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In the town of Khirdalan in the Absheron District, two persons were killed in a shootout. This is the second armed incident during one day in Azerbaijan in which people were killed.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has pronounced the decisions to take into custody Zagidat Abakarova, a 34-year-old mother of many children, and 25-year-old Muslimat Kurbanova after their voluntary return from the war zone in Syria. The Court's decisions have been pronounced despite the fact that each of the women has an infant. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the women's relatives.

Residents of the Vremenny village spent in unbearable conditions three years after a large-scale special operation held in their village, and the Dagestani courts refused to consider a claim for compensation for lost property. This was reported by local resident Napisat Patakhova.

Today, during a shootout, law enforcers have killed three Azerbaijani citizens suspected of plotting a terror act to be committed at an opposition rally. This has been reported by the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan.

Two men opened fire on policemen in the city of Yessentuki; two patrolmen were wounded, and one of the attackers was shot dead, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Stavropol Territory has reported.

On October 24, a new trial was launched by the North-Caucasian District Military Court on financing terrorism. Two young women, Anastasia Shilikhina and Yulduz Alieva, both born in 1991, are in the prisoner's dock, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Catalonia, a representative office for the South-Ossetian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was opened by Dmitry Medoev, Minister of Foreign Affairs for South Ossetia, who arrived in Catalonia on October 23. According to his estimation, residents of South Ossetia show great interest in the information about the recent events in Catalonia.

In Sochi, an activist of the Navalny's office has held a solo picket in protest against the arrests of Olesya Khristosenko, who made a selfie on the porch of the Navalny's office, and Konstantin Gudimov, who drove around Sochi on a bicycle with a balloon.

Activist Vera Inozemtseva has held a solo picket with the demand to the authorities to increase funding for health care. She has mentioned the situation in the hospitals of Astrakhan as critical.

The situation at the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, soldiers of which regularly face tragic incidents, proves the low level of military training and the lack of strict criteria for servicemen selection. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the Shelkovskaya Cossack village, the tragedy was caused by the emotional reaction of a fighter whose wife was evicted from the military unit. This has been reported today by Victor Zolotov, the head of the National Guard of Russia.

Today, Shota Khizanishvili, the former Georgian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, sentenced in the case on wiretapping of the talks of the leaders from the "Georgian Dream" Party, has left the prison.

In early September, Petimat Mamaeva, a resident of Grozny, was taken by law enforcers to some unknown destination. For a month and a half, relatives of the woman knew nothing about her whereabouts. Petimat Mamaeva returned home after the story of her disappearance got resonance in social networks.

The amount of almost five million manats (about 3 million US dollars) has been allocated for the construction of a road to connect the city of Sheki with the village of Kish. The road will connect the district centre with the village with a little more than 6000 residents.

The court has recognized making a photo with a balloon as holding an unsanctioned picket and sentenced Olesya Khristosenko to eight days of administrative arrest.

In the Mtskheta-Mtianeti District, unidentified persons threw a Molotov cocktail bottle into the car of Makhare Sisauri and Ramaz Gvaladze, members of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights".

In Chechnya, students got increased scholarships for attending all football matches. However, most of the students came to the stadium only for fear of not passing an academic session. This has been reported by a former student from Chechnya.

The Migration Service has started the procedure of deporting 20 Mikhail Saakashvili's supporter, whom the former head of the Odessa Region had brought to Ukraine as figures of culture, a source from the Ukrainian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.

The court has sentenced Konstantin Gudimov, who pedalled his bicycle across Sochi with a balloon, to 12 days of arrest. In protest against police's actions and the court's judgement, the activist went on a hunger strike.

Rights defenders have supported the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to release from criminal liability seven women who were brought from Syria to Chechnya.