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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.

Positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 30 times within the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Agil Makhmudov, the editor-in-chief of the "hefteaz.info" news website, has been administratively arrested for 20 days. Activists believe that the journalist is persecuted for his publications.

After arriving in Makhachkala, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who defeated the Irishman Conor McGregor, arrived at the "Anji-Arena" Stadium, where he met his fans. The fans could not sit still and rushed to the football pitch to be closer to the fighter. In his speech, Khabib Nurmagomedov commented on the brawl after the fight saying that "eagles don't belong in the cage."

As a result of the border agreement, Ingushetia transferred to Chechnya 26 times more territories than those received from the Chechen Republic. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by cartographers after they studied the documents and official data on the former and new borders, having refuted the authorities' statements that the exchange was equivalent.

The Kremlin is closely monitoring the situation in Ingushetia, where opponents of the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border hold protest rallies, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, has stated today. According to his story, so far, the republic's leadership is doing all the work.

Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and coach of the Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, has expressed hope that the incident with a brawl after his son's victory over Conor McGregor will end up with a fine, which usually amounts to 30% of the winner's fee.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, who is being kept in custody, is awarded the Václav Havel International Human Rights Prize, presented today in Strasbourg.

A man was hospitalized after a shelling in the city of Sunzha, reported the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Among the versions of the incident, investigators consider "blood feud," reports a source from the law enforcement bodies of the region.

In Magas, participants of the protest action against the agreement on the borders between Ingushetia and Chechnya declare that they will not stop their protest until they succeed in resolving the problems voiced by them. The authorities of Ingushetia have announced their willingness to negotiate with the protesters.

At the trial in the case against the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny Oyub Titiev, public prosecutor persuaded the court to question a policeman behind closed doors and explained his request by presence in the courtroom of journalists from editions that "presented information in a distorted way."

Today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that he has not yet made a decision on his resignation and explained his doubts with the people's "sharp reaction" against such a decision. It is possible to hold early parliamentary elections even without the Prime Minister's resignation, Nikol Pashinyan has noted.

Protests in Ingushetia against the agreement on the borders with Chechnya; "counter-revolution" in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 1-7, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Magas, participants of the rally have moved to a new place, the authorities of Ingushetia have reported today. Organizers of the protest action have stated that they will require MPs to resign in the event if they repeatedly vote to change the border with Chechnya.

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.