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Power agents kidnapped and tortured Murat Bizhev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, forcing him to confess of keeping a grenade. This is stated in the message of the HRC "Memorial", where Bizhev turned for help, received by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended until December 7 the custody of Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of murdering the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

Today, the Moscow Regional Court has held a session on the criminal case against two natives of Chechnya - Apti and Aishat Magmadov, accused of promoting terrorism and setting up illegal armed formations (IAFs). At the request of the prosecutor, their custody was extended till December 22, 2011.

Today, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia has started distributing the humanitarian aid, which arrived in the republic from Russia within the framework of the inter-departmental humanitarian campaign.

Today, members of the Party "Our Georgia - Free Democrats", founded by Irakli Alasaniya, ex-Ambassador of Georgia to the UN, held an action at the Georgian Ministry of Justice demanding to re-investigate the murder of Sandro Girgvliani, 28, an employee of the United Bank of Georgia.

The members of the commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for public control over law enforcement bodies will take control over the inquiry into the death of Artyom Malinovskiy, 16, in Kalmykia.

The Prosecutor's Office has sent the criminal case against the person, accused of raping a nine-year girl at the hospital of the city of Budyonnovsk, to the Stavropol Territorial Court.

Murad Gasanov, a resident of the Dagestani city of Izberbash, has addressed the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and complained that his son Zaur was illegally detained and tortured by power agents.

At night of September, 5, unidentified people threw a grenade into the courtyard of a private housing estate where Tagir Ozdoev, judge of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, lived. There were no victims.

Relatives of Renat Ismailov sentenced by Krasnodar court to four years of colony for financing a paramilitary group on August, 31, are going to appeal to Committee for adaptation of gunmen of Dagestan asking for help in his transfer to his native republic for serving his penalty.

Investigators of Chechnya initiated a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping and murder of a man, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today. The resident of Gudermes district of Chechnya was kidnapped by armed people from his own house and killed on the same day. In the opinion of leader of one of the local human rights organizations, only the personnel of enforcement agencies might have been involved in the crime.

On Sunday, September, 4, policemen in Dagestan detained a young man who is suspected of kidnapping of a schoolgirl, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today.

On September 2, in Beslan, in the corner of Mira and Sigova Streets, an architectural-sculptural composition named "Kind Angel of Peace" was opened.

Today, the Shukhov Street in the city of Baksan in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) was the venue of a special operation aimed to liquidate a grouping of militants. The city was under the CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime.

In late September, the Volgograd Region will host a drivers' protest action against the incessant growth of gasoline prices. The action is organized by the Movement of Russian Motorists; and its Volgograd branch decided to support it.

The Norwegian company named "Clean Energy Invest" is planning to build the largest hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Europe by investing 600 million US dollars into the site on the Adzharistskali River.

After their ten years in Azerbaijan, Agry Garadagly, the head of the Baku Office of the Southern (Iranian) Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM), and Ragim Djavadbeili, an activist of this organization, have moved to Georgia. They explained this step by the fact that, despite numerous appeals, they failed to receive either citizenship or refugee status in Azerbaijan.

This year, on the Day of Knowledge, September 1, the streets of Tskhinvali met schoolchildren with puddles and mud. Pupils walked to schools while literally drowning in them, local residents complained.

Within the International Investment Forum "Sochi-2011", Dagestan will present 70 investment projects to the total sum of over 200 billion roubles. Of them, 29 projects have received the priority status.

Maria Abakumova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, has won the gold medal in javelin throw at the World Championships in Athletics, held in the South-Korean city of Daegu.