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The "Association for Social, Economic and Cultural Development of South Ossetia" (ASECD) and the Women's Association "For Democracy and Human Rights" are preparing packages of documents on self-liquidation to be submitted to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Evgeny Vitishko, an ecological activist from the Krasnodar Territory, has filed one more motion for conditional early relief (CER) to the Kirsanov District Court of the Tambov Region. The Department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Tambov Region has for the first time supported the ecologist's motion on CER.

The Imam of a mosque, arrested in Berlin, is accused of supporting terrorist activities and recruitment of young people, mainly from Chechnya, to take part in the combat actions in Syria in the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

Tuzla Island has turned into a parking lot and a place for storage of inert materials, and the natural area "Cape Tuzla" has been virtually destroyed. This was reported by the "Ecological Watch on Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch). Residents of the city of Taman complain about the shortage of drinking water.

In the Derbent District of Dagestan, local residents report that they have not yet experienced any restrictions in the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO).

Law enforcers have ceased to take special measures as a part of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Dagestani village of Kvanada and started to search for militants in the forest. This was reported by local residents. According to them, the law enforcers took away a man, whose son was hiding from them.

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeals filed by the defender and the prosecutor against the verdict to Shamil Omarov, a resident of Dagestan, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a penal colony on the charge of involvement in the activities of the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami".

The European Parliament has mentioned the name of politician Boris Nemtsov, killed in February 2015, among three finalists for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

The case against Rizvan Agashirinov and Abdula Magomedaliev has been brought to the court. According to investigators, the suspects were plotting a terror act in a mosque in the town of Pyt-Yakh in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. The suspects purchased weapons in Dagestan.

In Moscow, the Russian Central Armed Forces Museum has opened an exhibition dedicated to the history of the formation of the military culture of the Adyg people starting from Antiquity and to the end of the 19th century. According to scientists, modern Adyg people are trying to revive professions of their ancestors.

In the Derbent District of Dagestan, law enforcers are searching for suspected militants. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced within the administrative borders of the Derbent District.

Residents of the village of Surkhakhi of the Nazran District, detained during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out on October 12, are being kept by the law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia. This was reported by an official of the Ingush law enforcement bodies.

No charges are still filed against Patakh Arumagomedov, Gusein Shikhamirov, and Gairbek Khapizov. This was reported by a source in the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Untsukul District.

A 20-year-old female resident of Ingushetia, wanted by the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol for Austria, was allowed to go home after a conversation. The mother of the young woman claims that "there was an attempt to take the daughter to Syria under false pretences."

Elbrus Bittirov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of plotting a terror act in Moscow, is wanted on suspicion of involvement in the terror acts in Pyatigorsk and Mineralnye Vody. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Aslan Baisultanov, a native of Chechnya, detained in Moscow on suspicion of plotting a terror act, used to be a member of the "Sunzha Jamaat". This was reported by an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya.

Law enforcers continue searching for suspected militants and their accomplices in the territory of the Tsumada District of Dagestan, where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reported that a lot of Chechens, who have returned from Syria, have adapted to civilian life and are engaged in combating terrorism. According to the Chechen leader, the major part of Chechen militants, who joined the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, was neutralized.

Roman Milchenko, a member of the "Green Union", has filed a complaint about being beating by policemen in Rostov-on-Don. According to the police, Roman Milchenko and his brother have attacked law enforcers, and the brothers face prosecution under the article of the use of violence against a public officer.

Tbilisi has started the trial in the case of journalist Zaza Davitaya, who was beaten last year. Activists of the NGO "Free Zone" are involved in the case as defendants. At the first court session, after the advocate's speech, the Judge, who chaired the trial, disqualified herself.