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Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), has challenged the refusal of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) to register him as a presidential candidate for the presidential election. Ilgar Mamedov is under arrest, and his complaint was filed by Khalid Bagirov, his advocate and authorized representative.

In Sochi, excavation of gravel in the riverbed of the Shakhe River has been suspended; however, the danger of resumption of mining still remains. In this case, ecological disaster threatens the places of traditional residence of Shapsugs. This was stated by participants of the recent press conference held in Nalchik.

Today, residents of districts and cities of Dagestan took part in the all-Russian action "Bloggers against Garbage". According to the organizers' information, in Makhachkala, the rally was supported by 500 persons, and all over the country, it was supported by more than 10,000 persons.

Today, in Cherkessk, the rally sanctioned by the authorities against military solution to the conflict in Syria was held. The rally was held on the initiative of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic's Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).

On September 13, in Azerbaijan, Anayat Akhundov, a 74-year-old grandfather of Rashadat Akhundov, an arrested member of the board of the civil movement "Nida", died in hospital after a suicide attempt, as a result of blood loss.

On September 13-14, Batumi holds a training course dedicated to strengthening confidence between young people of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey. This was reported by Aigyul Djafarova, one of the organizers of the training course.

The Azerbaijan's authorities have not considered all of the recommendations of the Council of Europe (CoE) structures to ensure democratic freedoms. This was stated by members of the pre-election observation mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which visited the country on September 10-13.

In Yerevan, one more protest action was held in front of the General Prosecutor's Office. Participants of the protest action demanded to acquit Tigran Arakelyan, Artak Karapetyan, David Kiramidjyan, and Sargis Gevorgyan, four young opposition activists, accused of disorderly conduct.

The Khasavyurt Interdistrict Investigating Division of the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan has instituted a criminal case on the fact of threats received by advocates Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Nagorno-Karabakh has considered the claim filed by advocates on the case against students Rafael Avagyan and David Barsegyan, who were sentenced to 11 and 10 years of imprisonment, respectively, for treason in the form of espionage. The decision of the CoA will be pronounced on September 27.

The condition of one of the workers, affected by the collapse occurred in a sports school building located in the village of Nogir in North Ossetia, are assessed by doctors as moderate, and four other workers are under the supervision of physicians. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for North Ossetia.

In total, 10 pretenders will continue their race for the post of the Azerbaijani President. Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered Sardar Mamedov (Jalaloglu), Chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, and refused to register Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), and Ali Aliev, Chairman of Citizens' and Development Party.

Members of the Public Ecological Council under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory have opposed the exploration and mining of marlstones (cement raw material) at sites of Abinsk, Erivan, and Shapsuga located in the Abinsk District of the Krasnodar Territory.

Today, Azamat Archakov, a resident of the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia, the father of the family with many children, has declared that he had stopped his hunger strike. On September 3, he started his action, demanding to provide housing for his family. He himself told that the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and noted that he managed to draw the attention of officials to his problem.

A fight with the security guards of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, in which three persons were injured, was initiated by the owner of the car, which the security guards intended to inspect. The actions of the security guards themselves were not professional. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" that studied the video record from the place of the incident.

On September 12, the Armenian parliament approved amendments to the law "On Copyright and Related Rights", according to which facts of non-compliance with the rules of journalistic ethics when using other people's texts by Armenian mass media will be punished with fines.

Nino Burjanadze, the leader of the "Democratic Movement-United Georgia", has been registered as a candidate to run for the presidency in Georgia. She became the seventh registered candidate for the position of president. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.

The court has fined and released 71 participants of the rally held by residents of the village of Agachaul, who demanded to release Malik Kambulatov, detained on suspicion of illegal arms trafficking. Four other protesters still remain detained, and criminal cases were instituted against them, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

Ruslan Akhmedov, a resident of the village of Gomushchu, Saatli District of Azerbaijan, states the pressure used against him by the authorities and the use of police violence. He attributed this to his criticism of local authorities and his support of the opposition presidential candidate Jamil Gasanli.

At the last session of the Moscow City Court, where Anna Politkovskaya's murder is considered, Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", told about some of the results of the journalistic investigation conducted by the edition.