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The details of how surveillance of Anna Politkovskaya was organized were disclosed at the today's court session by Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who had been earlier convicted for Politkovskaya's murder. However, Murad Musaev, the advocate for the suffered party, believes that Pavlyuchenkov has voiced out not the whole information known to him.

Today, the prosecution has spoken in debates at the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in the case of the attack on Nalchik and presented evidence on the episode with the attack on the DPS (road and post service) "Khasanya". This is the last episode of the criminal case; then, the defence will be given the floor to announce its position.

The pro-governmental political party "Amtsakhara" and the Coordinating Council of Oppositional Political Parties and Public Organizations have demanded from the Abkhazian law enforcers to find those responsible for the murder of the Russian diplomat Dmitry Vishernyov committed in Sukhumi.

Voting at local elections in all regions of Southern Russia, except for KBR; election of heads of Ingushetia and Dagestan; mourning events in North Ossetia on the ninth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; termination of criminal prosecution of journalist Tsagoev in KBR; start of considering the terror act in the marketplace in Vladikavkaz; visit of Serzh Sargsyan to Russia that ended with declaration of Armenia's intent to join the Customs Union, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 26-September 1, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The health status Azamat Archakov, a father of many children, who began his endless hunger strike on September 3 in Ingushetia, has deteriorated. According to his story, he feels weak, but he will continue his protest, because state officials fail to fulfil their promises.

In the period from September 2 to September 8, 2013, at least 10 persons fell victim to the armed conflict that is still on in Northern Caucasus; of them, eight persons were killed and two 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.

On September 8, in Moscow, in the Great Hall of the Music Conservatory, a charity concert in memory of murdered journalists and a ceremony of granting the National Award "Tuning Fork" named after Anna Politkovskaya were organized and held by the Russian Union of Journalists. The event was attended by more than 1500 persons.

According to the preliminary information, the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party has gained more than 86% of the votes at the elections of members of the Legislative Assembly of Chechnya. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Chechnen Republic.

Elena Samoshina, a mother of many children from Volgograd, has stopped her hunger strike after the proposal received by staff members of the reception room of Vladimir Putin to come to Moscow to present her demands to the reception office of the Russian President.

On September 9, the Lenin District Court will pronounce the pre-trial restriction measure to Arslan Durushev, a resident of Makhachkala, who was detained by law enforcement bodies after the search of his apartment in the residential settlement of Reduktorny of Makhachkala. This was reported by a source at the police of Makhachkala.

Today, by a majority of vote, members of the People's Assembly of Dagestan have elected Ramazan Abdulatipov the leader of the republic. The extraordinary session was attended by 88 out of 90 MPs. 86 MPs voted for Ramazan Abdulatipov, and 2 MPs voted for Ummupazil Omarova.

Prior to the voting at the Parliament of Ingushetia, during which Yunus-Bek Evkurov was elected the leader of the republic, all candidates had presented their programmes. The MPs emphasize that all programmes were constructive and described the same acute problems.

Tatiana Okushko, the advocate for the relatives of Tarkhan Kartoev, who died in the corrective colony in Yekaterinburg, has filed an appeal against the decision of the Investigating Department not to open a criminal investigation into the violent death of the convict.

A resident of Makhachkala Arslan Durushev was detained today and taken to some unknown location, said his wife Fatima Kazieva. According to her story, power agents had planted an explosive device on him.

In Tbilisi, the authorities have resettled 45 families, who in October 2012 voluntarily moved into former public schools Nos. 13 and 142. The check has found that some of them are socially disadvantaged citizens-participants of the programme to combat poverty.

Suren Sagatelyan, a member of the Board of Anti-Corruption Centre "Transparency International", and Aikak Arshamyan, the project coordinator of the Yerevan Press Club, took part in a protest action against Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. On September 5, they were brought to hospital with injuries received when they were attacked by a group of unidentified persons.

The person killed during the special operation held in the town of Nartkala has been identified as Ruslan Khapov, a member of the "Urvan" grouping. This was reported by the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Residents of the village of Akhalchi of the Khunzakh District of Dagestan have appealed to the Dagestani authorities with the request to help repair the school gym. A month ago, the ceiling in the school gym collapsed.

Natives of the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba located in Azerbaijan, who moved to Dagestan, complained to the members of the European Parliament about violations of their rights by the Azerbaijan's authorities.

At trial on the criminal case against Vladislav Zhuravlyov, ex-Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk, a witness was questioned. He has stated that in 2010, at the gathering of the Cossack village of Srednyaya, Vladislav Zhuravlyov called on residents to international hostility.