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At the Moscow City Court (MCC), the Prosecutor's Office has questioned, within presentation of evidence against the defendants in Politkovskaya's murder case, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", where Anna Politkovskaya had worked.

The Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, kept in custody in Moscow, will retain his post until the next election schedule for 2014, since the Dagestani authorities have decided not to hold the early election.

The Sovietsky Court of Makhachkala has postponed – till September 23, because of non-appearance of the prosecutor, – the consideration of the complaint of the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova against the investigators who had stopped the criminal case on her beating in the building of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division).

Thomas Bach, new President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), shall take the principled position on compliance with the Olympic Charter and draw attention to human rights violations during the preparation for the Olympic Games in Sochi. This is declared in the statement of the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

In Azerbaijan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered the leaders of four political parties of the country as presidential candidates. One more candidate was refused in registration. Thus, there are seven registered candidates to run for presidency at the election of October 9.

The today's session of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has considered the case against Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado". The defendant's supporters demanded to disqualify public prosecutor Tural Yusifov from the trial. The prosecutor had to leave the courtroom, and the court hearings were suspended; however, they were resumed later.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has filed a lawsuit challenging the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a foreign agent. Being earlier scheduled for September 13, the court hearing has been postponed.

In Georgia, an educational film for training and re-training of employees of the penitentiary system was produced within the project of the training centre of the corrections and probation. The project lasts for half a year already, and starting from in September, the training centre launched a new training course.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal filed by Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", and upheld the verdict to deprive the journalist of liberty for nine years, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A group of 18 residents of Cherkessk filed a complaint to the City Prosecutor's Office about the significant increase in utility rates in July 2013.

Akbar Murtazaliev, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, who was detained on September 9, is kept in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala. This was reported by the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). He is charged of illegal possession of weapons.

At the trial on the case of the attack on Nalchik, prosecutors have qualified the actions of all the defenders as banditry, armed revolt, terrorism, attempts on lives of law enforcers and murder of two or more persons. It is expected that the prosecution will finish their debate on October 12 and announce the proposed punishments, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, within 6 months they managed to reach a 30-percent increase in crime-solving. The Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the police was acting efficiently; however, his opinion was not shared by the political expert Gela Vasadze, the leader of the NGO "Free Zone", and Zaza Khatiashvili, the Chairman of the Bar Association of Georgia.

The City Court of Novocherkassk has ruled to put Inessa Tarverdieva, a suspected member of a gang that committed attacks on policemen in the region; also today, law enforcers of chosen measure of restraint in the form of detention for.

Today, Elena Samoshina and Nikolai Shamaev, parents of many children from Volgograd, held solo pickets in front of the presidential administration in Moscow and met Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin.

At least 76 persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in August 2013; of them, 42 persons were lost and 34 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has again dismissed the motion filed by the defence of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the youth wing of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) to change his freedom restriction measure into recognizance not to leave.

In Azerbaijan, the advocate's power of lawyer Aslan Ismailov has been terminated. This decision was made today by the Nariman District Court of Baku to grant the request of the Advocates' Bar of Azerbaijan to deprive Aslan Ismailov of advocate status and to expel him from the Advocates' Chamber. Aslan Ismailov himself does not agree with the decision of the Court.

Advocate Abdurashid Sheikhov has requested to transfer the case on the attempt and the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev for the investigation to the Chief Investigating Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, dismissed from his position, Magamed Abdulgalimov, ex-Assistant of the City Prosecutor of Khasavyurt, and Yusup Djaparov, the deputy head of the city of Kaspiisk, are suspected of preparing a terror act with the use of a man-portable surface-to-air missile system "Strela-2M", found today in a hiding place in Dagestan. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).