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Georgian air company "Georgian Airways" and Russian company "Siberia" (S7 Airlines) got flight clearance from aviation authorities of the Russian Federation and Georgia on prolongation of direct charter flights between Moscow and Tbilisi for three months, i.e. till the end of 2011.

A confrontation between representatives of the authorities and supporters of Jambolat Tedeev, Chief Trainer of freestyle wrestling combined team of the Russian Federation, who have gathered around his house is lasting for already the third day. In Tedeev's district electoral headquarters the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told that arrests of his supporters were going on.

This morning an explosion happened in the highway Kaspyisk - Makhachkala, at the turn to the settlement of Turali, Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Dagestan reported. A policeman got injured as a result.

An armored "Gazel" police car was blasted in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, with the help of another car. According to preliminary data, two members of power ministries perished and one was wounded and taken to hospital.

Near the house of the family of the oppositional candidate for presidency of South Ossetia, the head coach of the Russia freestyle wrestling national team Djambolat Tedeev, the confrontation of his supporters with OMON (riot police) fighters continues. 25 persons were detained, of them 20 were later arrested, the staff of the candidate's election office reports.

On October 1, the Association of Georgian Trade Unions held a mass rally in Tbilisi, dedicated to the Labour Day and solidarity with the workers of the "Hercules" Steel Works, located in Kutaisi.

In Ingushetia, leaflets are being spread calling on residents of the republic to take part in a peaceful protest action – to keep the low beam of their cars on for three days, thus expressing a nationwide protest against the policy of regional authorities.

On October 2-11, the Youth Local Lore and Tourist Centre "Bars", located in the village of Fiagdon, North Ossetia, will host an interregional event under the motto "Build Your Tower".

Karachay-Cherkessia hosts the second day of the Sports and Cultural Festival "Caucasian Games". Choreographic groups of the subjects of the NCFD have presented folk dances of the nations of the Caucasus; then, a parade of sports teams took place.

In the near future, the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dareskizb", the publisher of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", will finalize the preparation of a claim to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on abuse of the freedom of expression and the right to fair trial, the a fair judicial investigation, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the newspaper's office.

The round the clock protest action, organized by the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) and assuming rallies and a sit-down strike continues in Freedom Square of Yerevan. The square houses about 30 tents; and the leaders of the ANC are present here, including the former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

The government of South Ossetia has decided to extend to 2012 the stay of the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the country. The appropriate statement was adopted at the government's sitting on September 30.

The General Prosecutor's Office of South Ossetia has presented the final accusation to the presidential candidate Alan Kochiev of causing bodily injuries to the MP Alik Pliev. The case goes to the court.

On October 26-28, experts of the Venice Commission plan to visit Georgia with the aim to be acquainted with amendments to the Electoral Code. With their opinion in hand, the parliament will start considering the bill with amendments.

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg has expressed his concern over the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. In his report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan during the past year, the Commissioner has noted with regret that most of his earlier recommendations were neglected. The authorities of the country, in their turn, find the report biased.

In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, nine persons, who suffered because of the mass HIV-infection of children in late 1988, have been officially recognized as victims.

The leaders and supporters of the Georgian Labour Party have held a protest action in front of Tbilisi Mayoralty demanding to cancel the new garbage collection tariff, which is calculated based on the amount of consumed electricity.

On September 28, units of the Armenian army two times shelled the Azerbaijani positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, said the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The riot police (OMON) fighters have squeezed the crowd of supporters of one of the presidential candidates Djambolat Tedeev out and away from the building, where the government sits. This was stated by Vyacheslav Sedov, the head of the press service of the president and government of South Ossetia.

In the Kuschevskaya District, Krasnodar Territory, two persons have been detained within the criminal investigation into the use of slave labour at the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Artex-Agro", which was headed by the mother of Sergey Tsapok, the alleged participant in the massacre committed in the village of Kuschevskaya, the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).