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Leila Yunus, director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has addressed Araz Guseinov, a judge of the Sabail District Court of Baku, with an appeal to objectively consider the case of bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade and to become "the first fair Azerbaijani judge."

Zhanna Shamsudinova, the wife of Magomed Sheikhov, a resident of Makhachkala, who disappeared on September 9 under strange circumstances, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband had been thoroughly shadowed by unidentified persons for a long time.

The majority of the persons arrested for the mutiny at the military base of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia in Mukhrovani have recognized their guilt. This was reported by Gela Nikolaishvili, advocate of one of the defendants.

One of the casualties of the special operation conducted today in the morning in Makhachkala is Bagautdin Kamalutdinov, leader of the armed underground acting in the city and nephew of Magomed Bagautdinov, ideologist of Dagestan militants. This was reported by the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Dagestan.

In Kalmykia, the inquiry has revealed that the money in the sum of 5.705 million roubles, raised for rendering help to the victims of the war in South Ossetia, was spent on holding a musical festival.

Khadishat Chibieva, mother of Maskhud Chibiev, who was detained in Ingushetia and suspected by local MIA of involvement in the explosion at the GOVD building in Nazran on August 17, complains that local officials have failed to fulfil the order of President of Ingushetia, who instructed them to organize her meeting with Maskhud.

Today, an explosion took place in the Leninskiy District of Grozny, near the militia post opposite Gymnasium No. 1. The Chechen MIA has stated that by the operative data, a woman-suicide bomber blew her up.

Anastasia Denisova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in the Krasnodar Territory, and journalist Yuri Ivaschenko were subjected to interrogation by Russian customs officers and frontier guards at their entrance to and departure from Abkhazia. All their personal belongings were carefully examined.

Seven investment projects to the total value of 66.8 billion roubles will be presented by Kabardino-Balkaria at the 8th International Investment Forum "Sochi-2009" to be held on September 17-20. This was reported by official sources in the government of the republic.

Zhanna Shamsudinova, a resident of Makhachkala, has stated disappearance of her husband Magomed Sheikhov under strange circumstances. Magomed's relatives suspect that he was kidnapped by power agents.

In Ingushetia, in the vicinity of the villages of Ekazhevo and Gazi-Yurt of the Nazran District of the republic, today the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was announced at 10:00 a.m. because of a threat of a terrorist attack.

Today early in the morning, in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, a combat clash burst out, as a result of which four suspected militants were liquidated.

In the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, militiamen have found a package with ammunition and explosive. This was reported by local law enforcement bodies.

The Nazran Republic's Hospital keeps five persons, wounded by the explosion at the post of the Road-Patrol Service (RPS) at the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway.

President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev called a provocation the statement of the HRC "Memorial" that the republic has illegal prisons and practices extrajudicial executions.

Return of refugees to Abkhazia can lead to new conflicts and bloodshed, and, as a consequence, to a new war both within the republic and between Sukhumi and Tbilisi. This was stated by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia in his comments on the resolution draft on situation of the refugees from Abkhazia and to South Ossetia, offered by Georgia and approved by the United Nations.

The state examination, which has recognized the slogan "Freedom is not given - it is taken" to be an extremist one and "undermining the moral principles of the society", and the conclusions of this examination see complete absence of objectivity and numerous rough violations, accompanied by anti-American formulations of the cold-war times," said Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the "Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights" (NCHR).

The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes that the suit of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", distracts attention from real investigation of Natalia Estemirova's murder.

Relatives of Ruslan Kostoev who was sentenced for blowing up a bus in the city of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, object to the court verdict and are going to appeal against it, as Ruslan's mother - Tamara Kostoeva - said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On September 9, one of the republic's TV Channels showed a report with participation of a former member of an illegal armed formation (IAF). The ex-militant told about the panic reigning among the members of the armed underground and called his former comrades-in-arms to come back home.