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Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal lodged by the screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, the chairman of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, against his non-admission to the presidential election.

Muslims will not hold a collective namaz (prayer) in Pyatigorsk to protest against the authorities' attempts to demolish the mosque in Kislovodsk. This was announced by Muhammad Rakhimov, Mufti of the Stavropol Territory.

At night of September 5, in Yerevan, Arman Aleksanyan, a participant of the indefinite picket held in front of the Mayoralty building, was hospitalized with injuries and brain concussion. The activist claims that he was beaten by a group of unidentified persons.

On September 5, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia destroyed part of the archive with unlawfully obtained data about citizens' private lives. In October 2012, the above data were found in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia during operational and investigative activities.

Kerimkhan Abbasov, the head of the Dokuzparin District of Dagestan, has violated the election law. This was claimed by a representative of one of the candidates.

In the military unit of Zernograd, Pavel Kuzminets, a regular soldier who died from meningitis served, quarantine was introduced. In the military unit, several soldiers were hospitalized.

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has approved the decision to join the Customs Union. This was announced by Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, after the end of the meeting of the RPA's executive committee.

After the check of the circumstances of the special operation in the village of Gimry, which was conducted after the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" had addressed the Prosecutor's Office, eight criminal cases were initiated, the human rights activists report.

Soldiers-conscripts, who have no relevant knowledge and skills for cleaning the territory of the Ashuluk firing range of unexploded ordnance and ammunition, are still involved in these works. This was the conclusion of the commission of human rights activists, said Andrei Spitsyn, the Ombudsman for the Astrakhan Region.

The militants killed in today's special operation conducted in the Urvan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) were the first to open fire, although law enforcers offered them to surrender. This was reported by the local Operations Centre.

The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has initiated the inspection of purposeful expenditures of funds for repairs at the school located in the village of Terechnoe of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. On September 2, at the school, a spontaneous rally was held by parents and teachers who reported on the catastrophic condition of the school building.

A resident of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, killed in Kaspiisk, was a recruiter for militants. This was reported by a source at the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Arthur Dolsaev, a resident of Chechnya, suspected of involvement in the assassination of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia, states that he was watching Akhmed Kotiev. However, he denies his direct involvement in the assassination.

The Azerbaijani authorities deliberately pursue the policy of limiting dissent on the eve of the presidential election. This was stated in the report disseminated by the international organization "Human Rights Watch".

In Ingushetia, Mukharbek Didigov, Speaker of the Parliament, has promised to resolve the housing problem of Azamat Archakov, the father of many children, residing in a former workshop of the canning factory located in the village of Ali-Yurt of the Nazran District.

On September 4, in Volgograd, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) held a protest action against falsifications during the elections to the Volgograd City Duma. The protest action was supported by representatives of the opposition parties "Yabloko" and "RPR-Parnas".

Young people from the Tarki communities of Makhachkala prepared an open letter to Ramazan Abdulatipov, Acting President of the Republic of Dagestan, in connection with the situation in Karaman.

In Yerevan, in front of President's residence, a protest action was held against Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. The protesters chanted "Russia, go away!", "Serzh, go away!" and "Free and independent Armenia!"

As reported by the local Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has been sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement for distribution of video clips containing calls to terror acts.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has refused to release Djabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, kept behind bars for involvement in killing the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, on bail.