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Aza Bataeva, a singer from Chechnya, who has presumably perished in Iraq, wanted to return to her homeland, her acquaintance has told.

The judge refused to grant the motion of the defence of the former Makhachkala Mayor to release him from colony for health reasons.

Prison doctors have concluded that Said Amirov can stay in colony, his advocate Vladimir Postanyuk reports. On the eve of the fateful judgment for Amirov, the "Caucasian Knot" has audited his former empire.

The Sol-Iletsk District Court has dismissed the motion on releasing Said Amirov from the colony for health reasons.

In Saint Petersburg, the court has awarded a local woman with compensation for damage in the amount of 50,000 roubles. Her apartment was damaged during a special operation to detain militants from Kabardino-Balkaria. The plaintiff asked to pay her 325,967 roubles.

The practice of public apologies that has spread in Russia has nothing to do with Caucasian and Islamic traditions, rights defenders Tatiana Lokshina and Vadim Mukhanov have stated. According to their version, young people of the Caucasus are using it because of the Chechen authorities' impunity for humiliating residents of the region.

Pavel Ardzinba, suspected of an assassination attempt on the former Abkhazian President Alexander Ankvab, was killed assassinated in the Sukhumi-Psou Highway. His acquaintance Dmitry Khagba was shot dead together with him, the Abkhaz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Mikhail Saakashvili has stated he will not take part in the trials against him in Georgia and rejected his advocates, David Kakoishvili, one of them, said today.

At trial, a friend of defendants has confirmed that one of the reasons for the attack on Vladislav Ryazantsev in Rostov-on-Don was in his activities as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent where critical publications about "Russian nationalists" were posted. According to the testimony of the witness, the beating of the journalist was planned.

Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, detained after her return to Russia with a child, has left her second child in Syria .This was reported by her advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.