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The court of the town of Samtredia arrested Avtandil Tevzadze, the head of the pre-election office of Kakha Kaladze, the first number in the party list of the coalition "Georgian Dream", for 60 days for rendering resistance to policemen.

On September 26, Yerevan hosted a rally, dedicated to the birthday of Gurgen Margaryan, who was murdered in Hungary by Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.

All mobile operators and other Internet providers, operating in Chechnya, blocked access to the "YouTube" after repeated demands of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office. Some residents of the republic state that even prior to that measure they were able to watch the video "Innocence of Muslims", because of which the access to the largest video hosting was blocked.

The non-governmental organization "Transparency International-Georgia" has demanded to reconsider the so-called "photographers' case", since the NGO believes that the reporters, accused of espionage, gave confessions under threat of torture.

Zakir Garalov, General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan, instructed the Baku City Prosecutor's Office to conduct investigation in connection with the appearance on the Internet of a video record of talks about corruption schemes, by which one of the participants of the talks hopes to get to the national parliament. The video record caused a great resonance in Azerbaijan.

Today, the court of appeal of the Volgograd Regional Court upheld the decision of the Central District Court of June 21 to recognize unlawful the actions of the chairperson of the precinct election commission (PEC) No. 1014 during the presidential elections in Russia.

Today, the Sumgait Appeal Court of Azerbaijan considered an appeal, filed by Nigyar Yagublu, the deputy head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, who was accused of committing a road traffic accident. Judge Gusein Nabiev left the young woman in custody.

The Georgian students' associations announced suspension of their actions against violence in prisons till the end of voting at the parliamentary election in the country.

The Government of Russia canceled limitations on visiting part of the territories of North Ossetia by foreigners. Limitations of both entry to the republic and transit within its territory and visiting Alagirski and Irafski districts free entry to which was prohibited since 1992 were canceled.

On September, 26, standby unit of Kizlyar received a statement of local resident Gaji Gakiev's disappearance, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

Today Chief Public Prosecutor's office of Georgia detained four employees of Kutaisi prison No 16 on the case of inhuman treatment of prisoners, Public Prosecutor Shota Tkeshelashvili informed.

The police personnel in Rostov region detained a resident of the town of Aksai for suspicion of kidnapping an eight-year-old Dasha Popova who disappeared eight days ago and was found today.

In the evening of September 25, in Tbilisi, a sacred procession was held, which passed through the streets of the city and ended at the Sioni Cathedral. Participants of the sacred procession demanded to investigate facts of torture of convicts in prisons of Georgia and expressed their support to their families.

Today, in Makhachkala, the Commission on adaptation of militants decided to file a motion for leniency in judicial decisions with respect to four persons, accused of participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), who voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. Three other persons, accused of providing assistance to militants, would be exempted from criminal liability.

In North Ossetia, one of the leaders of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in Vladikavkaz is suspected of abuse of power.

Today, in Sochi, a verdict of the Central District Court came into force, in accordance with which Vladimir Musienko, General Director of the "FreeStyle" Company, was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment. The businessman had no construction permit; however, he raised money from real estate investors. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory.

Today, Stepanakert hosted a march of youth, dedicated to the birthday of Officer Gurgen Margaryan, murdered in Hungary. On the day, he would celebrate his 34th birthday.

Today, at the trial in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes on the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", the defence filed a motion to change his pre-trial restriction measure. However, the judge dismissed the motion and left the journalist in custody.

In the town of Signagi in the Kakheti Region of Eastern Georgia, a confrontation occurred between activists of the "United National Movement" Party, the ruling party of Georgia, and the "Georgian Dream", the electoral coalition of Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Criminal case against three former police officers, accused of extortion, kidnapping of a person and robbery, was brought to the court of the Prikubansky District of Krasnodar. This was reported by representative of the press service of the Investigatory Committee in the Krasnodar Territory.