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In Volgograd, members of the Public Council under the Ministry of Regional Labour and Social Protection have discussed the problems of protesting mothers of large families and their proposals. The women have stated that the meeting had failed to solve their problems.

The day of October 21, 2014, marks the first anniversary of the suicide bombing committed in a passenger bus in Volgograd. The terror act took the lives of eight persons, including the female suicide bomber.

The Acting Head of the Finance Department – Chief Accountant of the Federal Treasury in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is suspected of a fraudulent stealing the funds accrued to employees of the Department as bonuses.

The defence of Saipula Shamkhalov, accused of inflicting a mortal wound to Rajab Magomedov, is protracting the litigation, said Mansur Sepikhanov, the advocate for the suffered party.

In the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), catering facilities, which sell alcoholic beverages, are to be closed at 10:00 p.m. This was announced by Vladimir Vladimirov, the Governor of the Stavropol Territory. This decision followed the consequences of the mass fight in the city hospital, which resulted from a conflict in one of the cafes of Minvody.

On October 20, Sergey Sergeev, the head of the city of Anapa, signed a decree on lifting the state of emergency in the resort city. The power supplies is fully restored electricity after the recent heavy rains. On October 21, an interdepartmental commission will start assessing the damage caused by the disaster.

All political forces of Armenia should recognize Shant Arutyunyan, the convicted leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, to be a political prisoner, said Avetik Ishkhanyan, the chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has asked the Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov to pay attention to the circumstances of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, and, in particular, the events in the settlement of Vremenny, and take measures to protect the rights of affected civilians.

As stated by the State Border Service (SBS) of Ukraine, a penetration of a sabotage and intelligence group from the Rostov Region of Russia was prevented in the Lugansk Region.

In the Stavropol Territory, Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area", who has been engaged in investigating the deaths of Russian soldiers and who has been detained in Budyonnovsk, is now at home.

The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan has completed a preliminary investigation of the criminal case opened in connection with the beating of the rights defender Ilgar Nasibov. At the same time, the court completed the investigation of the counter claim against him.

The Tbilisi City Court has announced the verdict in the case on the murder of Sandro Girgvliani. Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister and the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, involved in the case as a defendant, accused of abuse of power, has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

In Azerbaijan, rights defender Leyla Yunus has been transferred from the Baku SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison) of the Penitentiary Service to the SIZO of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, where her husband Arif Yunus is being kept.

In July-September 2014, at least 62 persons fell victims to the armed conflict in Dagestan. Of them, 48 persons were killed, and 14 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

During the week of October 13-19, 2014, at least nine persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 8 persons were killed, and one more person was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies are searching for Magomed Zaurbekov, a Chechen resident. According to the law enforcers, Magomed Zaurbekov is an associate of Aslan Aliskhanov, the organizer of the explosion on the Grozny Day. Besides, Magomed Zaurbekov himself is preparing to commit a terror act.

Public hearing at the ECtHR on human rights violations in the case on the terror act in Beslan in September 2007; changes in executive power of Volgograd Region; conviction of "Million Mask March" protesters in Yerevan; pardoning in Azerbaijan that affected four political prisoners; search for organizers of terror act in Chechnya; heavy rains in the Krasnodar Territory that caused flooding of some resort cities, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 13-19, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Khasan Zalikhanov, who was killed in a firefight in Nalchik on October 18, used to be a policeman prior to his disappearance in 2012. The law enforcement bodies associate his disappearance with the fact that he joined the armed underground.

On October 19, in Dagestan, residents of the village of Vremenny of the Untsukul District sent an appeal to Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov, asking to pay attention to their situation and to form a commission to verify the facts of human rights violations committed by law enforcers in the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO).

Aslan Aliskhanov, killed in Chechnya, had an intention to blow up policemen the day before the terror act, which he committed in Grozny on October 5. This was reported by Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).