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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan has refused to sanction two rallies in support of the parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers, Djambulat Gasanov, the organizer, has stated, treating the ban as unjustified.

During the last 24 hours, the truce regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was broken for 30 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Russian authorities have failed to investigate the involvement of law enforcers and Chechen officials in the crime, said Dunja Mijatovic, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), on the eve of the anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder.

Federal authorities are obliged to investigate the reports about falsifications at voting in the Parliament of Ingushetia, as well as to ensure the legality and publicity in the process of solving the issue of the border, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

Protests of residents of Ingushetia against the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border could escalate into an armed conflict of the two republics, Svetlana Gannushkina, a rights defender, and Mikhail Roschin, a historian, are afraid. They are sure that the situation has worsened because the Ingush authorities made a decision without taking into account the position of local residents.

Residents of Ingushetia have responded to a call to come today to the centre of Magas for the Friday prayer. After the start of the namaz, people continue to come to the square.

Several delegates from the Ingush National Assembly signed a statement on fraud in the voting for the approval of the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. They demanded a new discussion of the issue.

A murder of a policeman in the Baksan District has become the first armed incident in Kabardino-Balkaria after a shootout with law enforcers in December 2017.

The Armenian Premier, Nikol Pashinyan, has announced October 6, the day of funeral of chansonier Charles Aznavour, a mourning day. Nagorno-Karabakh has done the same.

The oral agreement of Nikol Pashinyan with Ilham Aliev on the establishment of communication for observing the truce in the Karabakh conflict zone may be broken any time, Armenian political analysts believe.

Yunis Safarov, detained on suspicion of assassination attempt on the Mayor of the city of Ganja, is exposed to physical and psychological pressure, his mother, Leylakhanum Ismailova, has stated. She called on the Azerbaijani authorities to end torturing her son.

At its sitting, the Armenian government decided to dismiss the governors-members of the "Prosperous Armenia" and "ARF Dashnaktsutyun" Parties. The governors are dismissed for the same reason as the ministers from these parties, said the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The court has rejected the petition of Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was accused of links with Syrian militants and claimed violations during the investigation. The prosecutor has treated the defence's version that Gugov's case was law enforcers' revenge on him as untenable.

The issue of the Chechen-Ingush border must be brought to a referendum, and Yunus-Bek Evkurov should resign, said protesters in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia.

On October 4, the fight tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) was held in Grozny with enhanced security measures. Fans were obliged to come to the tournament, reported students and public employees.

Dunja Miyatovic, the Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg to consider the case of depriving Emin Guseinov, a journalist and rights defender, of his Azerbaijani citizenship in the context of persecution of dissidents in the country.

The Georgian resident, who was arrested in South Ossetia, has stated that she had not been subjected to physical violence after detention. She was arrested for one month, the court has stated.

The appeal of the Chechen leader to Chechens and Ingushes that it "suits them to fight" was perceived by some residents of Ingushetia as a threat of using force against opponents of the land exchange. In Chechnya, these words were interpreted differently, without an emphasis on power actions.

At the today's session, members of the Chechen parliament have approved the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border.

The parliament has approved by a majority of votes the law on change in the border with Chechnya, reports Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He did not respond to the statement about the breakdown of the voting voiced by several MPs.