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In Baku, on the initiative of the "Organization for Liberation of Karabakh" (OLK), the "Coordination Board on Conflicts in Southern Caucasus" was founded. On the Georgian part, it includes a coalition consisting of 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and on the Azerbaijani one - the OLK and the Centre for Deportation Victims.

Militants, killed in Ingushetia on September 8, were involved in the group of Said Buryatskiy (Alexander Tikhomirov), the Wahhabi ideologist, who was killed in 2010. This was reported today by the source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Protest rallies against the non-combat losses in the Armenian Army will be continued until the objective results of investigation into the death of soldiers are available. This was reported by Arthur Sakunts, Chairman of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, who participated in the march "Army in black" held on September 8.

Owner and workers of the brick factory in the city of Kaspiisk, where, according to soldier Andrei Popov, he was kept as a slave, told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that former soldier had never been at the enterprise. At present, investigators from the military prosecutor's office examine the factory.

Russian Aid Fund within special joint project with the "Caucasian Knot" asks readers to take part in the destinies of five children from Dagestan, Stavropol Territory, Chechnya, and North Ossetia. As part of special project, which is called the "Children of the" Caucasian Knot" by the edition, assistance to five children from the Northern Caucasus has already been rendered. More than 1.1 million roubles have been raised for their treatment.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, has signed a decree establishing the commission for adaptation to peaceful life of those persons who decided to stop terrorist and extremist activities in the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia.

Young Chechen people want more freedom than Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, allows them to have, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District, reported to the foreign journalists.

In Yerevan, a rally of the extra-parliamentary oppositional Armenian National Congress with the main demand of holding early presidential and parliamentary elections was held in Freedom Square.

The family of Idrak Abbasov, Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist, who resides in Baku, was attacked.

According to more precise data, four policemen were injured in an explosion in Makhachkala last night, a representative of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

On September, 8, an action of protest passed off in front of the building of Armenian Government with the demand to stop construction of small hydropower station at the waterfall of Trchkan.

An emergency was registered in a military unit dislocated in Shamkir district of Azerbaijan. A soldier called up for active military service by Sheki district military registration and enlistment office committed suicide by firing from his duty weapon.

Today people in North Osetia honour the memory of the victims of terror at the Central market of Vladikavkaz committed a year ago. 19 persons perished then and over 200 were injured.

Madina Bakhalaeva, resident of "Krasny Skotovod" homestead of Proletarsky district, Rostov region, states that armed and masked people burst into her house and planted arms there. This was reported by Nicolay Khailenko, lawyer of "Legal Center" legal advice agency representing the interests of the native of Dagestan.

On September 7, the Tver District Court of Moscow held the first session on the merits on the criminal case on the riots in Manege Square in last December. The session was held in the open mode and in the presence of journalists and numerous supporters of "The Other Russia" Party.

The success of this morning's special operation in various districts of Ingushetia became possible due to the information received by power agents from the members of the armed underground who had surrendered several days ago. This was reported by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of the republic.

According to the order of the head of the Volgograd Region administration, Roman Sozarukov is vested with authority of the adviser on internal and information policy.

In Astrakhan, Head of Department for cooperation with legal entities and individuals on issues of external improvements and status of infrastructure facilities of the city administration was detained for bribe-taking.

One of the goals of inter-regional youth volunteer campaign "Caucasian Donor", held in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), is to improve the image of the region. This was reported by Temirzhan Baisiev, the member of the Coordination Centre for the Donation of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Today, the group of activists of the "World Azerbaijanis Congress" (WAC) held a protest action near the Embassy of Iran to Baku to protest against the inertness of official Tehran in connection with the drying up of the large Lake Urmia situated in north-west of the country, which water-collecting area is densely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.