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During the week from October 23 to October 29, 2017, no casualties or victims were recorded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the monitoring of the own materials of the "Caucasian Knot" and information from other open sources.

Shelling of fighters in a Chechen unit of the National Guard of Russia; fall of Georgian lari; election of Mayors in Cherkessk and Karachaevsk; attack on policemen in the Stavropol Territory; screening of "Matilda" in Southern Russia, launched with enhanced security measures; resignation of Lev Travnev, who served as Mayor of Pyatigorsk for 11 years, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 23-29, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On October 29, in Dagestan, a policeman was injured while he tried to separate street fighters.

In Nefteyugansk, on the final day of the international freestyle wrestling tournament for the prizes of Vladimir Semenov, Vice President of the Russian Sports Wrestling Federation (RSWF), wrestlers from Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and North Ossetia won one gold, four silver and six bronze medals.

On October 22-29, the city of Willemstad in the island of Curaçao hosted the World Domino Championship. The national team of Abkhazia occupied the tenth place.

Today, more than 55 pavilions have been opened at the first grenade festival in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Agricultural workers and gardeners from the Martuni, Gadrut, and Kashatag Districts have presented their products at the festival.

Residents of Catalonia have the right to independently determine the political status of the region, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

The film "Brave Warriors" by Chinese film director Ning Heijiang has won the International Film Festival "Golden Tower" held in Ingushetia.

Mass arrests of people from Northern Caucasus began in Turkey. Members of the North-Caucasian Diaspora collect signatures under an appeal to the Turkish authorities with a demand to stop the persecution of migrants and release the detainees.

In the summer, under the "Balapanal" project, which claims to win the Google contest "Far from capital", children from the Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) learned for free their native language, learned to play national instruments, and practiced jujitsu.

Mass detentions of people suspected of the use of narcotic and psychotropic substances are being carried out in Chechnya. The raids are of operational and preventive nature, the police explained.

Azerbaijan is experiencing an economic downturn, and most people live in poverty. At the same time, the country has 160 political prisoners and sees continued repressions, the participants of the opposition rally in Baku have stated.

Abkhazia is ready to consider the issue on recognition of the Catalonia's independence in case it receives an appropriate address and sees that Catalonia needs that. This has been announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Abkhazia.

The exchange rate of the Georgian lari against the US dollar has been steadily dropping since the start of the week; while on October 27 the lari/euro exchange rate fell below the historical minimum. Economists link the lari weakening with the end of the tourist season, post-election recession of economic activities and the trend that has forced people to expect for the lari devaluation this autumn.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has commented on the independence from Spain declared by the Catalan Parliament and mentioned the origin of the Karabakh conflict.

Participants of the Azerbaijani opposition's rally organized under the slogan "No robbery and lie!" came to the stadium in the Yasamal District of Baku with portraits of political prisoners and socio-political posters.

South Ossetia will consider the issue on recognition of the Catalonia's independence. This was announced by Dmitry Medoev, South-Ossetian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in connection with the resolution on independence from Spain adopted by the Parliament of Catalonia on October 27.

Raisa Pogodaeva, an opposition activist from the town of Goryachiy Klyuch, has been sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for reposting a video of Kuban blogger Leonid Kudinov with a swastika. This has been reported by activist Darya Polyudova.

At a court hearing held on October 27, in the Zhirair Sefilyan's case, the judge announced the completion of questioning the witnesses and the beginning of a new stage to study the evidence, reported the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Some of those convicted in the case of Dmitry Batyrev's death in Kalmyk Colony No. 1 received unduly short prison terms, the victims' advocate has stated.