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A mass detention of natives of Chechnya, who intended to leave for Syria, was undertaken by power agents on October 29, a Chechen law enforcement source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to his story, in total, 17 persons were detained.

Today, residents of Ingushetia and North Ossetia have brought flowers to the monument to victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict of 1992. Till present, thousands of force migrants are still unable to return to their houses in Vladikavkaz and in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia.

In Georgia, the situation is tense; however, it is not too tense for the start of riots. This opinion was expressed by the Georgian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that the Georgian government and opposition have no resources for the increase of the tension.

The Kislovodsk City Court has granted the complaint filed about the inaction of the officials who conducted the check of the report on the death threat against Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov. The Court has pronounced the ruling on elimination of the violations committed.

The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has sent to the Ukrainian MFA a note of protest against the statements made by Mikhail Saakashvili, Governor of the Odessa Region.

In the evening of October 30, the NGO "Institute for Democratic Initiatives" (IDI) has published the second interim report on the monitoring of the pre-election campaign of the parliamentary elections. The report covers the phase of the pre-election campaign held on October 10-28.

A court in the Krasnodar Territory has ruled to arrest the activist Darya Polyudova for 15 days for propaganda of Nazi symbols. Polyudova is sure that the ruling was made in connection with her support of another activist, Yulia Usach.

The Tbilisi's decision to start the procedure of deprivation of Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgian citizenship was made "at the behest of Russia" in order to prevent his participation in the next election, the former president of Georgia believes.

The oppositional candidates for the National Assembly are unable to compete with those, who support the authorities of Azerbaijan. This is caused by the restriction of democratic freedoms in the country, local political analysts assert.

On October 30, 2015, 117 Volgograd residents paid tribute to the victims of the Stalin's regime.

The Deputies of the Derbent City Assembly voted for appointment of Malik Bagliev to the post of the city Mayor.

The commemoration action at the monument to victims of political repression in Nalchik was attended by about a hundred people. They paid tribute to victims by a minute of silence and laid flowers to the monument.

Volodya Avetisyan, a reserve colonel and a veteran of the Karabakh War, who had been convicted for a fraud in Armenia, has gone on a protest hunger strike after his petition for conditional early relief (CER) was rejected.

A complaint against the court judgement to place Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), a student of the Moscow State University, suspected of trying to join the "Islamic State" (IS), in custody was submitted today to the court.

The family members of Vadim Kostenko, a contract soldier perished in Syria, should seek an institution of a criminal case on the fact of his death and a detailed investigation into its circumstances. This opinion was expressed by human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Five residents of Cherkessk have announced their intention to go on a hunger strike in protest against the violation of their rights by the authorities. Leyla Arkelova, Alla Rusakova, Svetlana Kozyreva, and Elena and Boris Polovinin have announced their participation in the protest action.

Recently, in Grozny and other large cities of Chechnya, law enforcers have detained dozens of young people with beards and shaved moustaches. This was reported by local residents. In Chechnya, the authorities treat wearing beards and shaving moustaches as one of the signs of the involvement in the Salafi concept of Islam.

After the surgery on extraction of a ballpoint pen from his eye socket, Magomed Aliev, a fifth-year student of the Stavropol Medical Academy, accused of promoting terrorism, complains of headaches. Meanwhile, he does not receive adequate medical care.

In Vanadzor, the initiative group "Be Master of Your Voice" has organized an action against the amendments to the Constitution of Armenia. In total, it was attended by about 30 people.

Today, a resident of Dagestan Taimaz Abdurakhmanov has appealed to the HRC "Memorial" asking for help to locate his 43-year-old brother, Magomed Abdurakhmanov.