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In Georgia, an educational film for training and re-training of employees of the penitentiary system was produced within the project of the training centre of the corrections and probation. The project lasts for half a year already, and starting from in September, the training centre launched a new training course.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal filed by Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", and upheld the verdict to deprive the journalist of liberty for nine years, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A group of 18 residents of Cherkessk filed a complaint to the City Prosecutor's Office about the significant increase in utility rates in July 2013.

Akbar Murtazaliev, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, who was detained on September 9, is kept in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala. This was reported by the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). He is charged of illegal possession of weapons.

At the trial on the case of the attack on Nalchik, prosecutors have qualified the actions of all the defenders as banditry, armed revolt, terrorism, attempts on lives of law enforcers and murder of two or more persons. It is expected that the prosecution will finish their debate on October 12 and announce the proposed punishments, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, within 6 months they managed to reach a 30-percent increase in crime-solving. The Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the police was acting efficiently; however, his opinion was not shared by the political expert Gela Vasadze, the leader of the NGO "Free Zone", and Zaza Khatiashvili, the Chairman of the Bar Association of Georgia.

The City Court of Novocherkassk has ruled to put Inessa Tarverdieva, a suspected member of a gang that committed attacks on policemen in the region; also today, law enforcers of chosen measure of restraint in the form of detention for.

Today, Elena Samoshina and Nikolai Shamaev, parents of many children from Volgograd, held solo pickets in front of the presidential administration in Moscow and met Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin.

At least 76 persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in August 2013; of them, 42 persons were lost and 34 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has again dismissed the motion filed by the defence of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the youth wing of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) to change his freedom restriction measure into recognizance not to leave.

In Azerbaijan, the advocate's power of lawyer Aslan Ismailov has been terminated. This decision was made today by the Nariman District Court of Baku to grant the request of the Advocates' Bar of Azerbaijan to deprive Aslan Ismailov of advocate status and to expel him from the Advocates' Chamber. Aslan Ismailov himself does not agree with the decision of the Court.

Advocate Abdurashid Sheikhov has requested to transfer the case on the attempt and the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev for the investigation to the Chief Investigating Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, dismissed from his position, Magamed Abdulgalimov, ex-Assistant of the City Prosecutor of Khasavyurt, and Yusup Djaparov, the deputy head of the city of Kaspiisk, are suspected of preparing a terror act with the use of a man-portable surface-to-air missile system "Strela-2M", found today in a hiding place in Dagestan. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

On September 8, in the Krasnodar Territory, 52 election campaigns were held, and they became the most peaceful and constructive elections in recent years in the region. This was stated by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Krasnodar Territory. Representatives of a number of opposition parties state that on the day of voting, significant violations were committed in electoral precincts, including ballot box stuffing and non-admission of observers to voters' lists.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has introduced three candidates for the position of the Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, including Tamar Zhvaniya, who was nominated by a number of Georgian NGOs. The CEC is to elect the Chair within five days.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has destroyed only a small part of the unlawfully collected archive with materials about the private lives of Georgian citizens, and the fate of the remaining materials will be decide by members of the specially established commission. This was reported by Lasha Tugushi, a member of the commission.

On September 5, in Nagorno-Karabakh, a group of young people posted a statement in the social network "Facebook" in the group "Artsakhyaner". In their statement, young people have expressed their concern about the Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union (CU) initiated by Russia. The statement emphasizes that the decision "endangers the sovereignty of Armenia."

The outcome of the presidential election in Azerbaijan is obvious: incumbent President Ilham Aliev will retain the position for the third term. This opinion was expressed by experts and political analysts, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health, who is serving a prison sentence in Azerbaijan, has filed a complaint to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) about the failure of the Government of Azerbaijan to fulfil the judgment pronounced with regard to him the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported by Togrul Babaev, an advocate of Ali Insanov.

Today is the deadline for delivering signature lists for registration of presidential candidates to the CEC of Azerbaijan. In total, the CEC has approved 21 candidates; three of them are already registered; 11 others have chances to get registered as they had timely submitted subscription lists.