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A referendum on the issue concerning the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia is possible, and based on its results the agreement signed by the republics' leader can be challenged in the constitutional courts, experts report.

In Magas, participants of the rally will distribute to the needy the food products brought for the protesters, activists report. On October 31, with the start of the new rally, protesters will pay tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the Ossetian-Ingush conflict, reports rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has issued instructions to build roads on the border with Ingushetia. He has noted that the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border has entered into force and that any attempts to "drive a wedge" between the Ingush and the Chechen people are useless.

Organizers of a rally against the change in the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya offered protestors to interrupt the action to prepare the World Congress of the Ingush people.

Ibragim Djandarov, the chief for the Chechen Department of the "Rosreestr" (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography), was dismissed in connection with irregularities in the Department's activities, reported the administration of the leader and the government of Chechnya.

Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov will continue to fight at the UFC, while the issue concerning the prolongation of the Zubair Tukhugov's contract has not been yet resolved, reports UFC President Dana White.

Today, the government of Ingushetia has sanctioned holding of a rally organized by opponents of the border agreement with Chechnya for the period from October 31 to November 2.

Users of social networks expressed different opinions concerning the sentence to the former Mayor of Makhachkala, sentenced to four years of imprisonment in the case on abuse of authority. Some people considered the court's decision to be too lenient in view of the crimes imputed to Musa Musaev, while others called it too severe and recalled his good activities as the head of the city.

Defence witnesses spoke at the trial in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny. According to the defendant, many people want to give testimonies, which are important for complaints in higher courts. Oyub Titiev does not doubt the court will pronounce a verdict of guilty.

Most of those who are in the housing queue in Grozny, have no right to be there, said the head of Chechnya. On Tuesday, they began checking all the temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for those in need of housing, the Grozny Mayoralty has reported. Local residents assert that authorities are unable to solve the problem for many years.

In honour of the 159th birthday of Kosta Khetagurov, the Ossetian village of Georgia held a concert and horse races, while North and South Ossetia held a poetic marathon and an exhibition of paintings timed to this day.

The protesters in Magas are disappointed with officials' attitude to the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border. Activists are discussing the format of further actions, while the authorities would not extend the rally permit.

The verdict to Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), surprised rights defenders with its severity. The interests of special services are put above the public interest to return Russians from the ranks of Syrian militants and adapt them, rights defenders have stated.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced his resignation. He has expressed his confidence that the factions would not interfere with his plans to dissolve the parliament.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 63,000 euros in the case on torture and kidnapping of Ingush resident Makhsud Makhloev.

The Ingush delegation left negotiations with Alexander Matovnikov in Pyatigorsk and did not make an appointment with the leader of Ingushetia, reported rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. Officials recommended the protesters to challenge the border agreement at the court, the participants of the meeting reported.

Mirza Subeliani, a former top-ranking official of the Chief Prosecutor's Office for Georgia, arrested in the case on the murder of two teenagers in Tbilisi, tried to commit suicide after audio records of his conversation with a Georgian MP about compromising evidence against the "Georgian Dream" Party had been made public.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, was involved in rendering assistance to the people suffering from deceases, and he helped to restore schools in the mountainous regions and coordinated a project to help prisoners from Chechnya and Ingushetia, the defence witnesses reported.

The republican law to approve the agreement on the border with Ingushetia has entered into force in Chechnya. This has been reported today by the Chechen parliament.

Political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have expressed the opinion that the rally held in Magas against the signed agreement on the establishment of the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya is a unique phenomenon for Russia. According to the experts, the dispersal of the action would have provoked the people's anger.