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A sitting of the Commission on Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations, and Cossack Affairs on the topic "ISIL – a Threat to Mankind" took place at the Public Chamber of the Volgograd Region on 31 October. The pretext of the sitting was a release of the brochure by Sergey Ordzhonikidze "ISIL – Threat to Mankind: Why It Is Necessary to Destroy Terrorism". (ISIL is one of the names of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in the Russian Federation).

The journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, who is currently in Switzerland, has asked the government of this country for political asylum, said his advocate.

On October 31, the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) defined its candidates to be recommended into the new CEC of Dagestan. Ella Pamfilova, the Chair of the federal CEC, offered Eduard Ataev, the coordinator of the independent movement of observers "Golos" (Vote), for inclusion into the Dagestani CEC.

The petition has been sent to the Russian Premier Dmitri Medvedev. As of 6:55 a.m. Moscow time on November 1, 2016, the online petition had been signed by 3698 persons.

Eleven administrative cases have been instituted against the legal entities, which, in the opinion of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) bosses, are guilty of the recent mass poisoning in Makhachkala. A lawsuit is being drafted to liquidate at least one company – the "Mahachkalavodokanal".

Ramzan Kadyrov has criticized the proposal of the Russia's Ministry of Finance (MoF) to cut the 2017 budget of the Chechen Republic. According to his version, the proposal is causing "a lot of questions" and does not satisfy the republic's leadership.

The four persons, detained during the protest action demanding resignation of the Mayor of Makhachkala, have been set free from the police.

Today, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., relatives of missing Dagestani residents held a rally in Makhachkala. The protesters accused the authorities of Dagestan of inaction.

NGO "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy" demands to recount ballots in some polling stations and to annul the results of the voting at the parliamentary elections at one polling station.

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has reclassified the actions of Emilia Bzarova, an activist of the "Voice of Beslan", involved in the protest action. As a result, her punishment was commuted from 20 down to 10 hours of community service.

During the week of October 24-30, 2016, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, the Buynaksk District Court has pronounced the decision in the lawsuit filed by physician Daniyal Alkhasov to exclude his name from the so-called prevention registration list. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Oleg Orlov, a manager of the "Hot Spots" programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Today, in Makhachkala, local residents have come to two actions of protest. In Lenin Square, protesters demanded resignation of the City Mayor, and mothers of disappeared young Dagestani residents gathered in front of the Russian Theatre. The police detained some of the participants of the protest in front of the City Mayor's Office.

Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC), has announced her intention to prepare a report on violations committed during the elections of September 18 in Dagestan and to send it to the law enforcement authorities and the Russian leaders.

Today, about 20 relatives of the arrested residents of the Yerevan district of Sari Tag have come to a protest action. They demand to release their family members.

Voting in the second round of the parliamentary elections in Georgia; Russian SC's decision in the case against Ukrainian citizens Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh on their involvement in the war in Chechnya; mass poisoning of Makhachkala residents with drinking water; amendments to the Azerbaijan legislation toughening responsibility for religious extremism and empowering law enforcers during special operations; murder of a judge in Karachay-Cherkessia; withdrawal of the banking licence of the "Kuban Universal Bank" from Krasnodar, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 24-30, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

According to the preliminary information of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party won in 48 single-seat electoral districts at the second round of parliamentary elections.

In the evening of October 30, activist Boris Volokh held a picket in front of the former NKVD building in the historic centre of the Kuban capital. He has called on to remember the people who died for their beliefs, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

According to the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, the second round of voting at the parliamentary elections was held in atmosphere of intimidation and with use of various mechanisms of falsification.

Today, in Nalchik, in the Central City Park near the monument to victims of political repressions, activists have held annual rally, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.