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People live and there are graves of Ingush ancestors in the lands handed over to Chechnya within the framework of the agreement on fixing borders. The border re-delineation will affect the residents of the mountainous part of Ingushetia, in particular, Dattykh villagers, said Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chairman of the "Mekhk Kkhel" movement.

During the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in four villages were shelled, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Armen Sargsyan has supported the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to dismiss the ministers-members of the "Prosperous Armenia" and "Dashnaktsutyun" Parties, who had supported the amendments to the Regulations on the National Assembly (Parliament).

The Russia's representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) responded to the court's request on the complaint of Imam Makhmud Velitov and asked the court to reject it.

By lighting candles, Stepanakert townspeople have honoured the memory of the French chansonier Charles Aznavour. The participants in the mourning ceremony, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", called him a great artist and a real man.

The awarding ceremony of the Free Media Awards in the field of the freedom of speech was held in Yerevan. Among those who received the award is the edition named "Chaikhana" (Teahouse) from Tbilisi.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia has signed a decree on the dismissal of the ministers from the "Prosperous Armenia" and "Dashnaktsutyun" Parties. He has stated that he will also resign after the decree comes into force, and called on his supporters to seek early parliamentary elections.

Rashid Pugoev, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, could not contact his family, because he lost his phone during his departure to another region, the police have stated.

In Nalchik, the book "Kanjali Battle: View Through Centuries" has been released, telling about the clash of Circassians with the troops of the Crimean Khan Kaplan-Giray on the Malka River. According to the author, Victor Kotlyarov, the Kanjali Battle has a direct bearing on the present, in particular, on the unrests in the village of Kendelen.

The "Karabakh" Committee, which organized a rally for a forceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict, intends to continue holding rallies with demands to Azerbaijani authorities to launch resolute actions aimed to restore the country's territorial integrity. This was stated by Akif Nagi, a member of the above committee.

In Chechnya, a court sentenced a 22-year-old native of Khasavyurt to 2.9 years in a penal colony for trying to join militants in Syria.

The leader of Chechnya called on opponents to the change in the Chechen-Ingush border not to create problems for themselves and noted that "they would be brought to responsibility." Residents of Chechnya doubted that the statement could defuse the situation and predicted the intensification of protests in Ingushetia.

The traffic through the Buynaksk Pass is closed because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), the Dagestani Ministry of Transport reported.

The court arrested for two months a woman from the Khurvaleti village of the Gori municipality, who was detained at the border on September 29, the KGB of South Ossetia reported.

Law enforcers did not detain participants of a motor rally held in protest against the change of the Chechen-Ingush border, since there were a lot of protesters. The border agreement brought together all the opponents of the authorities, state activists.

A scandal with the "Iberia" TV Company and its main sponsor, the Omega Group of Companies, provoked sharp criticism of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party. According to political analysts, the scandal may affect the results of the presidential election.

In Yerevan, a lot of people gathered in Charles Aznavour Square to pay tribute to the memory of the world-famous French chanson singer of Armenian origin. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan decided to declare mourning on the day of the Charles Aznavour's funeral.

Today, during about an hour, law enforcers were searching the house of Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the youth wing of the "Yabloko" Party in Ingushetia. The policemen seized a laptop and a mobile phone.

Javad Javadov, an advocate, who has joined the defence of Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has filed a complaint against the arrest of his client. The defence asks the court to release Ibragim for the period of the investigation.

Beslan Tasuev, who was present as a witness during the inspection of the car of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", had worked in the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) a year before. Ibragim Daudov, a prosecution witness, was on duty on the day of Titiev's detention at a police checkpoint, but this information is absent in official documents.