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In Sochi, one of the electoral precincts of the Central District, opened for early voting in the election of the City Mayor, was opened two days after the official date of opening without proper announcement, and residents of the resort city were complaining that they could not find their electoral precinct for voting.

Investigators believe that the murder of five persons in the village of Shamkhal of Makhachkala involves members of an illegal armed formation (IAF), stated Rasul Temirbekov, the Spokesman of the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Yusup Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, sentenced for the murder of ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov, may have been poisoned. This was stated by his advocate Murad Musaev.

The declaration on the territorial integrity of the former Soviet republics, including Azerbaijan, signed at the NATO summit in Newport, will have no serious impact on the arrangement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, state Karabakh experts.

On September 9, in the territory of Ingushetia, near the Russian-Georgian border, a hiding with an anti-tank missile was found. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement bodies of Northern Caucasus.

On September 14, Karachay-Cherkessia will vote within 22 election campaigns, a member of the Karachay-Cherkessian Election Commission (KChEC) reports. The elections to the Parliamentary of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) will be the most important among the election campaigns, told experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the appeal filed by Gasan Guseinli, the head of the Educative Centre "Intellectual Citizen", who was sentenced on charges of disorderly conduct and illegal possession of cold steel arms.

As reported by Minkail Ezhiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre of Chechnya, policemen would not release women-solo picketers in support of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of the city of Kislovodsk, from the courtroom of the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory.

On Tuesday, Said Nuri, who was denied leaving Azerbaijan, was questioned as a witness at the investigating Department for Grave Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan within the case initiated against a number of local and foreign NGOs, said the lawyer Yalchin Imanov.

On Tuesday, in Nalchik, unidentified men in masks kidnapped a local Zalimkhan Tkhamokov, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported. According to rights defenders, Tkhamokov's relatives still cannot find him.

While appreciating the receipt of the package of "enhanced cooperation" with NATO in general, Georgian experts point out that the country has not improved its defence capacity. Thus, Irakli Aladashvili speaks of the need for NATO's help in military training.

The Sixth Congress of the "United Caucasus Forum", which took place on September 8 in the city of Yessentuki, adopted a resolution, urging the Russian authorities to pay attention to the religion-based encroachment on believers' rights in the Stavropol Territory.

In Dagestan, the case against Narzulla Nurov, a resident of the Tabasaran District, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and funding militants, has been sent to the court. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in the Kirov District of Makhachkala has not been abolished yet. There, the search for suspected militants and their accomplices is underway, the Dagestani law enforcement bodies report.

On September 8, during the court hearing held on the case against Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of the city of Kislovodsk, accused of drug trafficking, the court sent for correction the details of the phone conversations of law enforcers submitted at the request of the defendant's advocate.

Leyla Yunus, the Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who is kept at the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Baku, was reprimanded. The reason was in her demand to protect her from wanton attacks of her cellmate, said the lawyer Fariz Namazly.

The Central District Court of Sochi has pronounced the decision to dismiss the second lawsuit filed by Igor Vasiliev, a candidate for the position of Sochi Mayor from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), to revoke the registration of Anatoly Pakhomov, a candidate from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party.

In Sochi, the court has postponed until September 15 the court hearing on the case against Olga Martynyuk, a local resident, accused of beating a bailiff, because of her illness.

About 100 villagers of Shamkhal held a picket in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, demanding an open and thorough investigation into the killing of five local hunters. Law enforcement officials promised to come to the village and tell about the inquiry.

The Award "Kamerton" (Tuning Fork) named after Anna Politkovskaya was handed over in Moscow to relatives of the Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian interpreter and journalist Andrei Mironov, who perished in Ukraine.