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In the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, the storm killed a man; and in the Vesioly District of the Rostov Region, a woman died from the injuries caused by fall of a tree on the car. In total, according to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), 73 people sought medical care after the nature attack.

Azerbaijan has announced a verdict to Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "Promoting Democracy". The court sentenced him, as well as another employee of the NGO, who had slandered Mamedov during the investigation, to one year of condition imprisonment each. Both were released in the courtroom.

The settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, is still cordoned off by power agents and militaries, said a local woman. According to her story, the school and the kindergarten remain closed, while all the male villagers were taken out for identification.

Rajab Mustafaev, who was killed on September 2 in the Makhachkala settlement of Semender, was a militant, says a statement posted on one of the websites that support the armed underground of Northern Caucasus.

On September 25, about 50 residents of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, came out to the building of the city administration (Mayoralty) to hold a protest action. They demanded to cancel the decision to raise fares on public transport.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court (KTC) has dismissed the complaint lodged by Oksana Toropova, a resident of Sochi, against her sentence on charges of beating up a court marshal. The woman herself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, adding that she would appeal against the KTC's decision by means of cassation.

On Thursday, a militant was shot dead by policemen in Makhachkala, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). One policeman was wounded.

A native of Georgia Tarkhan Batirashvili, the commander of the northern sector of the "Islamic State", also known as Umar al-Shishani, has announced a reward of 5 million US dollars for the assassination of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the website "Pressa Today" reports.

The Gimry Tunnel will be opened to motor traffic after the end of the special operation conducted in the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, said a source from power agencies. According to his version, the situation may settle by the end of this week.

Abkhazia has held the inauguration of President-Elect Raul Khajimba. Out of the countries, which had recognized the independence of Abkhazia, delegations from Venezuela and Nauru failed to visit the ceremony; the rest of them – Russia, Transnistria, Nicaragua, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia – were present.

Georgia has become a Vice-Chair of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly (GA), which takes place at the organization's headquarters in New York. The Georgian delegation is headed by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

The trial of the head of the NGO "Promoting Democracy" Emil Mamedov has heard the final speeches of the prosecutor and the defence. The former asked the court to punish Mamedov and Tofig Gasymov, another member of the NGO, without putting them behind bars.

Georgian NGOs offer the authorities to urgently set up a working group on electoral issues, citing the need to improve the Georgia's electoral legislation and bring it to full compliance with international standards.

Nothing is still known about the fate of four residents of the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, detained on September 18. A local said on September 24 that at the moment the situation in the settlement is calm.

Azerbaijan should reform its electoral law, so that the opposition is better represented in the Parliament, while the latter should have more control over the government – such structure being an inherent element of democracy, said Anne Brasseur, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

At the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the city of Maikop, the advocate Lyudmila Alexandrova is not allowed to meet her client – Zarema Khadjirokova, accused of committing a large-scale fraud. Lyudmila herself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who is kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1, was beaten up by an employee of the SIZO, her advocates report in their statement. They demanded an inquiry and punishment of those guilty.

The defence of Evgeny Vitishko decided to appeal, at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the refusal of the Krasnodar Territorial Court to release the ecologist.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has ruled to extend the custody of 52 defendants in the case of the attack on Nalchik by three more months.

In the morning on Wednesday, September 24, power agents detained Asiyat Patakhova, a resident of Makhachkala, and took her to some unknown place, said Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).