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A 27-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, who had left for Syria to fight for militants, could be the author of mass phone calls about allegedly mined buildings throughout Russia, a source has reported today.

Khamzat Chernomorchenko, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, claims he was denied entry to the territory of Ukraine because of his religious affiliation and political activity.

117 Georgian MPs have voted for the draft amendments to the country's Constitution in the third and final reading; two MPs voted against.

Opposition activists arrested in Baku are unreasonably accused of disobeying the police. This opinion has been voiced by an advocate who has visited them today. He has also reported on the poor conditions of detention for the activists.

On September 25, phone calls with bomb threat reports concerning buildings in the Chechen capital came from the territory of Ukraine, and their author is not yet identified. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by law enforcer.

On September 25, in Grozny, students attended a match between football players from the "Akhmat" and "Rubin" FCs. Some of the students claimed being obliged to attend the football match.

In the Stavropol Territory, a resident of the Shpakovsky District shelled three persons from a submachine gun. Of them, two were killed, and one was hospitalized. This has been reported today by investigators.

On September 25, the Court recognized the orders to dismiss teachers Aflatun and Ulker Akhmedli as illegal and obliged employers to pay salaries to the opposition activists for the period after their dismissal.

On September 25, soldier Magomed Terbulatov, who served in a military police unit and who was killed in Syria, was buried in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya.

On September 25, evacuation of people from buildings of the Chechen capital after bomb threat calls was carried out in a calm environment, the police report. Combat engineers checked all the buildings from which people were evacuated. However, they did not find any explosive devices.

The North-Caucasian District Military Court continues hearings in the case on creation of a sabotage-terrorist grouping in Karachay-Cherkessia. At the trial, defendant Lilit Khozieva spoke about her relations with Amir, the circumstances of a search in her home, and the pressure put on her by law enforcers.

Friends of Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev have told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they did not succeed in contacting the singer within a day after the appearance of the video in which he reported his stay in Germany.

Activists of Abkhaz NGOs are preparing a rally in support of Ruslan Gvashev. He is ready to die and runs consciously to that. This was reported by David Dasaniya, the leader of the project "The Caucasus is our common case".

The video, in which the Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev confesses that he is in Germany, is badly directed and poorly staged, Bakaev's acquaintances and rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Tatiana Lokshina told the "Caucasian Knot".

In the centre of the Chechen capital, people have been evacuated from several buildings because of anonymous calls about bomb threat.

Today, on September 25, the public organization "Zhyegu" (Hearth) has addressed the Chair of the Krasnodar Territorial Court. The authors of the appeal note that they are "outraged by Ruslan Gvashev's prosecution and categorically disagree with the court's judgement."

Remains of a human body supposedly belonging to Dokku Umarov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz"*, were found in mountains of Ingushetia and brought to Moscow for examination. This has been reported today by sources from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Today, students of the Ilia State University have gathered in front of the university building to protest against the decision to terminate contracts with some lecturers.

In Azerbaijan, the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) has officially announced its transformation into a political party. The first constituent congress of the new political organization is scheduled for October 29.

Today, advocate Israfil Gadadov has found out that Akhmed Akhmedov, a specialist for Islamic medicine, is being kept at the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Kirov District of Makhachkala. According to him, he learned the above fact from policemen at a ROVD checkpoint. However, the advocate himself was not able to see his client, since the policemen did not allow him to visit Akhmed Akhmedov.