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Members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) gathered near the building of the Volgograd Regional Election Committee (REC) to protest against the election outcomes and stated alleged violations during the election campaign. The REC stated 14 complaints received on the voting day.

Gadim Soltan, a member of the "Musavat" Party, was forcibly taken away from a village in Gobustan District of Azerbaijan during the collection of signatures in favour of a candidate for the parliament. The opposition activist treats the incident as kidnapping; his party colleagues say about pressure.

Zhanna Nemtsova petitions to re-qualify charges to figurants in the case of the murder of her father politician Boris Nemtsov, to another article of the Russian Criminal Code, said the advocate Vadim Prokhorov.

According to the preliminary reports on the voting at the elections to the Sochi City Assembly of the fifth convocation, members of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party and self-nominated candidates from business and administrative agencies lead the race with great superiority.

United voting day in Southern Russia; election of Tamerlan Aguzarov the head of North Ossetia; arrest in absentia of Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Dagestani branch of the Russian Pension Fund, – see these and other events in the Caucasus during September 7-13, 2015, in the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

According to the preliminary data reported by the Election Commission for Dagestan, the "Party of Veterans of Russia" gained 68.8% of votes at the elections to the City Assembly of Buynaksk. The second highest number of votes went to the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, which gained 18.57%.

During the week of September 7-13, 2015, at least two persons were killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded 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 Rostov-on-Don, two observers from the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) were brought to the police station. They are charged with violating public order. According to Vladimir Bessonov, a State Duma deputy from the CPRF, the observers from the CPRF managed to record a video of ballot stuffing at an electoral precinct.

On September 13, on the united voting day in Russia, a number of regions of Southern Russia and Northern Caucasus held elections of various levels, including the municipal campaign in Dagestan. Residents of Makhachkala elect deputies of three regional assemblies of the city. Observers noted low voter turnout. Besides, according to local residents, Makhachkala had very passive election campaign.

Nineteen of the Yazidis, who came to Armenia from the Iraqi province of Shingal, were granted refugee status. This has been announced today by Gamlet Smoyan, a member of the Board of the Yazidi National Union "Sinjar".

Today, at the session of the Parliament of North Ossetia, Tamerlan Aguzarov was elected the leader of the republic, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The UN resolution to proclaim the day of December 9 the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide was adopted by the initiative of Armenia.

On September 12, at the conference held in Yerevan, the agreement on formation of the united front "No!" was signed by the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Party, the "Heritage" Party, the "National Self-Determination" Party, the "Constituent Parliament", and the initiative group "No to robbery!" The idea to unite the opponents of the constitutional reforms was initiated by the initiative group "You won't deceive us!"

The authorities of Azerbaijan have declared wanted via the Interpol two sons of Siyavush Azakov, Professor at the Baku Higher Oil School. Eldar and Farid Azakov are suspected of misappropriation of funds. According to their father, they became victims of slander.

Khadjimurat Temurziev, a resident of Ingushetia, was detained and placed in custody in Moscow on suspicion of an attempt to escape after committed road accident and an attack on a policeman. His advocate denies the investigators' version and claims that his client was severely beaten at detention.

Administrative protocols have been drawn up against all 48 Yerevan protesters taken to the police station. In the opinion of the lawyer Rimma Sargsyan, the activists should not sign these protocols, as the police dispersed a peaceful demonstration.

During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Dagestani village of Novy Kurush, law enforcers checked documents and restricted motor traffic. Besides, local residents said that searches were conducted in the adjacent forest area. By the morning on September 12, power agents stopped their check.

As reported by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), there are no casualties and victims among this year's Chechen Hajj pilgrims as a result of the tragedy in the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca.

The National Assembly of Armenia has defined the holder of the mandate of Arpine Ovannisyan, who was earlier appointed to the post of the Minister of Justice. Her post was taken up by Karen Bekaryan, the head of the NGO "European Integration".

As reported by the press service of the police, 48 detained protesters were brought to police stations from Bagramyan Avenue.