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On the voting day, observers from the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) recorded 147 violations at the parliamentary elections, and lawsuits were filed on 75 of them. This was told to reporters by Tamar Chugoshvili, the NGO's representative.

During the military exercise of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, soldier Garik Gazaryan, a grenadier, was killed. This was reported on October 1 by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Investigators consider an attack of members of illegal armed formations (IAF) as a priority version of the murder of a 51-year-old owner of the store in the village of Kushtil of the Khiv District of Dagestan. The store, owned by the killed woman, sold alcoholic beverages.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili recognized victory of the coalition "Georgian Dream" at the parliamentary elections in Georgia and declared that he was willing to cooperate with the oppositional coalition. Constructive statements of political opponents were met by the European Union with approval.

Once the "Google" receives official documents to ban the film "Innocence of Muslims", the "YouTube" will block the video in the territory of Russian Federation. Closure of the entire service or restrictions on other products of the "Google" is not in question.

Today, the official website of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia resumed its work after the DDOS-attack. This was reported by the press service of the Central Election Commission.

Today, the Central District Court of Volgograd cancelled the decision of the magistrate court in cases of administrative offence, instituted against "NTV" reporter Andrei Sukhanov and operator Daniel Korotun.

Today, the Moscow Regional Court agreed to continue consideration of the case on the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, 2011, in open mode. This was reported by the Press Secretary of the Court.

In the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), entrepreneur Alexander Maksimov, who was suspected in kidnapping of 8-year-old girl, has committed suicide. He hanged himself in his ward. This was reported by the press centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Three natives of Chechnya are suspected of an assault at Cyril Panchenko, journalist of "Fontanka" media, at night of October, 1, in the Moscow metro. They were detained by the police and a criminal case was initiated.

A granitic "Monument of grief" in memory of victims of flood in Krymsk will be opened on October, 4, in the Botanical gardens of Kuban State Agricultural University.

Yesterday, October, 1, resident of Krasnodar region Devran Zagirov called to standby unit in Derbent district of Dagestan reporting his son's disappearance on his way to Dagestan.

Six persons got injured in a skirmish that happened near a polling station in the settlement of Khashuri, Georgia, between local residents and a flying riot squad, oppositional activists report. The Ministry of Interior Affairs denied this information.

In the village of Kolaga of the Gurjaani District of Kakheti, a 10-month-old girl perished. The girl's parents said that they associated the incident with the political activity of their relative, an activist of the coalition "Georgian Dream", who, according to them, had been repeatedly threatened by activists of the "United National Movement" Party. The ruling party denied the accusations. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) called on not to use the incident for political purposes.

Yesterday, on September 30, Anatoly Kondratenko, ex-Mayor of the city of Novocherkassk of the Rostov Region, released the statement that his resignation was connected with threats, received by him. The City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) believes that the ex-Mayor has a chance to be nominated as a candidate in the upcoming mayoral election.

The Tver Court of Moscow recognized the anti-Islamic film "Innocence of Muslims" as extremist and forbade its demonstration in the territory of the Russian Federation.

Congress of Lak nationals and new information about the murder of Said Chirkeisky in Dagestan; happy end in the kidnapping of the eight-year-old girl in Rostov-on-Don; court ruling in Chechnya to ban screening the "Innocence of Muslims"; arrest of the head of Pension Fund in Vladikavkaz on suspicion of participation in machinations with maternal capital; scandal caused by a video about bribing a seat in the Azerbaijani parliament, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 24-30, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Without the approval of the indictment, the Prosecutor's Office of the Khasavyurt District returned for further investigation the materials of the criminal case against Musa Musaadjiev, a resident of Dagestan, suspected of providing assistance to militants. This was reported by his lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova.

The magistrate precinct of the Tver Court of Moscow sentenced Murat Agalarov, a guest of the Dagestani wedding party, to a 15-day administrative arrest for petty hooliganism. This was reported by the press service of the Court.

Last week, on September 24-30, 2012, at least 8 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.