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Photos and videos taken during the construction of the Chirkei Hydro Power Plant (HPP) in the 1970s, as well as photos of the drawings, made by Dagestani painters on the walls of the HPP within the art project, are presented at the exhibition "Heritage Energy" in Gallery One of the city Kaspiysk.

Today, a resident of the Untsukul District of Dagestan has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about intense fire from large-calibre firearms in the settlement of Vremenny. The information about a shootout was confirmed by a source from the local ROVD (District Interior Division).

The PACE President Anne Brasseur has started her official visit to Azerbaijan with a meeting with civil society activists. At the meeting, the participants discussed the topics of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, the problem of political prisoners, and the obstacles to the development of civil society.

Ilgar Nasibov, a rights defender beaten in Nakhichevan, has faced a pre-trial restriction measure against him he is transferred under police supervision. He treats the measure as a politically motivated move.

During the week of September 15-21, 2014, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. One person was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On Monday, at the Moscow City Court, Nikita Tikhonov, a murderer of advocate Stanislav Markelov, charged with the creation of the extremist community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (CORN), has given up his final speech.

On September 21, Chechnya celebrated the Day of Chechen Woman. The holiday was introduced by the authorities in 2009. The festivities were held under enhanced security measures.

Summing up the results of the elections held on September 14 in the regions of Southern Russia; Investment Forum in Sochi, attended by representatives of 37 foreign countries and 74 regions of Russia; uphold of verdict of guilty against Said Amirov pronounced by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; attack on reporters of the Moscow BBC Office in Astrakhan; departure of the first group of pilgrims from Southern Russia to Hajj; early termination of the visit to Azerbaijan of the mission of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 15-21, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of the villages of Vremenny and Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan report on law enforcers going around households and searching houses.

In Ingushetia, a shootout occurred between law enforcers and militants. As a result, a policeman and one of the attackers were killed.

Leyla Yunus, a rights defender arrested in Azerbaijan, complains that the pressure imposed on her by her cellmates has increased after the visit to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the delegation of the Ombudsman's Office.

This autumn, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is to verify the complaints filed about fact of violence against detainees under investigation. This was stated by Magomed Miziev, the Chief of the Prosecutor's Office Department to supervise investigation of crimes in the bodies of the Investigating Department (ID) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the KBR.

Yerevan hosts the International Festival "Literary Ark-2014", which brings together poets and writers from 11 countries, including France, Italy, Croatia, Russia, Poland, the UK, and Denmark.

Today, Vladikavkaz has held the First Congress of Muslim Women of North Ossetia, which was attended by about 100 women. The Congress discussed the women's role in the society, problems of creating a family, fundamentals of marriage and the importance of wearing a headscarf.

Today, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) celebrate the Adygs' Day for the first time. On the occasion, schools and other institutions where Saturday is a working day have a day-off.

Ilgar Nasibov, a human rights defender beaten in Nakhichevan has been charged with inflicting bodily harm to Farid Askerov. The activist believes that the charge against him is politically motivated and that it is filed to "neutralize him".

The case against Marina Baisultanova, a resident of Grozny, accused of severe beating of her stepdaughter, after which the girl fell into a coma, is sent to the court. Marina Baisultanova also faces charges of beating the older sister of the victim.

Oppositional politicians and civil society activists in Azerbaijan welcome the resolution of the European Parliament (EP) calling on the country's authorities to stop pressure on those who criticize the government critics and release the arrested rights defenders. For the first time ever, a document of the European Union has voiced the idea of using sanctions against the Azerbaijani officials responsible for human rights violations, says the opposition.

The house of an entrepreneur, director of one of bus stations of Makhachkala, was attacked by unidentified shooters from a grenade launcher. The incident occurred in the evening on September 19.

Tatiana Borisova, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) has held a solo picket in Krasnodar in support of the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, convicted for damaging the fence around the premise, known as "summer cottage" of Alexander Tkachov, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.