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Materials about the political nature of prosecution of Zhalaudi Geriev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Chechnya, were published by the "Kommersant" and The Guardian.

Relatives of the victims of the Volgograd terror act have refused to talk to journalists after an action held to honour the memory of the victims of the tragedy.

In Sochi, the City Mayor has met people affected by the fire and stated that until October 24, the developer is to respond to appeals filed by tenants of the house destroyed by the fire in Tsyurupa Street, who demanded to pay them financial compensation or provide them with equivalent housing.

The Krasnodar Regional Court of Appeal has refused in appeal consideration of the complaint filed by Sochi resident Mark Yavorsky, Category I visually impaired person, who was accused of killing two men. The defendant, his defence, and parents claim false conclusions of the investigation, and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) reports on violation of the defendant's rights to qualified medical care.

In Armenia, some farmers have not yet got the money for grapes delivered past year to processing enterprises. Low harvest has caused additional damage to workers of the sphere. Many of the winegrowers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have declared that they are ready to change the type of activity.

The Sukhumi Court has sentenced Vladimir Trifonov to three years and five months in a colony-settlement and a fine of 30,000 roubles for the imputed damage caused to the Abkhazian mobile operator. According to his advocate, the convict will be released from custody on October 25; and he is not going to appeal against the verdict.

Three-quarters of the list of political prisoners, drawn up by three human rights organizations of Azerbaijan, are residents of the country, persecuted by the authorities for their religious beliefs.

During a search carried out at the "Nadezhda" (Hope) Charity Foundation, law enforcers refused the request not to seize PCs and download the information from them to other data carriers. So, at present, the Charity Foundation can no longer continue its activities.

In Krasnodar, residents of two apartment buildings have reported the lack of heating. According to the Kuschevskaya district administration, almost all well-equipped houses stay without heating in the Cossack village of Kuschevskaya. The chief of the utility services of the city of Goryachy Klyuch is dismissed from his post for failure to launch the heating season, reports the city administration of Goryachy Klyuch.

The actions of Ella Kesaeva, the leader of the committee "Voice of Beslan", during the protest are reclassified, and therefore, her punishment is commuted from corrective labour to a minimal fine.

Differences of opinions among Muslims note the richness of Islam and should not result in conflicts. This was stated by participants of the forum held in Moscow and aimed at rapprochement of schools of Sharia laws. According to interviewed forum participants, the Grozny fatwa will not affect the situation in the Islamic society and will not prevent the radicalization of young people.

The international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has published a report criticizing the attitude of the Azerbaijani authorities towards the opposition. The human rights defenders have called on to release arrested activists and create the conditions for activities of civil society in the country.

Igor Nagavkin, an arrested Volgograd human rights defender, is under the control of a medical officer at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was reported by the Department for the Volgograd Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). The Human Rights Council of Volgograd has acknowledged Igor Nagavkin as its member and prepares actions in its defence.

Detainees were members of a grouping under the control of militants from of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia. This was reported by the FSB Department for Karachay-Cherkessia.

At the trial, Pavel Karaulov has reported that the Russian FSB agents, who accompanied him with his daughter, said that investigators had been refused in opening of a criminal case against Varvara Karaulova. According to Pavel Karaulov, in Turkey, he was also assured that "no criminal case" was instituted against Varvara Karaulova.

At the trial, the farther of Varvara Karaulova has claimed that after her return from Turkey, his daughter was under the FSB control. According to the farther, Varvara Karaulova resumed the correspondence with recruiters at the initiative of investigators.

At the trial in the case of "Rostov Amazons", defenders of Inessa Tarverdieva filed a motion for an additional review of her testimony. The court has dismissed the motion.

Four hunger strikers decided to continue their protest action with the demand to cancel the results of the elections for the People's Assembly of Dagestan.

In Sukhumi, the court has sentenced Sergey Sigov, accused of inflicting harm to an Abkhazian mobile network provider, to four years of imprisonment in a penal settlement-colony. Sentencing of Vladimir Trifonov, who faces the same charge, is postponed.

Today, the Volgograd Regional Court has upheld the decision of the Dzerzhinsky District Court on the arrest of activist Igor Nagavkin, but reduced it until November 16. Igor Nagavkin declared a hunger strike.