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Rubati Mitsaeva, who lives in Germany and supports Akhmed Zakaev, has turned to Ramzan Kadyrov with a request to allow her to return to Chechnya. Some social media users have supported her desire to return to her homeland.

The South-Ossetian authorities have released the two Georgian citizens, who had been detained near the village of Ergneti. A day earlier, another citizen, who fell down during detention and broke his arm, was transported to Georgia.

On the 15th anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the "Novaya Gazeta" reports about the progress of the investigation into the assassination, recalling that this year the statute of limitation for the crime expires. The results of the investigation conducted by Politkovskaya's colleagues are presented in a documentary film.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has denied the defence's motion against the refusal to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The activist is on a hunger strike for the 29th day, demanding to punish the colony staff for torturing him.

The defendants in the so-called "Ingush case", except Barakh Chemurziev and Bagaudin Khautiev, have refused to answer the questions of the court, fearing that the answers would be interpreted against them.

Anar Abdulla, an Azerbaijani journalist, has been arrested for 15 days for disobeying the police and petty hooliganism. However, activists believe that he is prosecuted for his freedom of expression on the Internet.

Georgian political analysts have ruled out any possibility of the country's progress along a revolutionary scenario, despite the return of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, and suggested that early parliamentary elections would be held next year.

Tehran will not unleash an armed conflict with Baku, despite the deterioration of relations after the Azerbaijan’s victory in the Karabakh war, Tofig Turkel, an observer of the agency “Turan”, suggests. Aggravation of relations is unprofitable for Tehran, since it has established economic ties with Baku, military expert Natig Djafarli notes.

In Tbilisi, 40% of ballots were falsified, which resulted in the ruling party’s dominance in the Tbilisi City Council, claims Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the “Droa” Party. According to opposition MP Tamar Kordzaya, throughout the whole country, votes at 478 polling stations should be recounted because of violations.

Former residents of the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan, held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building. They demand to solve problems with social benefits and housing. The authorities promised the protestors new measures of social support.

In Baku, law enforcers have detained Anar Abdulla, a journalist, and accused him of petty hooliganism and disobeying the police.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Azamat Aivazov, a Dagestani resident, to 13 years in a high-security colony, having found him guilty of links with Syrian militants.

The city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, has celebrated the City Day and the 45th Ramzan Kadyrov's birthday; he has also taken the post of the head of Chechnya for another term. Kadyrov has combined the holidays to be more visible; his ambitions grow from year to year, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, has noted.

Near the city of Djrakan, Karabakh rescuers have found the remains of two Armenian servicemen, bringing the total number of remains and bodies found up to 1680, the Emergency Service (ES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded a compensation of 60,000 euros to the parents and wife of Mukhamed Khutiev, who disappeared back in 2010. Russian authorities are responsible for his kidnapping, his probable death and an inefficient inquiry, the ECtHR has ruled.

The young man, detained in Cherkessk on suspicion of preparing a terror act, was arrested. The level of terrorist threat in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is low; the planned explosion could have been a single action, although no concrete proofs of the detainee's guilt have been presented, analysts believe.

The largest oppositional party in Georgia, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has announced a large-scale rally in Tbilisi and protests in the regions demanding to release Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and hold early parliamentary elections.

The health state of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, deteriorated sharply in a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service. A father of the activist associates the deterioration with his son’s long hunger strike.

For 12 years, a resident of Izberbash attended meetings of the religious association “Nurcular”*. Now he will stand trial.

Ramzan Kadyrov has officially taken office as the leader of Chechnya. While delivering his inaugural speech, he has promised to respect and protect the rights of citizens.