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MPs of the European Parliament (EP) have adopted a resolution calling on the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to withdraw from the Supreme Court its claim for dissolution of the Russian "Memorial".

All the 12 oilers who fell into the sea as a result of the accident that occurred on Platform No. 441 of the Oil and Gas Extraction Department (OGED) "Narimanovneft" of the country’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) countries. Five of them needed medical help.

Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CE), has begun his visit to Azerbaijan with the meeting with representatives of civil society held on October 22. At the meeting, they discussed the problems of political prisoners and the obstacles faced by NGOs in Azerbaijan.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has announced a break until November 25 in the consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by four natives of Ingushetia, convicted for the terror attack committed at the "Domodedovo" Airport, because Bashir Khamkhoev has asked to give him time to get ready for the SC’s session.

Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of rights defender Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the Chair of the organization "Mothers from Kuma River Area", has reported on filing an appeal against the decision of the Budyonnovsk City Court to take Lyudmila Bogatenkova into custody.

The Azerbaijani authorities should drop charges against rights defender Ilgar Nasibov and return him and his wife Malakhat Nasibova the right to freedom of travel. This was demanded by the laureates of the international human rights award named Rafto.

When asked about the reason for the terror act committed 12 years ago in Dubrovka in Moscow, most of the residents of the Russian Federation mention failure of law enforcers and corruption. One third of the Russian residents explain the deaths of the hostages by the law enforcers' failure to organize the evacuation.

A group of students of the Dagestan State Pedagogical University (DSPU) has stated that they will take their documents and quit the DSPU in case if the university's administration fails to respond to their demand to cancel the merger of the faculties.

On October 21, the mountainous Vedeno District, located in Southern Chechnya, opened a sports-and-tourist complex "Kezenoi Am", located on the shore of the lake of the same name.

In the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, which blocking has been reported by local residents, law enforcers go around households, a source from the village administration reports. According to the local residents, the situation in the village is quiet.

Residents of the cordoned-off settlement of Vremenny have filed an appeal to Intizar Mamutaeva, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Republic of Dagestan. In their appeal, the villagers complain about the lack of warm clothing.

Azerbaijan has established a working group consisting of representatives of all branches of power and civil society, which, in particular, will deal with problems, including those concerning persons recognized by human rights defenders as political prisoners.

On October 26, Russia will open six polling stations, where citizens of Ukraine will be able to vote for candidates for the MPs of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine. One of the polling stations will work in Rostov-on-Don; and in the voter list includes about 9000 people.

In the period of July 1-September 31, 2014, at least 6 persons fell victims to the armed conflict in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. Of them, 4 persons were killed, and 2 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.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is ready to withdraw its claim from the Supreme Court with a request for dissolution of the human rights organization "Memorial", the MoJ's press service reports.

In Astrakhan, during the court session held on October 21, Mikhail Stolyarov, the Mayor of Astrakhan, who was temporarily suspended from his post and accused of bribery, reiterated his innocence.

In Dagestan, residents of the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District report that law enforcers are cordoning off their village. According to their story, starting from 10:00 a.m., law enforcers accumulate military vehicles near Gimry.

In the "Navtlug" case, the Tbilisi City Court has announced the verdict of guilty against Bacho Akhalaya, the former head of the Corrections Department of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, the former Minister of Defence and the former Minister of Internal Affairs.

In the near future, the European Parliament (EP) is to delegate its representatives to Azerbaijan to support human rights defender Leyla Yunus, included in the list of finalists for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2014. This was announced by Martin Schulz, the EP President.

Grozny residents do not confirm the information disseminated by investigators about the circumstances of the death of the suspected organizer of the terror act committed in Grozny on October 5.