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The schools situated in areas of compact residence of Adygs in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) allocate too little time for teaching the Adyg language; while the textbooks on this subject have not yet been approved by the Russian Ministry of Education, the leaders of the "Adyge Khase" have emphasized.

Amina Okueva was not a swore enemy of Ramzan Kadyrov, but the version about the Chechen trace in her murder can not be ruled out, said Orkhan Djemal and Mikhail Roschin. In the opinion of Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, the Chechen trace in this murder is obvious.

The investigators' refusal to open a case on Maxim Lapunov's complaints about his torture in Chechnya has been cancelled, Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has stated. She called for more active search for the witnesses, whom Lapunov had named.

The Prosecutor's Office has stated that the man, hired by a Dagestani woman to commit a blood feud murder, shot dead a man in the village of Charavali.

On October 31, in Grozny, a group of ophthalmologists from Turkey began to select 120 patients to undergo surgeries for free. Many local residents failed to get to the medical examination because of long lines.

The updated lists of people recognized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" as political prisoners include twice as many residents from Southern Russia as a year earlier.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has suggested that the Ukrainian secret services are involved in the death of Amina Okueva. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ukraine has announced that the Russian secret services or supporters of Ramzan Kadyrov may be involved in the woman's death.

On October 31, employees of Grozny higher schools began compiling lists of students who failed to attend the football match "Akhmat"-"Anji". Students are afraid of being expelled for their absence at the stadium.

Yerevan has signed an agreement with Moscow on obtaining a 100 million US dollar credit for buying weapons, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has reported.

On October 31 and at night on November 1, the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and on Armenian was violated with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

The today's action of supporters of the "Georgians' March", who demanded to exclude the footballer, who had supported the LGBT community, from the national team, ended in a clash with policemen.

The remains found in Dagestan in July 2017 belong to the kidnapped Sharip Zaipullaev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Milana Nuralieva, the wife of a detainee suspected of using drugs, has publicly apologized for her complaining to Ramzan Kadyrov about power agents' extortions.

A resident of the village of Verkhnyaya Zhemtala, convicted for aiding militants, remained at large for more than four years, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported.

On October 30, Moscow hosted a scientific conference, the organizers of which announced the publication of an encyclopaedic dictionary about Islam.

Today, in Ingushetia, activists have gathered for a conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. Ingushetia and North Ossetia held the official mourning events on October 30.

An assassination attempt on Amina Okueva and Adam Osmaev near Kiev is being investigated as an ordered murder. This was reported by the Ukrainian police. Adam Osmaev has associated the incident with the assassination attempt on the spouses committed in June.

In Dagestan, rescuers have saved a girl from the ruins of a house destroyed in an explosion. The girl has been hospitalized, reports the website of the Dagestani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

After a match between the football teams of the "Akhmat" FC and the Makhachkala "Anji" FC which ended in a draw, Oleg Kononov, the head coach of the Grozny FC, has requested to release him from his position. This was reported by Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) for Karachay-Cherkessia has refused to register an initiative group to hold a referendum on direct election of the republic's head. Another motion to hold a referendum will be submitted from the initiative group of Karachay-Cherkessian residents.