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Today, the Moscow City Court starts the trial in the case against 15 natives of Northern Caucasus, accused of plotting a terror act to be committed by a suicide bomber at a Moscow cinema on the eve of New Year 2014.

Today, Kabardino-Balkaria will hold events to pay tribute to the memory of people, who fell victim to the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005. At the mourning rally, a number of the killed law enforcers will be honoured with posthumous awards.

An improvised explosive device (IED) of power of about 10 kg of TNT equivalent was found in a car. According to the preliminary information of the law enforcement bodies, the car belonged to members of the armed underground, killed in a special operation.

At 6:00 a.m. Moscow time, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced within the entire territory of the Tsumada District.

Three residents of the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan were detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground, and their houses were searched. This was reported by local residents. Officials from the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) have confirmed the information on the detention of three persons.

The inflow of Circassians from Syria will not affect the ethnic composition of the republics of Northern Caucasus, and the Kremlin's statements about the threat of penetration in Russia of IS militants under the guise of refugees are groundless. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ruslan Nasyrov, a deputy of the rural assembly of the village of Kumli, suspected of involvement in the armed underground, is the principal enemy of extremism. This was stated by participants of the rally in his support. The protestors were supported by Kazmagomed Yanbulatov, the head of the Nogai District.

Starting from August 2015, in Dagestan, according to the "Caucasian Knot" data, three law enforcers were killed, and five others were wounded. During the same period, in Chechnya, one law enforcer was killed, and seven others were wounded.

Aslan Dyshnoev and Magomed Pliev, killed during a special operation conducted in Ingushetia, were on the federal wanted list on suspicion of involvement in attacks on law enforcers.

Relatives of Tarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Omar al-Shishani), a field commander of the "Islamic State", recognized as a terrorist organization, have refused to confirm the information about his killing.

The repeated psychological and psychiatric examination of Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of committing a mass murder in Gyumri, has been completed. He is again found sane.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced this morning in several districts of Ingushetia, has been cancelled. In the course of the special operation, law enforcers discovered a terrorist base.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has sentenced local resident Ibyadullakh Kuduev to 5 years of imprisonment for involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

The operational headquarters for Dagestan has cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District, where law enforcers launched a special operation on 10 October.

Three militants were killed in an armed clash in Ingushetia. The active phase of the special operation is underway, an officer of the operational headquarters in Ingushetia reports. The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has confirmed the information.

On October 10 and 11, the Azerbaijani side intensively violated the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone with the use of mortar launchers and a rocket launcher. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Tarkhan Batirashvili (Umar ash-Shishani), a field commander of the "Islamic State" (IS), declared a terrorist organization, was killed in the air attack of the Iraqi Air Force. This was reported by Iranian news agency "IRNA".

Taita Yunusova, a Chechen human rights defender, whose kidnapping was reported at night of October 10, is at home. According to her, she spent that night with her sick female relative.

Russian stage of the Formula One race in Sochi; adoption of the draft of the constitutional reform by the Armenian Parliament; demand for resignation of the Georgian government and the Tbilisi Mayor voiced by the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party in Georgia; court's decision on the reconsideration of the claim for commutation of the sentence of Krasnodar ecologist Vitishko; special operations in Grozny and the Dagestani village of Gimry, which killed seven persons, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 5-11, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The protests against the increase of energy tariffs have contributed to the improvement in the Armenian energy system and solution of the accumulated problems. This opinion was expressed by political analyst Manvel Sargsyan.