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Journalists from Ingushetia and South Ossetia have adopted a joint address to the nations of both republics calling them to dialogue. Reaction followed from the youth and Internet community; however, the authorities remain indifferent, said Maria Pilon, a journalist from the South-Ossetian newspapers "21st Century".

On September 21, a court session took place in Rostov-on-Don on case dealing with the challenge of the decision of the prosecutor's office of the Rostov Region, which made a warning about inadmissibility of extremist earlier this February to Konstantin Baranov, head of the Rostov branch of the public organization "Young Europe".

Rescuers have stopped searching the tourist from Germany, who disappeared two weeks ago in the vicinity of the settlement of Dombai in Karachai-Circassia, Andrei Mozgov, deputy head of the search-and-rescue detachment of the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), has reported.

On September 21, Tamara Novikova, mother of Dmitri Novikov, a judge from Sochi, spent several hours in a solo picket in front of the territorial administration and the old and new buildings of the territorial court, trying to draw attention of journalists, public, authorities and Russian President to corruption problems within local authorities.

The wide-scale subbotnik aimed to clean the streets of the capital of Chechnya from garbage and improve their appearance, which was suspended because of the month of Ramadan, will restart within the next few days.

On September 21, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), and Magomedsalam Magomedov, head of Dagestan, discussed, at the meeting with representatives of the Muslim, Christian and Judaic faiths, the problems of religious extremism and the reason, forcing the youth to "go to the forest."

A road accident caused a fire of the gas main; a nearby house burnt down; and there are casualties.

Lawyer Dzhamilya Tagirova, who was beaten by Kerim Mazaev, an inspector of the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, in his study, has revealed that certain militiamen appeared in the criminal case, who had allegedly been eyewitnesses of the incident and evidenced that it was the lawyer who had attacked the inspector.

Today at night in the cemetery, located in the Digomi District between the territory of the former car market and US embassy in Tbilisi, an explosion was triggered; it has harmed nobody, and the circumstances are now studied.

Today in Makhachkala, in front of the Avar Theatre, a protest rally against kidnappings and arbitrariness of power agencies was organized by human rights activists, lawyers and journalists of Dagestan.

Armed guards did not admit the women who had come bareheaded to a festive concert devoted to the Day of Chechen Woman.

An attempt at Deputy chief of Inner security department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria took place on September, 20, in Nalchik, capital of the Republic. The officer got wounded.

In the evening of September, 20, there was an attempt at a militia officer in Kizlyar District of Dagestan. While the officer was driving his "UAZ-2206" car an explosive device was activated.

Batalbi Saginadze, resident of Georgia, has won his law suit against Georgian authorities in the international court. The case dealt with eviction of Saginadze who is a refugee from the cottage he had been occupying since 1994.

After the statement of Magomed-Hadji Aushev, father of human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, who was killed last year, that he knows the names his son's murderers, the authorities of Ingushetia have initiated a check. This was announced by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the President of Ingushetia.

The Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of the Krasnodar Territory has questioned the authenticity of the interview taken by journalist Svetlana Kravchenko from Dmitri Novikov, former judge of the Khosta District of Sochi "Into One Prisoners' Dock", in which he spoke about corruption that covered, in his opinion, the judicial community of the region. However, the Collegium of the Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of Russia, which will sit later, may nullify the decision of the Krasnodar Jury, Vitaly Chelyshev, a member of the Collegium, said.

A number of subdivisions of the organization "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya have partially suspended their work for lack of POLs (petroleum, oil and lubricants). The workers are forced to apply for indefinite-term non-paid vacations. This is reported by the workers, while their bosses prefer to refrain from comments.

As reported today at press conference by Eka Beseliya, leader of the public movement "Solidarity with Illegal Prisoners", the Georgian penitentiary system is in a grave and critical situation. According to her story, the death rate among inmates is of special concern.

The inspector who deals with the criminal case about the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalists Anastasia Baburova said that he would not allow marriage of Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis before the materials of the case went to the court.

In the opinion of Stefan Melle, Director of the German-Russian Exchange, the joint programme of the Exchange with the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" named "Harmonization of Interethnic Relations in Prigorodny District through Development of Minor Businesses" was a success, because it was supported and contributed by the district administration and school teachers. Mr Melle hopes for further progress of the programme.