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The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is watching a continuing confrontation of law enforcers with members of the armed underground; and not only with the 50 persons who has been officially put on the wanted list.

In Sochi, migrant workers and local residents detained during the raid carried out by law enforcement bodies and Cossacks claim their rights are violated.

Two schools of Dagestan, namely, the multi-discipline gymnasium No. 38 in Makhachkala and Derbent School No. 15 have been put on the list of best educational institutions of Russia drafted by the Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education.

In Volgograd, the participants of the action organized by local Communists on September 17 with a demand to cancel the results of the elections to the City Duma, are accused of breaking the rules of holding rallies, Elena Samoshina, one of the participants, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In Sochi, six persons have approached the reception office of the network "Migration and Law" and reported about detention of nearly 200 citizens of Russia and former republics of the USSR.

As stated today by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman if the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), Russia will ask Georgia to give out Yusuf Lakaev, a native of Grozny, who was detained in Batumi, because he is suspected of killing a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia.

Three out of four convicted activists of the Gelendzhik Human Rights Centre (HRC) have been sent to the colonies, where they will serve their prison terms, said their colleague Svetlana Chetverikova. According to her story, one of them was convoyed to the Saratov Region.

The court session on the claim filed by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" challenging the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a foreign agent is scheduled for November 18. This was reported by the Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow.

Protests of residents of the Georgian village of Ditsi forced Russian border guards to suspend works on the demarcation of the border between Georgia and South Ossetia.

Members of the opposition claim violations have been committed during the voting at the elections of heads of cities and regions in Dagestan and North Ossetia held on September 8.

After a report that a bomb was planted in one of the two secondary schools located in the villages of Dvabzu and Gagma Dvabzu of the Ozurgeti District of Georgia, all students, teachers and other staff members were evacuated from educational institutions. The verification revealed that the anonymous information was false.

At the court session held at the Moscow City Court on the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov has identified defendant Rustam Makhmudov on the video record that shot the alleged murderer of Anna Politkovskaya.

Demolition of houses of militants' relatives is voluntarism, as the right to private property is protected by the Constitution of Russia, said lawyers and human rights activists in their comments on the decision of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the republic's authorities to demolish the "houses of the families who had sheltered bandits."

The Kizlyar City Court has begun the trial on the conflict that happened in April between the police and members of a wedding convoy.

The Sabail District Court has decided to arrest the journalist Parviz Gashimli, detained on suspicion of smuggling and possession of firearms, for two months. The "Bizim Yol" issue of September 18 posted a short statement, where the authors called on the international community and human rights organizations not to stay indifferent to the arrest of Parviz Gashimli.

A former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, already sentenced to 11 years in prison for organizing the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, has revealed at the Moscow City Court the roles of other defendants in organizing the murder.

Saidpasha Musaev and Magaram Aliev, residents of the village of Manas, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, detained on suspicion of illegal firearms possession, have been arrested by the court for two months.

The operation to search for members of the armed underground, which is carried out in the Sunzha District of Chechnya starting from September 16, has not yet succeeded. This was reported by a representative of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Armenia's accession to the Customs Union is the sole decision of President Serzh Sargsyan. The reason for the accession and the expected result are not clear to the public, since all information about the Customs Union and the association agreement with the European Union is closed. This is stated by representatives of the opposition parties of the country.

The Parliament of Georgia has initiated the legislative initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs toughening the law on penalty for false calls about explosive devices at different objects. The Parliament plans to consider the draft law at accelerated rate and can adopt it in the final third reading this week.