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Following the results of consideration of the appeal filed by "Community of Creative Forces" against the Chechen Supreme Court's decision on the liquidation of the organization, the Russian Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict.

The Armenian authorities have been slow to make decisions on issues of rehabilitation of persons sentenced to life imprisonment, and the power demonstrates the lack of political will to change anything. This was stated by participants of the discussion on life sentence held in Yerevan on October 20.

Konstantin Zatulin, President of the Institute for CIS countries, sees the reason for the closure of the "Union of Georgians in Russia" in bureaucratic formalities. Levon Mukanyan, Vice-President of the "Union of Armenians of Russia", treats the "Union of Georgians in Russia" as an active pro-Russian organization.

Djamal Djamalov, a 43-year-old resident of Dagestan, was kidnapped in Kizilyurt. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Gadji Djamalov, a brother of the kidnapped man.

The authorities of South Ossetia do not seek the elimination of the NCO sector in the republic. This was stated by Amiran Dyakonov, an MP from the People's Party, one of the developers of the current NCO law.

The statement on declared jihad made by the main propagandist of the "Islamic State" (IS) prohibited in Russia and recognized as a terrorist organization should be taken seriously, journalist Orkhan Djemal believes.

Tagir, Abo and Abdul-Kadyr Bogatyryov, residents of the village of Surkhakhi, detained during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), became defendants in the criminal cases on involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). Alikhan Bogatyryov, a fourth detainee, is under administrative arrest, after which he will be allowed to go home.

No criminal proceedings were initiated about the fact of beating of former policeman Artyom Khatukhov in the city of Terek, and no measures were taken against a suspect. This was reported by the victim. Artyom Khatukhov applied to the prosecutor's office, in which he demanded to deal with the inaction of law enforcement officers.

In Northern Caucasus, militants actively use Internet. This opinion was expressed by political analyst Akhmet Yarlykapov. His colleague Yana Amelina believes that militants have no need to use modern means of communication.

The bodies of the people killed during the special operation in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan have been given out to their relatives. This was reported by a local resident.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has upheld the verdict against 19-year-old Arbi Dikaev sentenced to five years of imprisonment for attempting to go to Syria to join the "Islamic State", recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization.

At the elections to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, opposition candidates are refused in registration. The opposition is also deprived of access to TV shows and other opportunities for election campaigning. This was reported by members of the parties.

Zaur Shakhverdiev, Chairman of the Buynaksk Council of Deputies, has filed to the Russian FSB Department for Dagestan a complaint, in which he reported on threats voiced against him and another deputy by a relative of the City Mayor.

Abu Bakr al-Shishani, a Chechen-Kist, a native of the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia, was not injured during an airstrike in Syria. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya. According to the source, Abu Bakr al-Shishani is a close relative of Seyfullah al-Shishani (Ruslan Machalikashvili), who was killed in 2014.

A video record of raping a detainee, which was stored in the archives of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has appeared online in the Ukrainian website; and the Georgian natives-members of the "United National Movement" (UNM), working with the Ukrainian authorities, can help to investigate the circumstances of the leak, said Tea Tsulukiani the head of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Georgia.

After the consideration of the case of the Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova was postponed for the second time due to the illness of her advocate, the court decided not to appoint a new date of the session until the sick leave of the advocate is over.

During the dispersal of the rally in Buynaksk, seven deputies of the local City Assembly suffered and lodged their written complaints against policemen to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), FSB and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), said one of the deputies Gasan Malikov.

Being one of the leaders of the "Aydar" battalion, Nadezhda Savchenko was notable for special cruelty, Evgeny Kolomiets, an adviser to the head of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk (PRL) and a witness for the prosecution, said at the Donetsk City Court.

Polina Daurkina, a Judge of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, expressed her "dissenting opinion" after approval by the appeal instance of the decision of the lower court on the suit on protection of reputation of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against rights defenders and Murad Amriev, who stated that he had been tortured by policemen.

Special agents detained a Russian citizen, who campaigned in social networks in favour of terrorism, prepared an explosion in an electric train in the Krasnodar Territory and planned to go to Syria to join the "Islamic State" (IS), the Russian FSB reports.