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Today, in the Tula Region, a road traffic accident has occurred. It involved a bus on route "Moscow-Yerevan". The accident killed seven persons, and 35 others were injured and brought to medical institutions.

Members of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) have claimed that the parliamentary elections held on November 1 were falsified. They have announced their intention to challenge the outcome of the elections. Together with the movement "Nida" and the "Musavat" Party, the movement "ReAl" calls on to hold new elections in 2016 on the basis of the reformed electoral law.

In Derbent, in the course of a search carried out at an Islamic educational institution, policemen found two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), weapons, and ammunition. Four persons were detained.

The version that militants from Northern Caucasus might be involved in the crash of an Airbus A321 of the "Kogalymavia" airlines cannot be ignored. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rizvan Mataev, a native of the village of Novoselskoe of the Khasavyurt District, is detained by law enforcers. Earlier, he has had a criminal record for aiding and abetting a militant. According to a brother of the detainee, his family members cannot locate him.

According to the decision pronounced by the North-Caucasian District Military Court, Gadji Magomedov is found guilty of involvement in the mass riots in the territory of Dagestan, training in camps of Syrian militants, and combat actions in the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS).

Leyla Chemurzieva, who has been wounded during a special operation in Nazran, is suspected of aiding and abetting the killed militants Makhauri and Vedzizhev. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies. According to the source, the woman is in hospital.

In the Astrakhan Region, according to investigators, four men opened fire on law enforcers when trying to escape in a boat during the illegal fishing.

About 100 relatives and neighbours of a resident of Vladikavkaz, who died in the course of the interrogation at the police station, demanded to punish the persons responsible for his death. Arthur Akhmetkhanov, Minister of the Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia, has reported on the transfer of the criminal case to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Abdulvakhid Edilgeriev, an administrator of the website "Kavkaz-Centre" recognized by the court as extremist, and a relative of Movladi Udugov, one of the ideologues of the Chechen separatism, was shot and killed not far from his house in Turkey. This was reported by a source from the security services.

In the central marketplace of Grozny "Berkat" power agents conducted a mass detention of young men with beards and shaved moustaches, eyewitnesses assert. According to their stories, the young men were loaded into several buses and taken away to some unknown place. A police source told about preventive measures.

Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan; elections of Mayors of Makhachkala and Derbent; funeral in the Krasnodar Territory of contract soldier who perished in Syria; trial in Grozny of Ukrainian citizens accused of involvement in warfare in Chechnya; counterterrorist operation in Nazran; announcement for search and arrest in absentia of State Duma MP Vladimir Bessonov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 26-November 1, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The mother of Leyla Chemurzieva, a woman, wounded in a special operation in Nazran, has appealed to the Ingush authorities, the Prosecutor's Office, and human rights defenders. She calls on to prevent the violation of the rights of her daughter, suspected of relationships with the killed leaders of the armed underground.

According to the monitoring conducted by the "Institute for Democratic Initiatives" (IDI), last Sunday, the voter turnout at the parliamentary elections was about 25%. Oppositional candidates state massive falsifications at the elections. According to the authorities, the elections passed in the democratic atmosphere.

During the week of October 26 to November 1, 2015, seven persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, six persons were killed and one more was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

During a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nazran, Leyla Chemurzieva, who, according to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), was linked with a militants' grouping acting in the territory of Ingushetia, was wounded. A ready-to-use improvised explosive device (IED) was found the casualties' car.

In June this year, Beslan Makhauri and Ilyas Vedzizhev, killed in Nazran, swore to the "Islamic State" (IS), says the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Today, on the eve of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, no serious violations of electoral legislation has been fixed.

The casualties of the shootout have been identified as Beslan Makhauri, the leader of militants of the Sunzha District, and Ilyas Vedzizhev, the leader of the "Nazran" grouping, said a law enforcement source.

The picket in defence of the Article 31 of the Russian Constitution in Volgograd voiced out slogans demanding to release political prisoners and ensure turnover of power.