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On the 12th anniversary of the death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative in Europe, has voiced a call to bring to justice the persons who ordered her murder.

Authorities of Ingushetia made a mistake when they resolved the border issue with Chechnya without first discussing it with residents, Ruslan Aushev, the first president of Ingushetia, said addressing the rally in Magas.

On October 7, Georgian authorities reported that the European Union's observation mission had been informed about the kidnapping of a shepherd from the village of Kirbali near the border with South Ossetia.

On the eve of the anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the international NGO "RAW in War" (Reach All Women in War) awarded the prize named after her to Binalakshmi Nepram, the head of the organization "Manipur Women – Victims of Armed Violence", and Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich.

After the victory of the Russian UFC (Ultimate Fight Championship) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov over the Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor, hundreds of people went out into the streets of Makhachkala to celebrate the victory of their countryman, who managed to defend his champion's title. They blocked traffic at one of the main intersections of the city.

Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy head of the Cherkessk OVD (Interior Department), the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), sentenced to nine years in prison, have been convoyed to a penal colony.

During the last 24 hours, units of the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line for 27 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The parliamentarians of Ingushetia have annulled the outcomes of their vote on October 4 for the ratification of the agreement on fixing the border with Chechnya. The repeated voting is scheduled for October 8.

In the period from September 30 to October 6, units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan made more than a thousand shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has stated that Imams call on people to go to a rally against changing the Ingush-Chechen border with and put pressure on MPs. Religious implications of the situation prevent the authorities from understanding what to do, he has added.

The weigh-in ceremony took place in Las Vegas on the eve of the MMA fight of a Dagestani Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Irishman Conor McGregor at the Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC). While McGregor provoked Nurmagomedov to fight, their fans staged a fight in the hall.

The accounts in the Instagram that support opponents of changing the Chechen-Ingush border are more popular than the pro-government page in this social network.

The agreement on the abolition of visa requirements was signed by Georgia and Ukraine, allowing citizens of the countries to cross the borders by their internal passports in the format of ID-cards.

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.