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Rustam Ibragimbekov, Chairman of the opposition National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against the refusal of the Central Election Commission to allow him running for the presidency of Azerbaijan.

Construction works in Navaginskaya Street, a central street of Sochi, are conducted in violation of the laws and regulations of fire safety. This was reported by representatives of public organizations of Sochi.

Blogger Alexei Ulyanov has a chance to win the claim filed in connection with the bad state of the roads. This was stated by Alexander Voronov, Chairman of the Volgograd Branch of the Federation of Russian Car Owners.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Moscow today to discuss, in particular, the prospects for cooperation between Armenia and the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

Eldar Namazov, the leader of the oppositional political movement EL (People) and the head of the office of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), was again questioned by the Investigating Department for Serious Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

Dmitry Sukhomlinov, the advocate of the Azerbaijani citizen Ibragim Musaev, has lodged a complaint to the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) about the decision on the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia to extradite his client.

About 200 people took part in a protest against the increase of tuition fees at universities. One of the organizers – the student Arutyun Mkrtchyan – was taken to a police station.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has granted the prosecutors' motion and ruled to place Ibragim and Djabrail Makhmudov, figurants in the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskay, into custody.

As reported by the city administration of Sochi, on September 10, a special commission will start searching – by visiting flat by flat – for illegal migrants to be evicted before the Winter Olympic Games.

Most of the residents of Dagestan and Ingushetia should vote against all the approved candidates for the leaders of the republics, if the elections were direct – these are the results of the opinion poll, conducted by the magazine "Dosh" and volunteers of the Centre of Caucasian Initiative.

In the Gulkevichy District of the Krasnodar Territory, law enforcers search for a local resident, who disappeared after an administrative arrest for five days. The criminal case has been instituted into the fact of his disappearance.

On September 1, more than 2000 persons came to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of terror act in Beslan School No. 1, where nine years ago plenty of hostages were captured.

Scandal in Chechnya with mobile operators in connection of participation of Grozny Mosque in the all-Russian sights contest; killing in Ingushetia of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Ingush Security Council; fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, – 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".

On August 31, relatives of persons disappeared and kidnapped in Chechnya appealed to the Russian President and the leader of Chechnya with a request to develop a mechanism to search for disappeared residents and to punish guilty persons.

During the week of August 26 - September 1, 2013, at least 17 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 9 persons were killed, and 8 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A person who was killed in a shootout with the police in Buynaksk was identified as Zaur Umarov. According to the NAC's information, the victim was a bomber of the "Buynaksk" grouping.

The Tsumada District of Dagestan carries out investigating and operational activities on the fact of the murder of teacher Ali Abdurazakov.

Blogger Alexei Ulyanov goes to the court to oblige the Department of Municipal Facilities of the Volgograd administration to repair city roads. The next court session is scheduled for September 3.

Firuz Faradjev, an Azerbaijani soldier, who was held captive in Armenia, was brought to a third country. This was reported on August 30 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

On August 31, in Nalchik, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic held a rally organized by the regional branch of the Communist Party. At the rally, speakers criticized the Russian Government and demanded its resignation.