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The withdrawal from the CE will deprive Azerbaijani citizens of the right to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and will complicate the receipt of Schengen visas, and the authorities will face political and, perhaps, economic problems. This opinion is expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rights defenders have confirmed that in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, houses of militants' family members were blown up. The house of the Adjiniyazov family was partially destroyed, and the house of the Yusupov family was almost completely destroyed.

The mother of Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev has addressed her son with a request to return home to save his parents' life. Attempts to find contact with Zelimkhan did not succeed, said his acquaintance.

Twelve coffins were brought to Rostov Airport with the bodies of the killed fighters of the so-called "Wagner Private Military Company" (WPMC), a female friend of Roman Zabolotniy, who was executed by militants in Syria, has reported today. Zabolotniy was participating in warfare as a mercenary not for the first time, his family friend has told.

Ruslan Gvashev has explained his decision not to address municipal hospitals by the fact that he has already got experience of finishing the hunger strike. Besides, the activist counts on support of a doctor he knows.

Members of the Dagestani government and employees of the regional head’s administration have been awarded the status of acting servants.

When assessing the effectiveness of the leaders for the North-Caucasian regions and making a decision on resignations, the Kremlin draws attention to conflicts in the regional elites, rather than to economic indicators. This was told in an interview given to the "Caucasian Knot" by Professor Natalia Zubarevich.

The North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced Islam Efendiev, Rustan Buttaev and Islam Osmanov, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to long prison terms. The defence has declared their innocence.

After his release from a penal colony in 2014, Arbi Bantaev, who was killed in the Kursk Region on September 30, "was not left along by Chechen law enforcers," and he had to return to militants. This was claimed by his relatives.

In the period from April to October, combat engineers destroyed about 7000 explosive devices and ammunition in five districts of Chechnya.

Baku resident Gurban Mamedov sells books to collect money to ensure medical treatment for his mother.

Magomed Dudaev, a resident of the Shali District, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony for joining an illegal armed formation (IAF) in 2016. According to the law enforcement agencies, IAF members did not show themselves in the past year.

Cossack Roman Zabolotniy from the Rostov Region went to Syria to protect oil fields. Contractors have to fight off targets from militants, and the former paratrooper who was captured together with Roman Zabolotniy was involved in a battle for oil, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces 104 times violated the ceasefire on the contact line. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Anvar Ismayilov and Rasul Radjabov, who were killed on October 4 in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) area in the Babayurt District of Dagestan, were not involved in the armed underground and were kidnapped on the eve of their execution. This was reported by their relatives.

Roman Zabolotniy was carrying out a military mission in Syria. This was reported by Anatoly Kotlyarov, a member of the Rostov City Duma and one of the Cossack's friends. Neighbours of Roman Zabolotniy said he took part in military operations and sang in a Cossack choir.

In the modern world, the right of peoples to self-determination is violated everywhere; and the international community applies the "double standards" policy, the residents of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in connection with the events in Catalonia, have stated.

Ruslan Gvashev, detained on his way to Krasnodar, was released by the police only after the rally in his support was over. Gvashev said that he was surprised by the massive nature of the spontaneous action.

In its resolution, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has condemned the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya. Senators have also called on the US authorities to check whether the Magnitsky Act can be applied to the persons guilty of detaining and torturing homosexuals in Chechnya.

Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has stopped his hunger strike at a request voiced by participants in a rally in his support. More than 200 people came to the action in front of the court building in Krasnodar.