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Servicemen of the united regiment of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia named "Leader", who came in mid-September to Chechnya for demining the territory of one of local state farms, have already cleared over eight hectares of arable land from explosives.

In Tskhinvali, there are families, who continue, after the last year's August war, living in tents. Out of 3500 houses under restoration, the authorities promise to finish only 250 before winter. So far, even in Tskhinvali not a single house is ready, except for the cottage settlement "Moskovskiy", built for Moscow's money.

The Caucasus is overwhelmed with rumours about secret "death squadrons", which are murdering militants and their helpers. The "Newsweek" magazine has concluded, having held its investigation, that the notion of "death squadrons" is just a nice symbol, most likely backed by local operative agents.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the world community to urge Georgia and Russia to make responsible those who had broken the laws of war and was involved in deaths of peaceful residents and destructions in the course of the military conflict in Southern Caucasus in summer of 2008.

The government of Armenia has announced the monastic complexes of the Lori Region to be tourist centres, having named this region as "Northern Gate". The Ministry of Economy was given 6 months for drafting a development programme of this tourist centre and bringing it to the government.

On October 2, Heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Abkhazia Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shamba signed an agreement on visa-free travels, which will allow Abkhazians and Russians crossing their border not only by foreign documents, but also by their domestic passports. It is expected that the agreement will come into force in 30 days.