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Blogger Alexander Lapshin has called an attempt of a murder an incident in the Baku prison, which the Azerbaijani authorities presented as a suicide attempt.

Since September 13, Hayk Kuregyan, a sentenced activist, is on hunger strike. This has been reported today by the Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ). According to the activist's father, the protest action of his son is of political nature.

Chechen children brought to Russia from Iraq on September 14 stay in Grozny in families of their fathers. Since the girl got a gunshot wound, it was decided to send her for medical treatment to the Grozny hospital. The boy's health state does not cause fear, and he is being prepared for school.

On September 15, in Azerbaijan, at the trial in the Elchin Ismayilly's case, the defendant and his advocates delivered their final speeches. They have asked the court to pronounce the verdict of acquittal.

In Moscow, the court has extended the term of detention for Igor Nagavkin until September 28. This has been reported today by advocates of the rights defender who is on hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). According to them, the court pronounced the decision in their absence.

Valery Dyakonov, a coordinator of the protest actions held by Rostov miners, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was detained by policemen and is being taken to Gukovo.

The Azerbaijani Tax Ministry has cancelled its decision to collect additional 37,000 manats from the “Turan” News Agency. Earlier, this decision triggered a criminal case against the news agency.

On September 15, about 50 people came to a picket in Krasnodar demanding a prompt adoption of the law on responsible attitude to animals. The campaign in Krasnodar was the first in the all-Russian campaign, the activists said.

The release on the Internet of a video with shelling of a FSB building in Ingushetia six months after it took place can be explained by the militants' failures in Iraq and Syria, believes Joanna Paraszczuk. The intensification of propaganda activity is taking place on the eve of the presidential election in Russia, noted Orkhan Djemal.

The Armenian Women's Front has held a protest action in front of the courthouse, where Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 Years without Regime", is tried.

The court has fined Tatiana Avachova, the coordinator of miners’ protests in the Rostov Region, by 10,000 roubles, and both today's solo picketers – by 20,000 roubles each.

Ukrainian citizen Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism in Russia, has been placed into a specialized medical institution, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported today. The MFA demands to admit Ukrainian doctors to examine Pavel Grib.

Law enforcers suggest that three residents of Armenia were involved in killing Garik Mosinyan and wounding Vaagn Abgaryan. The aim of the attack was to shoot Abgaryan, the Investigating Committee reports.

The criminal proceedings against Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, sentenced in the case on public justification of terrorism, imitate the fight against terrorism, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today. The rights defenders have demanded to release Makhmud Velitov.

The Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev, who is on his fifth day of a hunger strike, announced in protest against the imposed administrative fine, said today that he feels well.

Today, at 11:00 a.m., in Gukovo, miners started their picket in the square near the building of the Palace of Culture with a demand to have their wages debts paid. The picket was sanctioned by the city authorities and was about 60 persons strong.

A son, two daughters, an elder brother and a wife of a son of Abbas Kuzhulov, sentenced on the charge of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF), have been kidnapped by law enforcers in Chechnya. This was reported by a collective statement disseminated in Facebook.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has replaced the remaining term of imprisonment for Faig Amirov, the financial director of the opposition newspaper "Azadliq" with conditional sentence. Faig Amirov was released in the courtroom.

At least one of the Chechen gay men, who were granted asylum in Canada, fell victim to threats from his compatriots, members of the Chechen Diaspora in Toronto. This was reported by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail on September 14. According to journalists, the police of Toronto launched an investigation into the incident.

At the discussion held at the Media Centre and focused on the closure of the exhibition dedicated to victims of Stalin's repressions, Ruben Babayan, the artistic director and the chief director for the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, stated that the closure of the exhibition is an act of censorship.