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Ovsep Petoyan, a spiritual pastor of the Armenian Catholic community of Qamishli, and his father were shot dead in the north-east of Syria. The responsibility for the killings was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

A suspected assassinator of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, could escape to Chechnya, the "Baza" Telegram channel reports.

Russian designer and blogger Artemy Lebedev reproached Ramzan Kadyrov for his calls to punish severely the authors of negative posts about Chechnya. The critical appeal of the blogger is written with an emphasized correct tone, Facebook users note.

Law enforcers released oppositionist Arzuman Gurbanov after he had written an explanatory note about his alleged calls for participation in an unsanctioned rally. Arzuman Gurbanov said that law enforcers demanded from him to stop criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities on social networks.

Chingiz Akhmadov, Director of the "Chechnya Today" Agency, has posted a video on the Instagram accusing Tumso Abdurakhmanov of lying. He quoted the blogger's saying about people from Chechnya who might have been involved in the murder in Germany of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. According to Abdurakhmanov, the Chechen authorities have launched a new campaign aimed to discredit him.

Students and teachers took part in the procession along streets of Yerevan. They demand resignation of Araik Arutyunyan, the head of the Ministry of Education.

Celebrations of National Unity Day and anniversary of the October Revolution in Southern Russia; mass protests in Georgia and Armenia; start of trial on major fire in Rostov-on-Don; rally of former "Electrozink" worker in Vladikavkaz, – read about these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 4-10, 2019, in a review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Threats, intimidation in social networks, publication of intimate life facts of the women engaged in Georgian politics have become a norm, says the report of the non-governmental organization (NGO) "International Transparency-Georgia".

A court in France sentenced Khasanbek Turchaev, a native of Chechnya, to 10 years in prison, after finding him guilty of taking part in warfare in Syria on the side of a terrorist organization.

A group of Azerbaijani civil activists has called on international organizations to intervene in the situation of arbitrary arrests and torture of peaceful protesters in Azerbaijan.

A participant in the action against the screening of the film "And then we danced" has been detained in Batumi after insulting spectators, the police have informed.

The advocates of Musa Malsagov, the head of the Ingush branch of the Russian Red Cross, and Barakh Chemurziev, the chairman of the public movement "Support of Ingushetia", arrested within the case of the March rally in Magas, have reported to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the violation of their clients' rights.

Law enforcement bodies of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) are not efficient; and the resignation of Igor Trifonov, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is an attempt to change the situation, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Law enforcers checked documents of the participants of the Friday namaz (prayer) in the Makhachkala mosque located in Omarov Street. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) explained the raid by their concern for security.

The celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad was held in the newly opened mosque "Muslims' Pride" in the city of Shali; tens of thousands of believers took part in it. The crowded celebration was provided by authorities' efforts, participants in the celebrations say.

Administrative protocols have been drawn up on 27 protesters against the screening of the film "And then we danced" in Georgia. Another LGBT opponent is suspected of attacking a girl who wanted to get into the cinema.

The press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov has accused the BBC employees of incorrectly translating the statement by the head of Chechnya, who demanded harsh punishment of critics on the Internet. Kadyrov's words were translated correctly, the press service of the BBC has assured.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, 42 families returned to the pre-border village of Talish, restored after the war, from the city of Alashan, where they lived temporarily. In Talish, the problems with electricity, water supply and communication have been solved; a new school was opened.

The organizers of the protest action at the "Amirani" Cinema in Tbilisi have demanded to release all the LGBT opponents, detained during clashes with the police on November 8.

The court has agreed with the arguments of the advocate of the Council of Teips of the Ingush People and postponed the consideration of the lawsuit lodged by the authorities and demanding to liquidate the Council. The trial will resume after decision making on other cases initiated against the Council of Teips.