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During the week from October 27 to November 2, 2014, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus at least three persons were killed, and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Ismail Haji Berdiev, the Chairman of the Coordinating Centre of North-Caucasian Muslims and the Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) performed the rite of "dua" in memory of the deceased.

The mothers of large families who had arrived from Volgograd have completed a series of solo pickets in Moscow, where they demanded the fulfilment by the authorities of their due social obligations. On November 1, after sending their appeals to the MPs of the State Duma and senators of the Federation Council, mothers went back to Volgograd.

The information about the persons, who suffered from illegal actions of power agents at night on October 28 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, will be checked by the leadership of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

A car driver opened fire at policemen in response to their demand to stop, and was killed by return fire, Dagestani law enforcers assert.

Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the village of Shaumyan, Kizlyar District, accused of aiding militants and illegal possession of firearms and drugs, told his advocate that he recognized a policeman in one of prosecution witnesses, who had beaten him up after detention.

Murad Gazimagomedov, who was detained by policemen along with other parishioners of the mosque in Makhachkala, was transferred to the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) and is suspected of resisting the police during the riots.

The results are known of the medical examination of the rights defender Intigam Aliev, arrested in Azerbaijan, whose health deteriorated on October 24 during a court session, where the extension of his arrest was considered.

Islam Beshkurov, who was killed on October 30 in the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was buried in the village of Dugulubgey, his relatives told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On October 31, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) hosted a scientific-practical conference to discuss the problem of corruption in the bodies of state power, organized by the Public Chamber of the KBR.

At a checkpoint on the border of Dagestan and Stavropol Territory, power agents detained, for more than an hour, the bus, in which the lawyer Elena Denisenko was travelling. She was told, at inspection of her documents, that the FSB wanted to talk to her. Elena associates the incident with her defence of the rights of Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul.

The Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has excluded two articles dealing with terrorism from the indictment of Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, accused of an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Policemen shot dead a man in the capital of Dagestan. The killed man was a militant, and he tried to render armed resistance to the policemen, the law enforcement bodies report. According to a source in the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the policemen shot dead Abdulkadi Guseinov, a member of the "Sogratl" militant grouping.

The Georgian Parliament has finally adopted the law banning the secret services to wiretap. MPs have refused to override the veto of the President, who opposed postponing the introduction of the new rules. Thereafter, Georgy Margvelashvili has signed the law.

Stamping of collector silver coins-medals bearing the image of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has been launched in the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Region. Political analysts interviewed by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ say that this initiative is a typical manifestation of the personality cult.

On October 30, the Congress of Karachay people sent a notification to the administration of the Malokarachay District of Karachay-Cherkessia of cancellation of the previously expected rally with 5000 participants against prosecution of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov.

In Chechnya, the authorities have initiated the preventive operation "Family". In the territory of the republic, 17 street children were identified. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya. According to the Chechen MIA, the majority of them are children of immigrants.

On October 31, Magomed Guseinov, one of the hunger-strikers in Makhachkala, was sent for medical examination because of deterioration of his health state, and he had to stop the hunger strike. This was reported by Ruslan Rasulov, the head of the administration of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party in Dagestan.

Today, Nadezhda Kireeva, a mother of many children from Volgograd, was detained in Moscow during a solo picket, Kireeva herself has reported.

After a mass brawl of worshipers with policemen near a mosque in Makhachkala, five persons were detained, as reported by eyewitnesses of the incident. The police have confirmed the information about the detention.