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At night of September, 5, unidentified people threw a grenade into the courtyard of a private housing estate where Tagir Ozdoev, judge of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, lived. There were no victims.

Relatives of Renat Ismailov sentenced by Krasnodar court to four years of colony for financing a paramilitary group on August, 31, are going to appeal to Committee for adaptation of gunmen of Dagestan asking for help in his transfer to his native republic for serving his penalty.

Investigators of Chechnya initiated a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping and murder of a man, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today. The resident of Gudermes district of Chechnya was kidnapped by armed people from his own house and killed on the same day. In the opinion of leader of one of the local human rights organizations, only the personnel of enforcement agencies might have been involved in the crime.

On Sunday, September, 4, policemen in Dagestan detained a young man who is suspected of kidnapping of a schoolgirl, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today.

As announced by Vladimir Markin, spokesperson of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), inspectors are presenting indictment to Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department) and an alleged participant in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta".

Umalat Bersanov and Akraman Ugurchiev, who were kidnapped by unidentified persons in Ingushetia, unidentified, are currently in Chechnya, Bashir Bersanov, Umalat's father, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to specified information, three relatives of Lieutenant Colonel of FSB, who perished in a car explosion in the city of Khasavyurt, were injured. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee in Dagestan.

A secret witness under an assumed name of Aslan has identified Magomed Suleimanov, suspected of killing ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov; however, Suleimanov refused to plead guilty.

Today, a large protest rally was held near the building of the Armenian Government, where protesters expressed their indignation about the increasing number of non-combat losses in the Armenian Army. Parents of the soldiers, who perished in the peacetime and rights defenders demanded fair investigations into soldiers' deaths.

According to Chechen power bodies, the triple terror act involving militants-suicide bombers, committed in the city of Grozny at night on Tuesday, August 30, was organized by Dokku Umarov, the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground, and Muslim Gakaev, one of field commanders.

The Saratov Garrison Court has found regular soldiers enlisted from North Ossetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria guilty of abusing their fellow-servicemen and sentenced each of them to three years in prison; however, they refused to plead guilty and have already appealed against the verdict.

The family of Ivan Agafonov, 19, who died from a punch of Rasul Mirzaev, a native of Dagestan and world champion in mixed martial arts, asked investigators for protection. The athlete's advocate Igor Dergachov argues that Rasul Mirzaev's girlfriend is threatened; and "there are grounds to believe that witnesses may occur under pressure."

After a month break, the closed trial of Serob Ter-Pogosyan, ex-adviser of Armenian Prime Minister, accused of paedophilia, was resumed. The defendant denies commission of any violent sexual acts and asserts that he had sexual intercourses with children with their consent.