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Attorney of athlete from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev as a result of whose blow Muscovite Ivan Agafonov died asks Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation to make the medics of the First City Hospital of Moscow who rendered aid to the victim untimely and improperly criminally liable.

Vladimir Vasin, ex-Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs of the administration of the Volgograd Region, accused of embezzlement, is on a hunger strike since August 2. This was reported by his lawyer Georgy Mamaladze. The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), denied the information.

Berlin hosted the discussion "Life in Northern Caucasus", which brought together human rights activists from the three regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) Dagestan, Chechnya, and Kabardino-Balkaria. The human rights activists described the problems of extremism, cronyism, fabrication of criminal cases and actions of officials. This was reported by Elena Denisenko, the staff member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Ulyanovsk, investigators suspect 42-year-old Nakhid Zakhidov of the attack on Islam Guseinov, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress.

The criminal case against Zakir Magomedov and Shovkhal Didiev, who were sentenced to nine and eight years of imprisonment on charges of embezzling more than 114 million roubles from the military unit of the regiment of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Chechnya, came to the North-Caucasian Military Garrison Court in Rostov-on- Don.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the Commission on adaptation of militants received 38 appeals since the start of its work. This was reported by Boris Kyasov, the acting head on security and cooperation with law enforcement agencies of the administration of the Kabardino-Balkarian leader.

The judicial investigation into the case against Ilham Amiraslanov, an activist of the headquarters of the civil society "Kura", was not objective, and it included violations of procedural norms. This was reported by Mekhman Aliev, a staff member of the headquarters of the civil society "Kura", Director of the "Turan" news agency.

Representatives of the Astrakhan Branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party deprived the local Council of Veterans of its premises. This was reported by Oleg Shein, former candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan. The "Edinaya Rossiya" Party denies its involvement in the eviction of the organization.

Rustam Dikinov, a resident of the city of Baksan of Kabardino-Balkaria, who earlier claimed being kidnapped and who served his sentence on charges of possessing a grenade, fears of new kidnapping and reports being surveyed by unidentified persons. In that regard, he asks power agents to ensure his safety.

Two residents of Dagestan from the Khunzakh and Akhty Districts filed complaints to the police about disappearance of their relatives, which occurred on September 10 and September 5 in Makhachkala and the village of Khryug, respectively.

Resident of the settlement of Karabudakhkent, Dagestan, Magomednabi Nazhmutdinov complains of investigators who refused to initiate a criminal case against persons who according to him committed coercive sexual actions to his underage daughter. Representatives of investigative bodies informed that after refusal of starting criminal proceedings inquiry upon Nazhmutdinov's statement was recommenced upon discovery of new facts.

Yesterday, September, 11, an action "Men against violence to women" organized by Center of women's rights was held in Yerevan. During the action men passing by left their essays on the issue on a special stand called "Wall of shame": "No to violence!", "Never beat women!", "Woman is the core of a successful family", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The website of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights is running an online vote for candidates to the renovated Council. Currently, Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the human rights organization MASHR (Ingushetia) is in the lead in the nomination "Protection of human rights in Northern Caucasus, promotion of civil peace and eradication of terrorism in North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD)".

The Stavropol Territory has held broad-scale commemoration events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the mass extermination of the Jewish population of the territory during the Nazi occupation in late August and early September of 1942.

On September 11, Ms Bekauri lodged a suit to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia demanding to investigate the fact of infliction of bodily injuries to her client Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya. She told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today unidentified persons have attacked Islam Guseinov, the chairman of the Ulyanovsk regional branch of the public organization All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress (ARAC) and his bodyguard. Guseinov was wounded, his bodyguard was killed.

Last night, Vladimir Avakyan, a member of the Youth Parliament at the City Assembly of Sochi and an activist of the volunteer movement to help victims of the Krymsk flood, was lost. Eyewitnesses say that he committed suicide.

The Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory has refused to make the trial of Vyacheslav Merekha, who became disabled as a result of supposed torture and rape at the Predgorny ROVD (District Interior Division) in December 2010.

Today, at about 1 p.m., Anatoly Makhnovskiy, Chairman of the Territorial Public Self-Government (TPSG) "Kudepsta", who opposed the construction of a large thermal-and-power plant (TPP) in the Khosta District of Sochi, has deceased. This was announced by Igor Vasiliev, an assistant of Sergey Obukhov, a Russian State Duma Deputy from the faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).

The Amnesty International (AI) has expressed its concern about the situation around Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the Inter-Regional Public Organization "Committee Against Torture", and other human rights defenders and journalists.