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On November 5, the Chechen authorities announced a third-form pupil to be the winner of the contest for the best poem about Vladimir Putin; the girl advised the critics of the president "spit out saliva." Some local residents criticized the children's involvement in a political contest.

A feature movie "Keep working, Brothers!" about the life of Magomed Nurbagandov, a policeman, killed by militants, will be filmed in Dagestan for people's money, Pyotr Alyoshkin, the project initiator and the Producer General of the "Our Youth" Film Studio, has announced today.

During their five-day stay in Grozny, ophthalmologists from Turkey consulted more than a thousand people and made surgeries, the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health has reported today. Local residents explained their desire to get to the Turkish doctors by the high quality of medical care and free-of-charge operation.

According to eyewitnesses, there were presumably two attackers. One of them ran into the building of the block post and threw a backpack onto the floor, after which an explosion occurred; the suicide bomber died on the spot. The second attacker fired back to law enforcers near the post.

On November 5, during a shootout that broke out at a stationary DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Ingushetia, a local resident Magomed Murzabekov was killed, said an informed source.

Suicide bombing in Ingushetia; hostage taking in a kindergarten in the Armenian city of Armavir; assassination attempt on spouses Amina Okueva and Adam Osmaev committed near Kiev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 30-November 5, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of October 30-November 5, 2017, at least eight persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, five persons were killed and at least three others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On November 5, in Volgograd, 27 city residents held a march to the buildings of the regional and city administrations, the Chief Department for the Volgograd Region of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the FSB, as well as to the presidential envoy's residence. Participants of the action spoke out against corruption and in defence of the Constitution.

The power of the bomb, which was blown up by a suicide bomber at a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) block post in the Nazran District, was 7-8 kg of TNT equivalent. One of the killed militants has been preliminary identified as a resident of the Karabulak town, reported a law enforcement source.

In Ingushetia, the suicide bombing committed at a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) block post in the Nazran District is the only one such incident in 2017 and the third one during the past two years.

The today's protest action, entitled as "5.11.17", was pre-announced by the oppositional politician Vyacheslav Maltsev. According to his plan, activists wanted to demand a change of power in Russia.

Tonight, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the block post of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) located near the village of Yandare near the city of Nazran. According to law enforcers, one of his helpers was killed in a shootout.

Konstantin Gudimov, an activist of the Sochi office of Alexei Navalny, was released today from the temporary detention centre (known as IVS) and stopped his hunger strike.

Arthur Volkov-Minullin, a resident of Sochi, has held a solo picket on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles aiming to draw attention of as many passersby as possible to the violation of rights of Alexei Navalny's supporters Olesya Khristosenko and Konstantin Gudimov.

About 50 people took part in the "Georgian March" held near the building of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company in Tbilisi.

Islam Magomadov, convicted under the case of unrests in the Karelian city of Kondopoga, has died in a Krasnoyarsk colony, his relatives have reported. They do not rule out that he was killed.

Alim Chervaev is still in the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the Mozdok District; however, they stopped torturing him after media publication, his relatives report. According to their version, an application has been submitted with a demand for his medical examination.

Over 50,000 went out to a rally on the occasion of the National Unity Day, the Grozny administration reports. However, one of the participants has noted that many people left the rally after getting registered, well before it began.

The Baku Military Court (BMC) has offered the defence of Ulvi Gasanli, the leader of the “Nida” movement, to complain to the Military Prosecutor's Office about the activist’s enforcement to the army, but refused to consider the case, Zibeida Sadygova, a Gasanli's advocate, has reported.

An assistant driller has drowned after falling into the sea from an oil platform of an Azerbaijani company.