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In Urus-Martan, three winners of the regional stage of the youth project "Konakhchun Dakhar" were awarded cash prizes. The participants of the project have described the difficulties of living conditions of ancient settlements. The project contains signs of a show. This opinion was voiced by the experts on the Caucasus interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Participants of the roundtable held on September 5 in Moscow claim that were deficiencies in the agrarian policy of the state that forced Kuban farmers to hold a tractor march. The participants of the roundtable have noted that in the course of the protest action, farmers faced the opposition from the law enforcement bodies.

The criminal case on use of torture against Ayub Tuntuev, who worked in the security service of Akhmat Kadyrov and sentenced on the charge of involvement in a terror act, was instituted after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had sent a request to the Russian authorities in connection with the Ayub Tuntuev's complaints. This was reported by the "Legal Initiative".

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has prepared instructions for the people included by the police in the prevention registration lists. A manual compiled by lawyers includes detailed comments and examples of appeals to be filed to the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) and courts.

Law enforcers have worked out the ways to combat specific armed groupings; however, the problem of systematic recruitment of new fighters for militants remains unresolved. This was stated by editors-in-chief editor of the Dagestani editions, when they commented on a special operation in the Samur forest.

Protests will be terminated against the authorities' guarantees to pay off wage arrears completely and give out rations of coal. This was stated by participants of hunger strike in Gukovo. At present, the number of hunger-strikers is 176 people.

In a camp of the militants killed in the Samur forest, law enforcers found a saw of a local resident, who went to collect firewood and disappeared and who was found dead later. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

Azerbaijani human rights defenders have sent an appeal to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE) with a request to the Venice Commission to analyze the draft amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution. According to the human rights defenders, the amendment to the Constitution would lead to the dominance of the President and to violations of human rights.

Journalist Zhalaudi Geriev, sentenced in Chechnya, insists on his innocence. He claims that during the preliminary investigation, he testified under pressure. Relatives of the journalist associate his prosecution with his professional activities.

The Shali District Court of Chechnya sentenced journalist Zhalaudi Geriev, who collaborates with the "Caucasian Knot", to three years in prison on charges of drug possession. The defense claims that the prosecution's statement lacked evidence in the court.

As a result of heavy rains, which occurred this night, houses and land plots in Kvariati, Gonio and Akhalsopeli were flooded, report local residents.

On September 4, the "Grozny" TV Channel presented a report with the participation of political analyst Ruslan Martagov, who explained his disappearance by his visit to a friend. Local observers do not rule out that the report could be staged.

In Sochi, for more than two months, the power supply to residents of houses in Volodarsky Street has been cut off because of a private person, who declared himself to be an owner of a transforming substation. Local residents have appealed to the Prosecutor's Office with a request to intervene in the situation.

During the week from August 29 to September 4, 2016, five persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: three were killed and two wounded. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Top managers of the agricultural enterprise "Rossiya" (Russia) went to court to demand from farmers to vacate a land plot with a feijoa garden. The farmers claim an attempt to illegally take away their source of income.

The actions of the women involved in the action held on September 1 in Beslan did not constitute any elements of crime, and therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia should apologize to the women for their detention. This was stated by members of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia (HRC).

Film "The earthquake" directed by Sarik Andreasyan has been nominated from Armenia for Oscar award in the category "Best Foreign Language Film". The decision was made by nine out of 24 members of the Armenian Film Academy.

In the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, law enforcers have launched a special operation 20 days after the completion of the previous counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the district.

Members of the committee "Mothers of Beslan" have declared that they have no relation to the action held by the social movement "Voice of Beslan". The activists emphasized that they understand the motives that guided the participants of the action, but the committee "Mothers of Beslan" does not agree with the methods of the "Voice of Beslan".

Human rights defenders associate the disappearance of Ruslan Martagov with his criticism of the Chechen authorities and comments concerning the third term of Ramzan Kadyrov as the leader of the republic, which were voiced by the political analyst to various media, including the "Caucasian Knot".