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Today Baku has hosted this week's second protest action at the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan with a demand to save Lake Urmia from an ecological catastrophe. The action was organized by the branch of the South (Iranian) Azerbaijan of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis (WCA). It was attended also by activists of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave) and the Sabail District Branch of the Civil Solidarity Party (CSP).

The public hearing on the lawsuit of Georgia against Russia in connection with the warfare in South Ossetia will start at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on September 22.

The office of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Chechnya, located in a house, near which a triple explosion was triggered at night on August 30, was almost completely destroyed by power agents. According to local law enforcers, the agents acted "under the actual situation" and "subject to possible threats."

Today, the Georgian village of Dvani, near the border with South Ossetia, has hosted another meeting within the mechanism for warning and prevention of border incidents. Delegates from South Ossetia have again accused Georgia of violating the airspace by unmanned aircrafts; while the Georgian party has categorically denied the charges.

President Saakashvili's security service has detained Natiya Danelishvili, a journalist from the Information Centre of Kakheti for filming the presidential escort.

The village of Costa Khetagurov in Karachay-Cherkessia has hosted actions in memory of the victims of the terror act committed in Beslan in September 2004 and opened a monument.

Suren Gazaryan and Ekaterina Solovyova, activists of the "Environmental Watch of Northern Caucasus" were detained in Krasnodar, near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory, where Gazaryan held a solo picket in defence of Victor Chirikov, who is kept in the Tuapse UVD (Interior Department).

The French authorities have not allowed Isa Yamadaev, the younger brother of the Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in 2008, to get from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, and returned him back to Dubai.

As announced by Vladimir Markin, spokesperson of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), inspectors are presenting indictment to Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department) and an alleged participant in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta".

Umalat Bersanov and Akraman Ugurchiev, who were kidnapped by unidentified persons in Ingushetia, unidentified, are currently in Chechnya, Bashir Bersanov, Umalat's father, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The package of military aid to Azerbaijan, allocated by the Pentagon, will comprise about 10 million US dollars.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the first street elevator for people with disabilities was installed in the city of Tuapse. It is located near the city post office and will soon be put into operation.

On August 30, the International Day of the Disappeared was commemorated in Abkhazia. According to the current information, as a result of the 1992-93 war with Georgia, about 200 people, including soldiers and civilians, have gone missing in Abkhazia.

Today, in connection with the mourning events and the Day of Knowledge enhanced security measures were adopted in North Ossetia. In the territory of the Beslan secondary school No. 1, psychologists work and doctors are on duty in case of need of emergency medical care. Many journalists, including those from China, came to the republic. They want to prepare a series of articles about the tragedy in Beslan and the city's present-day life.

According to specified information, three relatives of Lieutenant Colonel of FSB, who perished in a car explosion in the city of Khasavyurt, were injured. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee in Dagestan.

A secret witness under an assumed name of Aslan has identified Magomed Suleimanov, suspected of killing ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov; however, Suleimanov refused to plead guilty.

Today, at its session chaired by Judge Gail Mamedov the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the appeal complaint lodged on the lawsuit of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, a youth activist, serving his prison term, against the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

Today, a large protest rally was held near the building of the Armenian Government, where protesters expressed their indignation about the increasing number of non-combat losses in the Armenian Army. Parents of the soldiers, who perished in the peacetime and rights defenders demanded fair investigations into soldiers' deaths.

According to Chechen power bodies, the triple terror act involving militants-suicide bombers, committed in the city of Grozny at night on Tuesday, August 30, was organized by Dokku Umarov, the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground, and Muslim Gakaev, one of field commanders.

The Saratov Garrison Court has found regular soldiers enlisted from North Ossetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria guilty of abusing their fellow-servicemen and sentenced each of them to three years in prison; however, they refused to plead guilty and have already appealed against the verdict.