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On September 4, in Volgograd, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) held a protest action against falsifications during the elections to the Volgograd City Duma. The protest action was supported by representatives of the opposition parties "Yabloko" and "RPR-Parnas".

Young people from the Tarki communities of Makhachkala prepared an open letter to Ramazan Abdulatipov, Acting President of the Republic of Dagestan, in connection with the situation in Karaman.

In Yerevan, in front of President's residence, a protest action was held against Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. The protesters chanted "Russia, go away!", "Serzh, go away!" and "Free and independent Armenia!"

As reported by the local Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has been sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement for distribution of video clips containing calls to terror acts.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has refused to release Djabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, kept behind bars for involvement in killing the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, on bail.

On September 3, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that in total 214 billion roubles will be spend to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi; and the state has allocated 100 billion roubles. Earlier, state officials estimated the expenses as more than 1.5 trillion roubles.

All persons involved in the assassination of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of Security Council of Ingushetia, are revealed due to the testimony of Arthur Dolsaev, who was detained in Grozny and whom investigators believe to be one of the perpetrators of the assassination.

On September 3, Azamat Archakov, the head of the family with many children, who lives in a former workshop of the canning factory, went on hunger strike. He demands to provide his family with housing.

In Azerbaijan, Fazail Aliev, an activist of the Gazakh District organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), a disabled veteran of the Karabakh War, claims being subjected to pressure and threats in connection with his political activities.

On September 2, in North Ossetia's capital, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, the first international conference "Children, Victims of Terror in Recent History" was opened.

The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register Salome Zurabishvili, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and the honorary chair of the "Georgia's Way" Party, as a presidential candidate.

On the Day of Knowledge, in the village of Terechnoe of the Khasavyurt District, parents and school teachers held a spontaneous rally and claimed the catastrophic condition of the school building.

At the motion of the Prosecutor's Office, the Court for the Tsentralny District of Sochi has extended the period of home arrest of journalist Nikholai Yarst till October 3.

Armenia has decided to join the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, says the joint statement of Presidents of Russia and Armenia, signed after the talks of the leaders of the two countries.

The policeman, who was wounded as a result of today's shooting in Makhachkala, has died in hospital, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan. Thus, the total number of the casualties of the gunfire has reached three persons.

Arutyun Mkrtchyan, a student of the Yerevan State University (YSU), detained on September 2 during the students' protest against increase of tuition fees for higher education, was released on that very day.

The "Karata" Society has decided to indefinitely postpone the hunger strike in protest against the failure of the authorities to solve the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev.

The Tver Court of Moscow has granted the motion filed by the investigating authorities to detain in custody Viktor Matveev, General Director of the engineering company "Tekhnoprom".

On August 31, three residents of Azerbaijan, who lived and worked illegally in the territory of Chechnya, were deported from the republic by the court's decision. This was reported by the Department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) for Chechnya.

On September 2, Beslan continued to hold the Memory Watch to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the terror act committed in 2004 and held the so-called "Day of Silence".