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On September 23, the tourist complex "Medovye Vodopady" (Honey Falls) held the 6th International Festival of Karachay and Balkar Culture "Ayran Feast on Honey Falls".

Today, a video has been posted on the Internet, in which Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev admits he stays in Germany and invites his friend from Holland to come to his place.

An administrative arrest of Akhsan Nuruzade, a religious activist and a member of the "Muslim Unity"movement, will be challenged. This was reported by his advocate Yalchin Imanov. According to him, after the detention, Akhsan Nuruzade was subjected to pressure.

On September 23, the action under the slogan: "Stop Corruption, Freedom for Political Prisoners!" was held at the stadium in the Yasamal District of Baku. According to the preliminary estimates, the action gathered about 3000 people. The rally was provoked by the information stating that the Azerbaijani ruling elite bribed lobbyists in Europe.

Anastasia Titova, the leader for the Kuban branch of the "Party of Progress", has claimed she was detained for half an hour by border guards at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow before leaving for Warsaw.

On September 22, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova appealed to the Binagadi District Court of Baku with a request to grant her the opportunity to temporarily leave Azerbaijan for participation in an international event to be held in Riga.

On September 23, residents and guests of Stepanakert celebrated the City Day. The festive events held in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh included sports competitions, exhibitions and concerts of folk ensembles.

On the tenth day, five hunger-strikers, shareholder of the Housing Cooperative (HC) “Territory of Happiness” continue their protest action in Krasnodar and complain that so far the authorities have been ignoring them and their demands.

The oppositional rally has accused Azerbaijani authorities of corruption and demanded to investigate the leakage of about three billion laundered US dollars from the country.

On September 17-23, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were actively shelling Karabakh positions from various-calibre weapons, having made over 4000 shots, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

The mine explosion in the Vedeno District occurred during the investigating experiment, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) ha stated. According to the head of a local NGO, the explosion killed Abbas Kuzhulov was killed, who could be forced to show the hideout in the forest by kidnapping his relatives.

The four participants of the preparation for the rally of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), who disappeared on September 22, were detained, the NCDF believes.

According to the Chechen Prosecutor's Office, currently, 786 republic’s residents are at war against governmental troops in Syria; 607 of them have been put on the international wanted list. Relatives of those who left for the Middle East complain of constant pressure they feel from power agents.

Alexander Batmanov, a Volgograd journalist, who was placed into SIZO (pre-trial prison) with his broken legs, has complained about his health deterioration. They removed the plaster cast from one of his legs before time, just to force him to walk on crutches, he said.

The official death reasons of five Chechen residents from the "execution list" need re-examination with exhumation. Also, the information about the two citizens of Chechnya from the same list, who were brought to meet Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, should be clarified, the “Novaya Gazeta” writes.

The attacks on policemen in the Mozdok District and the militants’ killing during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted on September 6 near the village of Chmi are not interconnected, said an officer of the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

During the excavations of an ancient fortress in the Krasnodar Territory (aka Kuban by the name of the main river), which was found during the construction of the energy bridge to the Crimea, a burial ground of the Khazar epoch with weapons and ornaments was discovered, the head of the archaeological expedition reports.

The members of the US House of Representatives David Valadao, Frank Pallone and Tulsi Gubbard have been put on the list of undesirable persons for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports.

Investigators have released the description of the resident of the Suleiman-Stalski District, who disappeared on August 29.

Sirazhdin Ramazanov, the leader of Social Democratic Party from Dagestan wants to get nominated for the presidential election.