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After an unsuccessful attempt to appeal against the verdict passed in the case against Mikhail Savva, Professor of the Kuban State University (KSU), accused of a fraud, his defence is preparing an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Vyacheslav Martynov, an activist from Krasnodar, who has applied to Ukrainian authorities for political asylum, in connection with charges of extremism after he had protested against Russia's policy in Ukraine, has every reason to obtain the appropriate asylum status, said the Kharkov Human Rights Group.

Zaur Tokhov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who has been sentenced on charges of aiding and abetting militants, pleads not guilty. He has appealed to human rights defenders and the Ombudsman asking to help him.

In Ingushetia, managers of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) "Nasyr-Kortskoe" are suspected of non-payment of wages to 39 workers. After the Prosecutor's Office has intervened with the situation, the arrears are repaid. This has been reported today by the Ingush Prosecutor's Office.

This year, as a result of coordinated law enforcement and prevention activities, the number of terrorist crimes has reduced more than two times in comparison with the same period of the past year. This has been reported today by Alexander Bortnikov, the Director of the Russian FSB, the Chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) at the NAC meeting in Moscow. According to the "Caucasian Knot" analysis, in 2014, in the North-Caucasian regions, the number of terror act and other terrorist crimes declined not twice, but by one-third.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held the hearings in the case on the terror act in Beslan. This was reported by Kirill Koroteev, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". According to the lawyer, the ECtHR may pronounce the decision in the case within several months.

Pavel Gubarev, the former "People's Governor" of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), the leader of the movement "Novorossiya", has been hospitalized in a clinic in Rostov-on-Don with brain injury after the attempt on his life, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by the press secretary of Pavel Gubarev.

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has refused to take up the appeal of the Government of Azerbaijan filed against the ECtHR's decision to recognize the violation of the rights of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), who was sentenced in the case of the riots in Ismailly. Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilgar Mamedov.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the Novorossiysk Garrison Military Court has found two soldiers of the military unit No. 74814 guilty of extortion with use of violence against their colleague. According to investigators, the young men beat a soldier of the same military unit in the sleeping room of the barrack for his refusal to give them 500 roubles at their request.

In Chechnya, a resident of the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny has reported on the detention of family members of Makhmad Yusupov, a student of the Islamic university, who was a friend of Apti Mudarov, a suspected suicide bomber on the Day of Grozny.

On October 13, refugees and vulnerable persons held a protest action in Poti. They have blocked one of the highways of the city. The protesters have stated that they do not intend to leave the place and threatened to go on hunger strike if their demand is not satisfied.

On October 13, Nadezhda Kireeva, Olga Eshenko, and Olga Stepanova, three mothers of large families, spent two hours standing on the stairs of the building of the government of the Volgograd Region, demanding a meeting with the Governor. After their action, the women discussed the problems at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection for the Volgograd Region. However, they are dissatisfied with the results of the meeting, and they intend to continue protesting.

There are no grounds for closing the Russian Society "Memorial", Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), said today. According to Mikhail Fedotov, the appearance of the lawsuit to close the human rights organizations has to do with the "lack of coordination of the 'Memorial' and the MoJ."

A series of video clips depicting facts of hazing among servicemen in the Russian Army has appeared on the Internet. A blogger Denis Styazhkin has drawn the attention of the network users to these videos in his post "Rude people – hazing in the Russian Federation (video for 18+)". The blogger claims that the acts of hazing were filmed in one of military units deployed in Dagestan.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has introduced temporary restrictions on leaving the country for the journalist Khadidja Ismailova in connection with the investigation of a criminal case, in which she is a witness.

The population of Russia continues being optimistic about the situation in Northern Caucasus and concerning the future of the region, maintaining the trend that emerged this March – these are the data of the latest poll conducted by the "Levada-Centre". Sociologists continue linking this trend with the events in Ukraine.

Election of the head of the KBR by its parliament; negotiations during Geneva debates; Armenia's accession to the EAEU, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 6-12, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) holds events on the Memory the Day of the fallen law enforcers, which is dated to the anniversary of the attack on Nalchik in 2005. In addition to the mourning events, the republic also holds the meetings with family members of the fallen law enforcers, and schools hold lessons of courage.

On October 12, Oleg Shein, the head of the Astrakhan regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya (Fair Russia), stated that the historic building of the rescue station in Astrakhan, on the VolgaRiver embankment had been demolished.

The formations and units of the Southern Military District (SMD), who have completed their exercises in the Rostov Region, are returning to places of their permanent deployment.