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An oppositional rally in Baku has supported the presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli and expressed confidence in his victory. The rally's resolution calls on the incumbent Ilham Aliev not to use his administrative resources in the election campaign, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Makhachkala, residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba held an assembly, where they discussed the land plot allotted in the Magaramkent District for exclave residents. The land belonging to the Novoaul village council is unfit for building houses due to floods that happen in the area, the villagers have stated.

On September 21, Nasir Djavadov, the alleged customer of the murder of the head of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, died of heart failure while questioned at the criminal search department of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said the spokesman of the department for the region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). In his turn Niyaz Djavadov, Nasir's brother, asserts that he died as a result of beatings.

Relatives of Saadula Kuraev, who was shot dead in a shootout in Makhachkala claim that the facts about the shooting released by power agents have contradictions. This was reported by Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani regional public organization (DRPA) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

The Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that 22 politicians have been registered as presidential candidates for the election scheduled for October 27.

53 workers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia engaged in building houses for volunteers in Sochi, have addressed the Sochi branch of the network "Migration and Law" with a complaint about non-payment of their salaries for three months. The workers have a chance to get some of the money, says Semyon Simonov, the coordinator of the network.

Alexei Zhuravlyov, a Russian MP and the chairman of the party "Rodina" (Motherland) has sent an inquiry to the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika asking him to check the legality of opening a monument to girls who perished in the 1817-1864 Caucasian War period in the Chechen village of Khangish-Yurt.

On September 21, at 3:30 p.m., in Akushinsky Street, a man was killed after he opened fire on policemen, when they asked him to present documents. According to preliminary data, the policemen killed Zaur Sheikhakhmedov, the leader of the so-called "Caspian" bandit grouping.

Vladislav Surkov is the best person to address the topical issues that have arisen in Russia's relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, believes Alexander Skakov, the coordinator of the working group of the Centre for Studying Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RussianAcademy of Sciences.

In the opinion of Emil Adelkhanov, a member of the Board of the NGO named "Caucasian Institute", when considering the extradition of Yusup Lakaev from Georgia to Russia, the former will take into account the precedent with Adam Osmaev, whose extradition to Russia was postponed on the recommendation of the of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

On September 20, Ravil Gainutdin, Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia complained to the Russian leaders about the decision of the Novorossiysk court to recognize the translation of the Koran made by Elmir Kuliev as extremist.

On September 20, in Chechnya, in a forest area near the village of Dattykh, two soldiers of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were blown up. One of them died in the place, and another was hospitalized.

On September 20, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the complaint filed by Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) about the refusal of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) to register him as a presidential candidate.

Residents of the Cossack village of Privolnaya of the Kanev District of the Krasnodar Territory have sent a collective appeal to Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, and Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to prevent the destruction and devastation of the local former fishery collective farm and to restore jobs.

The Chechen Republic has paid about 32 billion roubles of the maternity capital since the beginning of the programme, which is higher than in other subjects of the Federation. This was reported by the Pension Fund of Russia.

On September 20, inYerevan, in Freedom Square, a rally was held organized by Raffi Ovannisyan, the leader of the "Heritage" Party. The rally was attended by about 300 persons. The rally participants strongly criticized the decision about Armenia's accession to the Customs Union.

Power agents are putting pressure on members of the Dagestani regional public organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). This was stated by its activists – the co-chairs Gulnara Rustamova and Aisha Selimkhanova – in their appeal to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Sergey Smirnov, the first deputy director of the Russian Federal Security Bureau, has said that some 300-400 natives of Russia are fighting as mercenaries in Syria. According to his story, their return to Russia is a serious danger.

About 50 protesters in front of the building of the GPO of Armenia have demanded to release Tigran Arakelyan, an oppositional activist and a member of the Party "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), from custody.

Yusup Lakaev, who was detained in Georgia and is suspected of killing a Russian diplomat in Sukhumi, is now in hospital waiting for arrival of his relatives to Georgia. His advocate has not yet challenged his arrest.