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Georgian political analysts have ruled out any possibility of the country's progress along a revolutionary scenario, despite the return of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, and suggested that early parliamentary elections would be held next year.

Tehran will not unleash an armed conflict with Baku, despite the deterioration of relations after the Azerbaijan’s victory in the Karabakh war, Tofig Turkel, an observer of the agency “Turan”, suggests. Aggravation of relations is unprofitable for Tehran, since it has established economic ties with Baku, military expert Natig Djafarli notes.

In Tbilisi, 40% of ballots were falsified, which resulted in the ruling party’s dominance in the Tbilisi City Council, claims Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the “Droa” Party. According to opposition MP Tamar Kordzaya, throughout the whole country, votes at 478 polling stations should be recounted because of violations.

Former residents of the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan, held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building. They demand to solve problems with social benefits and housing. The authorities promised the protestors new measures of social support.

In Baku, law enforcers have detained Anar Abdulla, a journalist, and accused him of petty hooliganism and disobeying the police.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Azamat Aivazov, a Dagestani resident, to 13 years in a high-security colony, having found him guilty of links with Syrian militants.

The city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, has celebrated the City Day and the 45th Ramzan Kadyrov's birthday; he has also taken the post of the head of Chechnya for another term. Kadyrov has combined the holidays to be more visible; his ambitions grow from year to year, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, has noted.

Near the city of Djrakan, Karabakh rescuers have found the remains of two Armenian servicemen, bringing the total number of remains and bodies found up to 1680, the Emergency Service (ES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded a compensation of 60,000 euros to the parents and wife of Mukhamed Khutiev, who disappeared back in 2010. Russian authorities are responsible for his kidnapping, his probable death and an inefficient inquiry, the ECtHR has ruled.

The young man, detained in Cherkessk on suspicion of preparing a terror act, was arrested. The level of terrorist threat in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is low; the planned explosion could have been a single action, although no concrete proofs of the detainee's guilt have been presented, analysts believe.

The largest oppositional party in Georgia, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has announced a large-scale rally in Tbilisi and protests in the regions demanding to release Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and hold early parliamentary elections.

The health state of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, deteriorated sharply in a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service. A father of the activist associates the deterioration with his son’s long hunger strike.

For 12 years, a resident of Izberbash attended meetings of the religious association “Nurcular”*. Now he will stand trial.

Ramzan Kadyrov has officially taken office as the leader of Chechnya. While delivering his inaugural speech, he has promised to respect and protect the rights of citizens.

Djeikhun Rzaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was arrested after holding a solo protest action with the demand to release a journalist and a blogger in Mingachevir.

The Chechen Parliament has appointed for today its solemn sitting dedicated to the entry of Ramzan Kadyrov, who turns 45, into the post of head of the republic. Celebrations on the occasion of the City Day are also scheduled in Grozny.

Russian militaries have escorted a group of over 130 pilgrims to the Amaras and Ganzasar Monasteries located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh controlled by Azerbaijan, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

In the course of the elections recently held in Georgia, the typical violations were the abuse of administrative resources and pressure on observers, the NGO "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) has stated. A tense situation has developed in the country on the eve of the voting, the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) and the US Embassy to Georgia have noted.

In Makhachkala, the picketers demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev and all the political prisoners, as well as to stop arrests without proofs. The police did not interfere with the picketers, but requested written explanations from them, the colleagues of the arrested journalist have informed.

One of the two fans of the "Spartak" Football Club (FC), who were beaten with truncheons by servicemen of the Akhmat Kadyrov regiment at the Grozny stadium, was drunk, and the other only asked to let his comrade go, eyewitnesses assert.