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Several thousand people took part in the ceremony of consecration of the capital of Georgia. Patriarch Ilia II called for the authorities to release HIV-positive convicts and convicts ill with tuberculosis.

Vazgen Khachikyan, the former head of the State Social Security Service, was arrested. This was reported today by the police's press service.

One citizen of Azerbaijan perished and one more got wounded at night of September, 27, near a cafe in the South of Moscow, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.

Yesterday evening, September, 27, a woman aged 51 who worked in a commercial store was killed in the settlement of Kushtil, Khiva District of Dagestan, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

Yesterday, September, 27, two residents of Makhachkala and Khiva district appealed to the police of Dagestan reporting their relatives' disappearance, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

An action of collecting supplies for the Syrian Armenians "Help your brothers" started in Nagorno-Karabakh. Humanitarian aid consisting of foodstuff produced in Karabakh was sent to Yerevan to be taken to Syria by air.

The court of the town of Samtredia arrested Avtandil Tevzadze, the head of the pre-election office of Kakha Kaladze, the first number in the party list of the coalition "Georgian Dream", for 60 days for rendering resistance to policemen.

On September 26, Yerevan hosted a rally, dedicated to the birthday of Gurgen Margaryan, who was murdered in Hungary by Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.

All mobile operators and other Internet providers, operating in Chechnya, blocked access to the "YouTube" after repeated demands of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office. Some residents of the republic state that even prior to that measure they were able to watch the video "Innocence of Muslims", because of which the access to the largest video hosting was blocked.

The non-governmental organization "Transparency International-Georgia" has demanded to reconsider the so-called "photographers' case", since the NGO believes that the reporters, accused of espionage, gave confessions under threat of torture.

Zakir Garalov, General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan, instructed the Baku City Prosecutor's Office to conduct investigation in connection with the appearance on the Internet of a video record of talks about corruption schemes, by which one of the participants of the talks hopes to get to the national parliament. The video record caused a great resonance in Azerbaijan.

Today, the court of appeal of the Volgograd Regional Court upheld the decision of the Central District Court of June 21 to recognize unlawful the actions of the chairperson of the precinct election commission (PEC) No. 1014 during the presidential elections in Russia.

Today, the Sumgait Appeal Court of Azerbaijan considered an appeal, filed by Nigyar Yagublu, the deputy head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, who was accused of committing a road traffic accident. Judge Gusein Nabiev left the young woman in custody.

The Georgian students' associations announced suspension of their actions against violence in prisons till the end of voting at the parliamentary election in the country.

The Government of Russia canceled limitations on visiting part of the territories of North Ossetia by foreigners. Limitations of both entry to the republic and transit within its territory and visiting Alagirski and Irafski districts free entry to which was prohibited since 1992 were canceled.

On September, 26, standby unit of Kizlyar received a statement of local resident Gaji Gakiev's disappearance, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

Today Chief Public Prosecutor's office of Georgia detained four employees of Kutaisi prison No 16 on the case of inhuman treatment of prisoners, Public Prosecutor Shota Tkeshelashvili informed.

The police personnel in Rostov region detained a resident of the town of Aksai for suspicion of kidnapping an eight-year-old Dasha Popova who disappeared eight days ago and was found today.

In the evening of September 25, in Tbilisi, a sacred procession was held, which passed through the streets of the city and ended at the Sioni Cathedral. Participants of the sacred procession demanded to investigate facts of torture of convicts in prisons of Georgia and expressed their support to their families.

Today, in Makhachkala, the Commission on adaptation of militants decided to file a motion for leniency in judicial decisions with respect to four persons, accused of participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), who voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. Three other persons, accused of providing assistance to militants, would be exempted from criminal liability.