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As reported today by a source from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), the reason of explosion of ammunition on August 23 in the Astrakhan Region in the Ashuluk training range was a spontaneous self-triggering of the propulsion engine of one of the shells.

Today is the deadline of the three-month period, which was provided by the Azerbaijani party to residents of the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba for making their decision: either to get legalized in Azerbaijan or to move to Dagestan. Forced deportation was avoided after the talks of the leader of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov and First Vice-Premier of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyubov.

80 young people from Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Stavropol and Moscow are participating in the international youth expert-political forum "Foros. Abkhazia" that was launched in the city of Gagra.

The Armenian government is considering the application of residents of the city of Razdan and a number of public organizations, in which they expressed their concern about the exploitation of the iron mine. According to their story, uranium was detected in the area of the deposit.

The company of the Rustaveli Theatre said that they still consider Robert Sturua, who was dismissed from his post of artistic director by the Minister of Culture of Georgia, to be their stage director. The statement on behalf of the company was announced on August 22 by actor Zaza Papuashvili in front of the theatre building.

The indictment has been approved in Dagestan on the criminal case against employees of the OVD of Khasavyurt, accused of beating the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, said the prosecutor's office of Dagestan.

Abdurakhman Asludinov, a resident of the village of Shamkhal (a suburb of Makhachkala), who was killed on August 18 by MIA agents in the capital of Dagestan, had been kidnapped before his death by power agents, said today Magomed Asludinov, Abdurakhman's brother.

In Abkhazia, the League of Voters "For Fair Elections" has published an interim report on results of observation over the election process of President of Abkhazia.

Bidzina Giorgobiani, the secretary for international affairs of the Conservative Party of Georgia and former head of the Forestry Department, who was detained in Spain at the request of the Georgian party, is at large, said Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the party.

Today, the final agreement was reached between Football Clubs "Anji" (Makhachkala) and "Inter" (Milan) on transfer of Samuel Eto'o, the latter's striker, into the Makhachkala club.

Lieutenant-Colonel Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was detained on suspicion of organizing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, said Vladimir Markin, the official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The rally of policemen, who had failed to pass attestation and stand against corruption in the law enforcement system of Dagestan, scheduled for today in Makhachkala, has been postponed to September 30.

According to latest data, the two explosions triggered near the supermarket "Yastreb" (Hawk) in Makhachkala wounded and contused 21 persons, including three children and six policemen, briefed the MIA of Dagestan.

Today, in Baku, a travel session of the Nizami District Court was held at the high security penal institutions No. 1 of the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan and considered an application of Ruslan Bashirli, the head of the youth organization "Yeni Fikir" (New Thinking), about conditional early relief (CER).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted a complaint submitted by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights activist from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization "Fighter for Justice". According to his story, employees of the OVD (Interior Division) of Khasavyurt had illegally initiated a criminal case against him.

Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has decided to review the case of the employees of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division) accused of beatings a 14-year-old boy in June 2009. The case will be returned to the first instance court, said Bakanai Magomedova, the victims' advocate.

The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) has officially requested a video record of the incident, which occurred with the crew of referees during the break of the August 22 match "Anji"-"Dynamo", when representatives of the club from the capital of Dagestan spoke with referees in an aggressive manner.

The Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia made recommendations for early release of about 100 prisoners.

The Labour Party of Georgia calls on Spanish authorities not to extradite Bidzina Giorgobiani, the former head of the Forestry Department, to Georgia.

As a result of flooding in the Kakheti Region of Georgia, hundreds of houses were flooded; roads and bridges were washed away; in some areas a threat of collapse forced to evacuate the population.