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Guests of Derbent, who came to celebrate the 2000th city's anniversary, complained about the problems with movement through the city centre and the work of catering points and shops. A number of local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" said the city held a good celebration.

Today, in Akhtubinsk, an official from the Prosecutor's Office of the Akhtuba District has met the hunger-strikers demanding full payment of wage arrears from municipal enterprise (ME) "Akhtuba ATP" (auto transport company). Seven persons continue the hunger strike.

Participants of the spontaneous rally held in the territory of the aggregate plant in Buynaksk demand to appoint Osman Osmanov, a member of the "Veterans’ Party of Russia", the Mayor of Buynaksk.

Chechnya holds celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Chechen Woman. Residents of the Chechen Republic reported on enhancement of security measures in Grozny and expressed their dissatisfaction with the large number of holidays celebrated in Chechnya.

In the Suleiman-Stalsky District, a summer camp of militants was discovered not far from the place where five hunters were killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

In the forests of the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan, during two days, power agents found the bodies of five killed local residents. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

The Scherbinsky Moscow District Court held the preliminary hearing in the case against Said-Magomed and Khusein Tsetiev and Khamid Razhapov, residents of Chechnya. The pre-trial restriction measure against the defendants is extended by six months.

In the period of September 13-19, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire about one thousand times. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Workers of the municipal enterprise (MP) "Akhtuba ATP" (auto transport company) do not receive their wages for more than a year, and they were also deprived of their dismissal compensation. The workers began a hunger strike at the public reception room of a deputy of the Duma for the Astrakhan Region.

Today, the building of the Kabarda Drama Theatre in Nalchik has hosted the 10th Congress of the International Circassian Association (ICA). The Congress was attended by 77 delegates from countries of compact residence of Adyg people.

Adam Bogus, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association (ICA), Chairman of Adyge Khase of the Republic of Adygea, associates the investigators' actions with the ongoing ICA Congress taking place in Nalchik.

In the early morning, Derbent has started mass festivities in honour of the 2000th anniversary of the city, and a lot of people accumulated near the venues for celebrations. The events are held under enhanced security measures, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the place.

In Chechnya, the court pronounced the verdict against Elambaeva and Djamkhaeva, two local residents, accused of selling a newborn child. Each of both women was sentenced to four years of imprisonment.

In Dagestan, an 18-year-old resident of the Suleiman-Stalsky District is suspected of supplying a member of the armed underground with food, an apartment, and a car. The suspect is taken into custody by the court's decision.

In the village of Sogratl of the Gunib District of Dagestan, power agents have stopped visiting houses for inspection, local residents report. The villagers have noted that they feel no restrictions because of the regime of counterterrorism operation (CTO).

On September 18, in Baku, a search was carried out at the apartment rented by journalist Djavid Abdullaev. Meanwhile, law enforcers have declared that their actions were related to the case of journalist Shirin Abbasov, who on the day before had been subjected to 30 days of administrative arrest. Like Shirin Abbasov, Djavid Abdullaev cooperated with the "Meydan TV" online TV Channel.

Gigi Ugulava, the former Mayor of Tbilisi, has spent at liberty less than one day, and he is against imprisoned by the decision of the Tbilisi City Court.

On the eve of the Congress of the International Circassian Association (ICA), the FSB Department for the Krasnodar Territory has summoned for questioning Adam Bogus, Vice-President of the ICA, Chairman of Adyge Khase of the Republic of Adygea.

The increase in electricity prices was just a pretext to intensify the protest movement in Armenia. This opinion was expressed by Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They see the true reasons for protests in mass dissatisfaction with social situation in the country and the power.

In Chechnya, the investigating authorities have started a criminal investigation into the case against a resident of Grozny suspected of illegal transfer of a minor child to other people's family.