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In Nalchik, the Court has pronounced the decision on the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of one-month home arrest for Zalimkhan Tkhamokov, a KBR resident. According to his wife, on September 9, he was detained on charges of illegal possession of weapons.

The forensic medical examination to reveal the causes of the death of Timur Kuashev, a journalist and civil society activist, conducted by forensic experts in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has failed to answer the question about the causes of the journalist's death.

The incident occurred at the corner of Batyrai and Suleiman Stalsky Streets, said one of the eyewitnesses. According to his story, 5-8 armed men, most of them in masks, arrived in two cars, pushed a young man into one of the cars and drove away.

According to the preliminary information, two persons were killed in an armed clash in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, stated a source in the law enforcement bodies.

As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the two persons killed on Thursday, September 11, during an armed clash in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, were involved in the armed underground.

Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova claims that the Deputy Chief of the Investigating Division (ID) of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division) rudely treated her and used force against her. The advocate requests the administration of the Dagestani law enforcement bodies to assist in the investigation into the incident.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is to consider the case of the victims of the terror act in Beslan and to reveal if the rights of hostages were violated. The materials of the official investigation have been submitted to the Strasbourg Court by the Russian Government.

Investigators have completed the investigation into the case against Said Amirov, the dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, accused of organization of the murder of Dagestani investigator Arsen Gadjibekov and already sentenced on charges of plotting a terror act.

Baku opens the exhibition of the Azerbaijani International Defence Industry "ADEX-2014". The exhibition will show products of 200 companies from 34 countries of the world. This is the first event of this format, and neither Azerbaijan nor the South Caucasus as a whole ever hosted similar exhibitions.

The first group of pilgrims from Chechnya, who this year commit Hajj to Mecca, will leave for Saudi Arabia on September 15. In total, this year, 2600 residents of Chechen will go for Hajj, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya reports.

In the course of the inspection tour of the polling stations of the Tsentralny District of Sochi, conducted by activists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), serious violations were detected. This was stated by the CPRF.

In Dagestan, a bill to abolish direct elections was initiated by republic's leader Ramazan Abdulatipov, who wishes to gain control over authorities of town and district level. This opinion was expressed by the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

The detention of Zalimkhan Tkhamokov, a resident of Nalchik, who had been earlier treated as kidnapped, was reported by his advocate Elena Bairamkulova. Zalimkhan Tkhamokov is accused of illegal possession of weapons, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

In the Rostov Region, the Shakhty City Court considers the case against policemen accused of attempted illegal sale of narcotic substances. The wife of one of the defendants believes that her husband fell victim to his unscrupulous colleague.

On January 16, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized violation of the human rights in the case of disappearance of five residents of Northern Caucasus in 2001-2004 and obliged Russia to pay more than 300,000 euros of compensation to the complainants.

On September 9, in Yerevan, about 50 persons attended an action demanding to release Armenian political prisoners, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. According to the protesters, at present, in Armenia, 17 persons are kept behind bars for political reasons.

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.