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Arrest of top-ranking officials of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan; opposition's call for resignation of President of Abkhazia; searches at the building of the Russian Pension Fund Department in Makhachkala, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 19-25, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of October 19-25, 2015, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

At the meeting with family members of militants of illegal armed formations (IAFs), Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has asked them to help their relatives to lay down arms and surrender to the law enforcement bodies.

A female native of Dagestan has been released after being detained in Turkey during a police raid against suspected members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a member of a Turkish human rights organization.

At night of October 25, in Batumi, unidentified persons broke into the house of Irakli Tavartkiladze, a member of the "United National Movement" Party. He believes the attack was politically motivated, and the police launched an investigation into the case under the article of theft.

Today, a brother of Isa Koitemirov, Imam of the Dagestani village of Kayakent, has reported about his detention. The brother of the detained Imam believes that weapons were planted to Isa Koitemirov by law enforcers during a search. Advocate Vladimir Korkhalev has filed a complaint to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

Advocate Rustam Yunusov has filed a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in which he has reported that his client Shamil Gazimagomedov was beaten at SIZO (pre-trial prison). Earlier, Shamil Gazimagomedov was found guilty in the case of the terror act in Pyatigorsk.

The draft amendments to the Armenia's Constitution have been fully approved by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (CE), which described them as "consistent with the international standards of democracy."

A schoolteacher from the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria has confessed that he was harbouring in his house Mir-Zurab Asadulagi and Zeitun Boziev, involved in the murder of Boris Zherukov, Rector of the Kabardino-Balkarian Agricultural Academy, and several other resonant murders. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

In Azerbaijan, worship service at the mosques of Shiite Muslims and other events dedicated to the Day of Ashura are held in conditions of enhanced security. Participants of worship service in the village of Nardaran have condemned the dispersal of the procession on the eve of the Day of Ashura and called on to release Muslims from prisons and lift the ban on hijabs in schools.

Abdul Nustafaev, an active member of the "Gimry" criminal grouping, an organizer of the undermining of the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), was killed in the course of the special operation held in the Dagestani village of Gimry. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The Stavropol Regional Court has extended the sanctions against the café "Opera" in the city of Mineralnye Vody, near which a fight ended with murder occurred in January. The operation of the café "Opera" has been suspended until the actual elimination of violations of fire safety rules.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the village of Gimry of Untsukul District of Dagestan.

The Stavropol Regional Court has drawn the attention of the Kislovodsk City Court to the need for consideration of the complaint about the inaction of officials engaged in the checking of the report on the death threat against Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov.

The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a draft law prohibiting to recognize as extremist materials the contents of the Bible, the Koran, the Torah and the Kanjur, and quotations from them.

Members of the community "Vilayat Dagestan of Islamic State", prohibited in Russia, know each other from their childhood, and the leader of the community is the so-called "long-term forest survivor". This was stated by journalist Orkhan Djemal.

In Makhachkala, drivers of shuttle buses on urban route No. 19 have reduced fare from 17 down to 15 roubles. The drivers' decision is connected with their refusal to pay a fee of 3100 roubles to the municipal unitary enterprise (MUE) "Goravtotrans" for a waybill.

Residents of the villages of Untsukul and Shamilkala have learned about the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime from media. The villagers have reported that the introduction of the CTO legal regime in no way affects their daily lives.

The Turkish authorities are searching for Ulker Mamedova, a citizen of Azerbaijan, who may be involved in the terror act in Ankara, which killed 102 people. The information has been confirmed by the Azerbaijani General Consul in Istanbul.

In the village of Novy Kurush of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, four persons were detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting militants. According to a local resident, law enforcers found a weapon during a search of one of the detainees.