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The number of the documents from the secret archives of the Vatican, earlier unpublished and donated to the Museum, includes the records of diplomats who worked in the Ottoman Turkey in the period from 1914 to 1917.

During the past 24 hours, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 127 times at the contact line. This has been reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

According to the law enforcement agencies, two residents of Chechnya, mentioned in the publications of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" as dead, are alive. This has been reported by Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, during her trip to Grozny. Tatiana Moskalkova intends to meet them.

Khasan Tagirov, a native of Chechnya, detained in Iraq, is kept in prison in Baghdad and will be brought to trial in accordance with the Iraqi laws. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader.

Stefan Schennach (Austria) and Cezar Florin Preda (Romania), the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee, have called on the Azerbaijani authorities to speed up the reform of the penitentiary system, bring the country's legislation on NGOs to European standards and release activists arrested and sentenced for political reasons.

In Baku, a trial in the case against Aziz Orudjev is scheduled for September 27. The journalist is being prosecuted in connection with his professional activities, claims his brother Anar Orudjev, a founder of the "Kanal-13".

Judges from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have refused to send for reconsideration the case of beating in Ingushetia of rights defender Oleg Orlov and three journalists. Russia is obliged to pay 84,000 euros of compensation to the complainants.

The police have blocked the building, where an event was scheduled in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Islamic Party (AIP).

Sakhrudin Ibragimov, a resident of Khasavyurt, was killed in a shootout with policemen, the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.

On September 18, in Chechnya, the Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) almost simultaneously rejected the political and criminal subtext in the disappearance of Zelimkhan Bakaev. The Ministries have assured they are making all efforts to find him.

In Makhachkala, three months after an attack on a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, investigators have instituted a criminal case under the Article stipulating up to six years of imprisonment.

Policemen have partly blocked Putin Avenue in connection with the opening of a rapper Timati’s burger restaurant in the capital of Chechnya.

The Judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have refused to send the case on the capture of hostages in the Beslan School for reconsideration. Thus, Russia is obliged to pay over 2.9 million euros of compensation to the applicants.

A Russian citizen of Chechen origin was detained in Germany on suspicion of involvement in the banned terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). This was reported by the Hamburg General Prosecutor's Office.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has added the Volgograd journalist Alexander Batmanov to the list of his other four colleagues persecuted for their professional activities.

Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russia’s Ombudsperson, decided to talk personally to Chechen law enforcers and rights defenders during her visit to the region.

Today, in Republic Square in Yerevan, policemen detained six activists, who were spreading leaflets with information about the leader of Armenian opposition.

The Armenian and Karabakh armed forces have violated the ceasefire for 125 times over the past 24 hours. This has been reported today by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Incidents involving Russian soldiers are provoked by lack of discipline. This opinion was expressed by members of human rights and public organizations of Armenia. Residents of Gyumri, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, noted the deterioration of the attitude towards soldiers from the Russian Federation.

Joseph Alexander Smith, a journalist from Great Britain, has been registered by the Saburtali District Election Commission as a candidate to participate in the elections to the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council).