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In Makhachkala, participants of the rally decided to finish their protest action after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Dagestani government. The official promised to try to reveal the whereabouts of four disappeared residents of Dagestan until 11:00 a.m. on October 6.

According to residents of Chechnya, the inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov is artificially combined with his birthday. The residents of Chechnya report that the inauguration ceremony takes place at enhanced security measures.

Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance", is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. She can be awarded such a reward, in particular, for her activities on protection of migrants' rights.

Svetlana Isaeva, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) stopped answering calls to her mobile phone on her way to Rostov-on-Don.

In Grozny, the Grand Prix Akhmat-2016 tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) held the children's exhibition performance. They were won by three sons of Ramzan Kadyrov, 10, 9, and 8 years old. Internet users have strongly condemned the involvement of children in the competitions.

The Moscow District Military Court has started to consider on the merits the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). The defendant pleaded not guilty.

In the centre of Makhachkala, about 50 people took part in the action, demanding from the authorities to reveal the whereabouts of Gashim Uzdanov, Pakhrudin Makhaev, Islam Magomedov, and Shamil Djamalutdinov. Their relatives believe that the disappeared men were detained by law enforcers.

The bankruptcy supervisor of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Coal Company "Almaznaya" (a subsidiary of the "Kingcoal"), which went bankrupt, placed on auction the company's buildings. The initial value of the company's property amounts to 50 million roubles.

In Armenia, the absence of anti-discrimination laws and the proper implementation of existing norms on gender equality have a negative impact on women. This is stated in the report of the anti-discrimination centre "Memorial" and the Institute of Civil Society, prepared by the UN Committee session on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

The project of reconstruction of the alpine cableway "Psekhako-D", prepared by Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Gazprom Sotsinvest", can contaminate sources of drinking water of the city of Sochi and inflict damage to specially protected areas of the National Park and the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve.

In Sochi, at the gathering, tenants of the houses located in Lysaya Gora Street have claimed that developers use the tactics of "scorched earth" to build multi-apartment buildings instead of single-storey houses of local residents living there for a long time.

Witnesses, who testified at trial in the case of an attempt to create a Sharia state in Kabardino-Balkaria, have retracted their statements that they allegedly saw how grenades and other items of physical evidence had been seized from detainee Kantemir Zheldashev.

Relatives of Gashim Uzdanov, Pakhrudin Makhaev, Islam Magomedov, and Shamil Djamalutdinov have appealed to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with a request to help finding them.

The criminal proceedings against federal Judge Makhach Aliev are not of political nature, and they are not connected with his brother Mukhu Aliev, the first president of Dagestan. This opinion was voiced by Dagestani journalists Gadjimurad Sagitov and Milrad Fatullaev.

At their protest action, workers of the "Nairit" Chemical Factory have demanded to resume the activities of the plant. They want to bring the issue of the "Nairit" Factory for discussion at the Parliament.

Boris Nemtsov collected signatures against war in Chechnya, and he had no conflicts with top-ranking officials of the republic. This was reported by Sergey Ageev, the first witness questioned in the case of the politician's assassination.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included the International Historical, Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" in the register of foreign agents.

Irakli Okruashvili, a candidate to the Parliament, claims that the attack on him was controlled by a brother of the wife of Kakha Kaladze, another candidate to the Parliament, a member of the "Georgian Dream" Party. The conflict between the candidates arose in September and prompted Irakli Okruashvili to make public the documents, which led to re-consideration of the lawsuit on transfer of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel.

Nikolai Gorban, the director of Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Kolos" in the Timashyovsk District of the Krasnodar Territory, who committed suicide, had no relation to the "tractor marches" of farmers, and his death was not related to raiders' seizures. This was reported by an official from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Today, Faradj Kerimli, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, sentenced on the charge of drug trafficking and recognized as a political prisoner by human rights defenders, has been early released. He fell under the amnesty declared by the Parliament of Azerbaijan.