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In Dagestan, in Kaspiisk, a 28-year-old resident of Makhachkala was detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting some members of the "Makhachkala" grouping. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), suicide bomber Naida Asiyalova, who committed the terror act in Volgograd, was a member of the "Makhachkala" grouping.

A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in the form of a "shahid belt" was found in an abandoned private household on the outskirts of one of the villages of the Stavropol Territory. This was reported today by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

At the Parliament of Dagestan, the faction Fair Russia Party prepared an appeal to the Prosecutor's Office against Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR). MPs demand to institute a criminal case against him for inciting ethnic hatred. This was reported by Kamil Davdiev, the leader of the faction.

In the Sabunchu District of Baku, five supporters of defendant theologian Talekh Bagirzade, who came to the court building to support him, were detained. This was reported by eyewitnesses. Later, three of the detainees were released.

About 20 persons took part in a picket near the Division of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Cherkessk, demanding to let them entering an IVS (temporary detention facility). They have explained their actions by the fact that their detained relative Khasan Khubiev was subjected to beatings.

On October 31, in Astrakhan, near the monument "To Fighters for Soviet Power" in the Bratsky Park, a traditional action was held within the "Strategy 31". The action was attended by more than 20 persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On October 31, in Volgograd, 15 people gathered for a rally against political repressions and for disbanding the Centre for Combating Extremism. The list of protesters' demands included release of all political prisoners and termination of repressions against "dissident political and civil activists."

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found violations of the rights of the applicants in the case of disappearance of five residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006; the relatives of the missing people have been awarded compensation in the total amount of 317,818 euros, says the decision of the court released today.

Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya and a suspect of killing the first secretary of the Russia's Embassy to Abkhazia Dmitry Vishernev and his wife Olga Visherneva, has been put on the international wanted list, reports the investigating department of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia.

In the morning of October 31, in the village of Komsomolskoe, Magomed Gadjiev, the former head of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, was shot dead by unidentified persons in his current workplace. His bodyguard was wounded, investigators report.

The capacity of one of the bombs detonated on October 30 in the centre of Makhachkala was 4 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have failed to timely resolve the conflict situation that occurred in the village of Dugulubgei: the villagers do not allow burying a man killed in explosion at the general cemetery. This was stated by Valery Khatazhukov, the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.

The law, providing the possibility of compensation for damage caused by terrorist acts at the expense of terrorists' relatives, violates the principle of presumption of innocence and can lead to further split in society. This was stated by lawyers and members of non-commercial organizations, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In Rostov-on-Don, activists of the parish youth centre at the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Healer" hold an action calling to renounce celebrating Halloween. The activists distribute leaflets about the pagan roots of the holiday.

In Sochi, usual autumn storms have destroyed structures of shore protection in the Imereti Lowland in the area of construction of the Olympic cluster. The construction was carried out in violation of the rules and without considering the conditions of Sochi, and thus, such incidents will repeat periodically. This was stated by Vyacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

On October 30, Nargiz Babaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, reported that during the search, law enforcers detained her mother Larisa Babaeva and sister Olesya Babaeva.

One hundred days are left till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should use the time to make a public statement on the violations related to the preparation for the Games in Russia, says the International Human Rights Watch (HRW).

As a result of two explosions triggered in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, according to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, 18 people were injured, one of them died. Investigators found the VAZ-2114 car which the bombers had used.

As reported by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Enlightenment Society of Azerbaijani, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted complaints of 11 citizens on violations of the law during the 2010 parliamentary elections.