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Yesterday, on September 14, in Khattuni, a village of the mountainous Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic, as local residents assert, a broad-scale "zachistka" (mopping-up) was conducted, during which a local resident was kidnapped. The republic's power structures refuse to make any comments.

The preliminary investigation on the murder case of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova has been prolonged. According to the official version, there was no enough time to conduct all the pre-planned investigatory-operative actions, since "quite many problems have appeared."

The terrorist-suicide bomber who committed the terror act on September 12 at the school building near the Bilimkhanov Stadium in Grozny has been identified. He was Aslanbek Dzhabrailov, born in 1986, a native of Elistanzhi village, Vedeno District of Chechnya. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.

Kidnappings continue in Ingushetia. On September 5, employees of some unknown power agencies kidnapped Magomed Oziev, 23, a resident of Nesterovskaya village, Sunzha District; and on September 11, Muhammad Syuleimanov, 36, a resident of the city of Malgobek, disappeared. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by relatives of the missing persons.

New terror acts committed by suicide bombers; recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Venezuela; visit of the Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of September 7-13 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The so-called "execution list", recently disseminated in Dagestan, hardly has anything to do with the recent murders of human rights defenders. This is the opinion of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik", who is also on the list.

The law enforcement bodies have not managed yet to identify the terrorist-suicide bomber who blew himself up in the morning on September 12 in central Grozny and heavily wounded three local militiamen.

Today, an explosion took place in the Leninskiy District of Grozny, near the militia post opposite Gymnasium No. 1. The Chechen MIA has stated that by the operative data, a woman-suicide bomber blew her up.

The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes that the suit of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", distracts attention from real investigation of Natalia Estemirova's murder.

On September 9, one of the republic's TV Channels showed a report with participation of a former member of an illegal armed formation (IAF). The ex-militant told about the panic reigning among the members of the armed underground and called his former comrades-in-arms to come back home.

On September 25, the Tver Court of Moscow will start considering the claim lodged by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on defence of his honour, dignity and business reputation.

Two huge terror acts to be committed by terrorists-suicide bombers have been prevented in Moscow; now the names of their potential executers are known - cousins Bekkhan Ospanov, 29, and Islam Bataev, 30. It was planned to bring the explosive to the terror act venue not only in shahid belts, but also in jogging shoe soles.

According to a local resident, in the end of last week, employees of unidentified power agencies kidnapped four residents of Roshni-Chu village, located in the foothill Urus-Martan District. The Chechen militia did not confirm the fact of kidnapping.