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During a search in the house of Muslim Suleimanov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers planted ammunition and took him away to some unknown destination, reported his relatives. They associate the persecution of Muslim Suleimanov with his active civic position.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a complaint filed against the sentences of activist Giyas Ibragimov and his father Gasan Ibragimov, who were found guilty of insulting judges.

Araik Khandoyan, a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) armed unit, in August released by the court in Armenia, died, reported Varuzhan Avetisyan.

12 MPs have registered to take part in the parliament session to reconsider the issue of the Chechen-Ingush border. Meanwhile, the quorum requires 17 MPs.

Today, an official from the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in Dagestan has reported that law enforcers completed special operations in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts.

Over the past 24 hours, the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 28 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

A resident of Dagestan, who will report to the hotline the highest number of messages on extremist posts in social networks, will get an iPhone, reports the Dagestani Ministry of Communications.

Over more than 70 years, the territory of Ingushetia has been steadily declining, and the current agreement to establish the border with Chechnya continues the above trend, said writer Issa Kodzoev, whose story about the change in the borders of the republic was published on YouTube.

On October 9, in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, the court questioned two policemen and then proceeded to question witnesses for the defence. Two defence witnesses testified in favour of the defendant.

On October 9, Ingush MPs testified in connection with a statement about the vote fraud that took place on September 4 regarding the ratification of the Ingush-Chechen border agreement, Zakrij Mamilov, an MP told the Magas rally.

The criminal prosecution of Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer from the Krasnodar Territory, for political reasons threatens the independence of the legal profession and respect for the right of citizens to legal protection, undermining the foundations of the Russian judiciary, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded 25,000 euros of compensation to Dmitry Golubyatnikov and Sergey Zhuchkov each, residents of the Krasnodar Territory, sentenced to long prison terms after being tortured by law enforcers.

Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the assassinated Gasanguseinov brothers, was taken from the Sovietsky ROVD (Interior Division) to the Makhachkala MIA Department, from where he was released with apologies. The Dagestani MIA explained his detention with a desire to help him in solving his problems.

Policemen have detained the nude painter Ekaterina Nenasheva, well-known for her performances, two journalists and a photographer, during their action "Cargo-300" in Makhachkala. All of them were released without drawing up protocols, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has reported.

Information about a rally in support of Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the subsequent refutation thereof have continued the trend of publishing unverified and knowingly false information about the conflict around the Ingush-Chechen border.

Akaki Datiashvili, whom Georgia considered as kidnapped, was released today after paying a fine for border trespassing. Today, the court in South Ossetia also released Maya Otinashvili, after sentencing her to a conditional term.

Law enforcers have accused Murtazali Gasanguseinov of trying to hold a picket and took him to the police station, Djambulat Gasanov, his representative, has stated.

The world's highest pair of flagpoles, which cost the Chechen budget 15 million roubles, indicates a special attitude of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, to Russian President, and non-transparent spending of federal subsidies, locals believe.

The solo picketers in Volgograd have announced the falsification of Pavel Stepanenko's case and demanded to enforce the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and release the drug policeman.

Activists Avtandil Mamedov and Elchin Namazov, who are in emigration Georgia, have founded the "Institute for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms" to inform international organizations about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, as well as to support Azerbaijani immigrants in Georgia.