-oil prices reduced. Otherwise, all the talks about import substitution will remain in the field of the political PR, said the debaters of the "Caucasian Knot".

The policeman, who was wounded in his leg in an armed clash with a suspected militant Alil Gadjiramazanov in Makhachkala, feels satisfactorily. The casualty was involved in the armed underground, the resources supporting North-Caucasian militants have confirmed.

Each of the three candidates for the post of the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has proposed three candidates for the membership of the Council of Federation (the so-called "Senate") of Russia, Tatiana Egorova, the Speaker of the Republic's Parliament, said today.

In the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, the storm killed a man; and in the Vesioly District of the Rostov Region, a woman died from the injuries caused by fall of a tree on the car. In total, according to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), 73 people sought medical care after the nature attack.

Azerbaijan has announced a verdict to Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "Promoting Democracy". The court sentenced him, as well as another employee of the NGO, who had slandered Mamedov during the investigation, to one year of condition imprisonment each. Both were released in the courtroom.

The settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, is still cordoned off by power agents and militaries, said a local woman. According to her story, the school and the kindergarten remain closed, while all the male villagers were taken out for identification.

Rajab Mustafaev, who was killed on September 2 in the Makhachkala settlement of Semender, was a militant, says a statement posted on one of the websites that support the armed underground of Northern Caucasus.

On September 25, about 50 residents of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, came out to the building of the city administration (Mayoralty) to hold a protest action. They demanded to cancel the decision to raise fares on public transport.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court (KTC) has dismissed the complaint lodged by Oksana Toropova, a resident of Sochi, against her sentence on charges of beating up a court marshal. The woman herself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, adding that she would appeal against the KTC's decision by means of cassation.

On Thursday, a militant was shot dead by policemen in Makhachkala, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). One policeman was wounded.

A native of Georgia Tarkhan Batirashvili, the commander of the northern sector of the "Islamic State", also known as Umar al-Shishani, has announced a reward of 5 million US dollars for the assassination of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the website "Pressa Today" reports.