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Today, Ramzan Kadyrov, after a pause during which the information about a plot in his entourage was discussed, has appeared at an official meeting. The authorities' silence is heating up conspiracy theories, experts on the Caucasus have pointed out.

A horseback ride across Dagestan, organized by historians, is a reconstruction of Imam Shamil's way, not related to the resonant words of Ramzan Kadyrov about Shamil, scientists have pointed out. The tradition of equestrian rides is not peculiar for Dagestanis, the historians have emphasized.

Former law enforcers or officials of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) occupy places in public oversight commissions that monitor the human rights situation in places of detention. When POCs were formed in Adygea, Dagestan, Chechnya, the Krasnodar Territory, and the Rostov Region, proposals for candidates of the Human Rights Council (HRC) were only partially taken into account.

The "Tigranakert" historical and cultural reserve hosted the first "Games of Dragons" carpet exhibition in Nagorno-Karabakh. The exhibition presented 130 carpets made by local craftsmen using traditional Armenian technologies.

During the week of October 7-13, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On October 12, a man who tried to illegally cross a border with Iran, wounded a border guard with a knife, reported the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan. Border guards discovered that the detained violator was carrying a batch of drugs.

Death of an MMA athlete after a fight in Grozny; inauguration of Raul Khadjimba as President of Abkhazia amid opposition protests; closing of the "Kunaki" film festival in Nalchik; completion of a trial in an advocate Mikhail Benyash's case and beginning of the consideration of the lawsuit filed by businessman Oleg Deripaska in Krasnodar; rally in Elista held in protest against the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov as the city mayor, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 7-13, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

A social campaign "#Bavakane" (Enough) is targeted against selective abortions caused by the gender of the unborn baby. The campaign actions are held at the initiative of the "Doping" creative company.

The Memorial Day for Perished Law Enforcers, which coincides with the anniversary of militants' attack on Nalchik, has been marked in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) with a mourning rally.

Over the past year, Georgia courts have more frequently send defendants into custody or impose bail, although such measures are not entirely justified. This approach used by courts violates the principles of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), an advocate has stated.

Akhmed Pogorov, one of the leaders of the Ingush opposition, whose detention was reported on October 11 by anonymous sources, is at large, an advocate, Magomed Bekov, and an activist, Izabella Evloeva, have informed.

On October 10 and 11, the administration of the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) did not let the advocate, Fatima Urusova, to visit Zarifa Sautieva, Bilan Dzugaev, Urusova's colleague, has informed. According to his story, complaints are being prepared in this connection.

Ramzan Kadyrov has congratulated Salakh-Haji Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, who became a member of the Royal Jordanian Academy of Prophet Descendants. Commentators in social networks noted that Mezhiev has no higher spiritual education.

On October 6-12, Azerbaijani militaries fired more than 700 shots, thus, violating the ceasefire on the troops contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

The participants of the international forum in Stepanakert have announced the creation of an international network of friends of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The forum was attended by over 150 people from nearly 30 countries and regions of the world.

Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were subjected to 22 shelling attacks, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Law enforcers copy the personal data of the parishioners of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala in order to threaten them later with putting them on the so-called "prophylactic registry", the journalist, Idris Yusupov, has stated. Now, much fewer believers attend the Friday namaz (prayer), a mosque source has stated, linking this fact with to law enforcers' raids.

The police released the five LGBT activists, who were detained near the building of the Chechnya's permanent mission in Moscow and were still kept at the police station. Policemen saw propaganda of a "non-traditional sexual lifestyle" in the activists' action.

Residents of Chechnya claim that Apti Alaudinov, a deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, violated the etiquette, when he commented on the charges of conspiracy against Ramzan Kadyrov, lying on a sofa with legs.

On October 11, Tofig Mamedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who held a solo picket in Baku, was placed behind bars for 10 days. It is his fourth detention since the start of the year.