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In the evening of September, 20, there was an attempt at a militia officer in Kizlyar District of Dagestan. While the officer was driving his "UAZ-2206" car an explosive device was activated.

Batalbi Saginadze, resident of Georgia, has won his law suit against Georgian authorities in the international court. The case dealt with eviction of Saginadze who is a refugee from the cottage he had been occupying since 1994.

After the statement of Magomed-Hadji Aushev, father of human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, who was killed last year, that he knows the names his son's murderers, the authorities of Ingushetia have initiated a check. This was announced by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the President of Ingushetia.

The Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of the Krasnodar Territory has questioned the authenticity of the interview taken by journalist Svetlana Kravchenko from Dmitri Novikov, former judge of the Khosta District of Sochi "Into One Prisoners' Dock", in which he spoke about corruption that covered, in his opinion, the judicial community of the region. However, the Collegium of the Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of Russia, which will sit later, may nullify the decision of the Krasnodar Jury, Vitaly Chelyshev, a member of the Collegium, said.

A number of subdivisions of the organization "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya have partially suspended their work for lack of POLs (petroleum, oil and lubricants). The workers are forced to apply for indefinite-term non-paid vacations. This is reported by the workers, while their bosses prefer to refrain from comments.

As reported today at press conference by Eka Beseliya, leader of the public movement "Solidarity with Illegal Prisoners", the Georgian penitentiary system is in a grave and critical situation. According to her story, the death rate among inmates is of special concern.

The inspector who deals with the criminal case about the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalists Anastasia Baburova said that he would not allow marriage of Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis before the materials of the case went to the court.

In the opinion of Stefan Melle, Director of the German-Russian Exchange, the joint programme of the Exchange with the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" named "Harmonization of Interethnic Relations in Prigorodny District through Development of Minor Businesses" was a success, because it was supported and contributed by the district administration and school teachers. Mr Melle hopes for further progress of the programme.

In 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to launch a project on rendering help to victims of mine explosions in Abkhazia. This was reported on September 20 by Inske Vandormayl, head of the ICRC Mission in Abkhazia. Some of the programmes are phased out, and their former recipients will now be helped by the authorities of Abkhazia.

So far, the search of the persons who had prepared a terror act on September 19 in a shopping centre in Grozny, which was prevented, is fruitless. Power agents do not exclude that the act was aimed to disrupt the celebrations on the local Women's Day.

In the north-western district of Stavropol, the hostel in Brusneva Street was disconnected from electricity for six days for debts: its inhabitants cooked food on an open fire, made homework at candlelight and held protest rallies.

The press service of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refuted the information about casualties in the mass brawl of students in Makhachkala. According to some sources, two persons, and according to other sources - four persons were injured. To disperse the crowd, militiamen had to open warning fire in the air.

Activists of the public movement "White Tape", operational today in Krasnodar, Novorossisk, Sochi and St Petersburg, and of several other public and political structures have announced their intention to create a nationwide all-Russian movement "Freedom. Brotherhood. Justice".

On September 29, the Sabail District Court of Baku will consider, with Fuad Guseinov as the chairing judge, the claim lodged by journalist Asef Guliev against the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Azerbaijani TV and Radio Broadcasting" (AzTV state television). The claimant believes that he was illegally dismissed from his job and demands reinstatement and payment of lost salary.

The fate of residents of Ingushetia Sait-Ali Dobriev, Magomed Tochiev, and Aminat and Aishat Gandarova, detained earlier by law enforcers because of the terror act in Vladikavkaz on September 9, whose relatives had stated their disappearance, is now somewhat clear: they are still interrogated under the terror act case.

The celebrations in honour of the Day of Chechen Women, established last year by President Ramzan Kadyrov, are over in Chechnya.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Russian Federation requests that Poland delivers Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of Chechen separatists, who is in international search and who was detained earlier in the territory of this state, and promises to treat him in Russia in line with international standards.

The official website of the President of the Republic of Ingushetia reports that the local government has ordered to restrict the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

Leila Dzagoeva, who was injured in the terror act committed in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz, died in a Moscow hospital. Thus, the death toll has reached 19 persons.

According to Grigor Bagyan, head of the State Inspection of food and veterinary security of Armenian Ministry of Agriculture, the results of food expertise in a Yerevan restaurant "Gegama" where on August, 19, 41 visitors got a food poisoning indicated that the cause of the incident has been carelessness of the enterprise's staff which resulted in a staphylococcus infection of the people.