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The cities of Marneuli and Kutaisi, and the Tbilisi Districts of Vake and Nadzaladevi became record holders in the number of complaints about violations at voting. Overall, the elections passed with the voter turnout of 45.64%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has reported.

Seven women, who have returned from Syria to Grozny, will be offered to surrender, thus, avoiding the criminal liability for participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

They arrived from the Syria warfare zone in Grozny, where they were met by their relatives.

Residents of the village of Vank, Martakert District, have held a mourning rally in memory of Levon Airapetyan and attended a memorial service at the Gandzasar Monastery.

The Interpol system cannot be used to prosecute oppositionists abroad. This was stated by Bernd Fabricius, a Special Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in his comment on the arrest of the Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Guseinli in Ukraine.

On October 20, two soldiers of the Defence Army got fatal wounds because of improper handling of weapons, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Armenian authorities did not try to seek the release of businessman Levon Airapetyan because of fear to worsen relations with Russia. Political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe the Levon Airapetyan's death in a Mordovian penal colony will also not affect the Armenia-Russia relations.

The detention of the father of a regiment commander from the National Guard of Russia (aka as "Natsgvardia") in Chechnya, dismissed for withholding money from his subordinates' salaries, may be a way to put pressure on the escapee. This was stated by a family friend.

In Stepanakert, students held a march in memory of philanthropist Levon Airapetyan. Today, a mourning rally is planned to be held in the village of Vank, where Levon Airapetyan was born, and the Gandzasar Monastery will hold a memorial service in his memory, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Historians, sociologists, geographers, economists, and ethnographers have not yet determined where the borders of the Caucasus pass. The United States and the EU politically distinguish the Caucasus, including also as a territory for the transit of energy resources from Central Asia. This was noted by participants of a seminar held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO).

The NGO "Civic Assistance Committee" cannot be a defendant in the claim for protecting business reputation filed after the Svetlana Gannushkina's post in Facebook, state lawyers of the NGO. They filed an appeal against the decision pronounced by the Shatoi District Court of Chechnya.

The regional party's branch has submitted an application to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to register its initiative group for holding a referendum on direct election of the head of the republic.

Today, the burial service for Armenian philanthropist Levon Airapetyan, who died in a Mordovian penal colony, has been held in the Cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Moscow.

Radjab Guseinov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained on October 18, was placed under administrative arrest, his advocate has found out.

Georgian citizen Shota Karkuzashvili was released after he had paid a fine for breaking the border, reported the South-Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security).

Two out of five persons wounded in an armed attack on the party's election office in the Marneuli District of Georgia are in grave condition.

On October 19-20, the ceasefire regime was violated on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

In Georgia, NGOs have released the data on monitoring carried out by the media, which covered the pre-election campaign. TV Channels showed only a small number of critical discussions, reported Nana Dzvelishvili, a member of the "Charter of Journalistic Ethics".

Four women and 11 children were taken away from Syrian "hot spots" into the government-controlled territory, the leader of Chechnya has reported.

Since the start of 2017, in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), direct elections have been held only of the heads of 75 villages; almost all – in North Ossetia. The remaining heads of North-Caucasian municipalities were elected by local deputies.