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After detention in Austria of Chechen natives who wanted to join the oppositional armed groupings in Syria, the European society has intensified its anti-migrant sentiments: leaders of right-wing parties urge not to give asylum to natives of Chechnya, natives of Northern Caucasus living in Europe report.

On September 5, the NATO summit held in Wales provided Georgia with a package of "enhanced cooperation", according to which the country is able to activate its preparation process for joining the NATO. The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have welcomed the package of "enhanced cooperation".

Officials of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan have conducted a search in the Baku office of the American NGO IREX (The International Research and Exchanges) and confiscated all the computers and other equipment, as well as documents.

A mass parade was held today in central Grozny, the capital of Chechnya to mark the Republic's Day. Some participants in the today's march told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about their forced participation in the parade and problems because of blocked roads.

The defender of Leonid Martyniuk, a member of the Federal Political Council of the RPR-Parnas Party, who has served 10 days of his administrative arrest in jail in Krasnodar, has appealed against the arrest of his client at the Territorial Court; however, the complaint has not been considered yet, Martyniuk told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The participants of the today's picket in Volgograd have demanded from the authorities to provide all the children of the region with places in kindergartens by January 1, 2016, as well as to resume full funding of the already existing network of kindergartens in the region.

A certain Magerram Gasanov, a participant of the quarrel with journalist Seimur Ghazi, who had been earlier arrested in connection with the incident, is now in detention too. Colleagues of Seimur Ghazi treate Gasanov's detention as "imitation of objective inquiry."

Law enforcers are putting pressure on the Dagestani woman, who earlier had a complaint about the sexual assault against her committed by a policeman. The appropriate complaint was filed to the investigating authorities, stated a member of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

Today, two men have been killed during a shootout with the police that occurred in Khasavyurt. According to sources in the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the killed men were involved in the armed underground.

Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova has reported on sending an appeal to the Russian Ministry of Finance requesting to allocate funds from the federal budget for compensation to residents of the village of Mekhelta of the Gumbet District of Dagestan affected by the torrential rains. According to the local residents, the problem of compensation is still acute.

More than one hundred refugees from Ukraine placed in temporary accommodation centres (TACs) have refused to leave the Rostov Region, stated an official from the regional government. The refugees' refusal to leave the camps can be explained by the desire of many of them to later return home.

In Sochi, a policeman is suspected of abuse of power with use of violence. According to investigators, to obtain a confession, the policeman used physical force against a man suspected of theft, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Murad Gadjiev, who was killed today by power agents, and who was suspected of involvement in the death of Judge Akhmed Radjabov, was convicted in 2011 on charges of selling drugs. Gadjiev case was then considered by Akhmed Radjabov, the "Kommersant" writes.

As reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, the prohibition imposed on the former Azerbaijani opposition activist Said Nuri to leave the country is caused by his role of a witness in a criminal case and the need to take part in investigatory actions. Besides, law enforcement bodies treat Nuri as an Azerbaijani citizen and reject his American citizenship.

The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has sent to the court a case of five local residents accused of organizing a gang, robbery, hostage-taking, theft and illicit arms trafficking. The prosecution asserts that the gang included policemen from the "Kizilyurt" Inter-District Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

On September 4, in Krasnodar, one of the supporters of the "Progress Party" held a solo picket opposite the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Krasnodar Territory, demanding to register the regional branch of the party. Party supporters intend to go on picketing until their damands are fulfilled.

A suspected militant was killed in the course of a special operation conducted in the village of Kichi-Gamri of the Sergokala District of Dagestan. The man was an active member of the armed underground, and he was involved in the assassination of a judge, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of the Russian Federation reports.

Teachers of Kalmyk language and students who are learning Kalmyk language will receive cash rewards. The appropriate decree was issued by Alexei Orlov, the acting head of Kalmykia, the press service of the Kalmyk leader reports.

The Adler District Court has dismissed the claim lodged by the public movement "Law and Order" against the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "RZhD" (Russian Railways). In their claim, the public activists demanded to return the natural Akhshtyr Quarry to its original position, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights" has called on the Georgian authorities to pay attention to the demands of inmates of Georgian prisons on hunger strike. The leader of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights" has reminded that the ruling coalition came to power through promises to reconsider the cases of wrongfully convicted persons.