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Deputies from the ruling party "Civil Contract" and members of the Armenian government left the parliamentary hearings on the problems of forcibly displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. The reason was the mention of positions held by invited participants in the structures of the unrecognized republic.

In LIU-15, where lawyer and former lecturer at Volgograd State University Roman Melnychenko, accused under the article on discrediting the army, was transferred due to vision problems, he could not receive help due to lack of funding.

Residents of Tbilisi on the 665th day of continuous protests gathered at the parliament demanding a change in political course. Protests also continued in Batumi.

The Armenian population of Karabakh was forced to leave their homes, a number of social media users indicated. Their opponents believe that the mass resettlement to Armenia was voluntary. Despite the measures ordered by the International Court of Justice in the case of "Armenia v. Azerbaijan" regarding protective measures and the right of refugees to return, similar rulings have not led to real results, and the court itself lacks a mechanism for enforcing its decisions.

As of the morning of September 23, 83 gas stations were operating in Krasnodar, the city authorities reported. Social media users pointed out that the information from the Municipal Management Center of Krasnodar does not match the real situation.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced resident of the Rostov region Alexander Kubrakov to 16 years in prison under the article on treason for transferring data about the armed forces of Russia to the Ukrainian side.

Shamil Gitinov from Makhachkala was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 2118 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

The court canceled the suspended sentence of a resident of Dagestan, convicted of fraud involving the money of participants in shared construction in Makhachkala. The defendant was sentenced to three years in prison.

Among the candidates proposed by the head of state are: the acting head of Dagestan Fyodor Shchukin, the deputy chairman of the republic's parliament Kamil Davdiev, and the leader of the CPRF faction in the People's Assembly of Dagestan Samir Abdulhalikov. The election of the head of Dagestan will take place in the region's parliament on October 15.

The convict from Karachay-Cherkessia, Mikhail Semenov, is not being given the medications prescribed by the doctor in the settlement colony and is being denied an ambulance call when his health worsens, his wife reported.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found two residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, Anzor Apajikhov and Albert Tabukhov, guilty of participating in the terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz"*, and sentenced them to 20 years in prison.

The Anapa administration announced a ban on swimming in the sea due to a storm and bottom currents. Despite the worsening weather, people are swimming in the sea, and no lifeguards are observed on the beach, noted a blogger.

The defense of the former owner of the Marton hotel chain, Andrey Marchenko, involved in a scandal with the former head of the Council of Judges of Russia, Viktor Momotov, filed a petition in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar to terminate his criminal case due to a state award received for participation in the special military operation.

The district court in Rostov-on-Don extended the arrest of former city manager Alexey Logvinenko, who is accused in a case of abuse of power and bribery. The court did not satisfy the ex-official's request to soften the measure of restraint.

Rescuers found the bodies of climbers in the mountains of the Cherek region, who lost contact on September 20.

The increase in official voter turnout in the Astrakhan region compared to the 2021 elections is associated with falsifications and administrative coercion, believe political scientists Mikhail Dolieyev* and Denis Leven. They also questioned the reliability of the official voting results.

Threats of dismissal and expulsion, coercion to participate in voting and other mass events, as well as pressure through a network of informants are constantly applied in Chechnya, not only during elections, human rights defenders interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" noted.

Basements used in Krasnodar as shelters from drones do not provide minimal conditions for long-term stay: there is no ventilation, seating, water, or restrooms. After an alarm is announced, it may take up to 15 minutes to access the shelter, and sometimes the entrance remains inaccessible, residents complained.

In honor of Ramzan Kadyrov's record result in the elections for the head of Chechnya, a flash mob took place in Grozny, in which several thousand students from the Akhmat Kadyrov State University participated. Analysts previously indicated that there was no real competition in the elections, and Kadyrov's opponents only provided a formal alternative.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced its non-recognition of the results of the presidential elections in South Ossetia, supporting the territorial integrity of Georgia.