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Vladimir Efanov, a judge of the Tsentralny District Court of Sochi, has dismissed the complaint lodged by the Sochi Public Civil Movement (SPCM) "Law and Order" against the actions of the city Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, who had sanctioned the building of a water well-room in the park area.

A batch of artillery and anti-aircraft shells has been found by the police in the Oktiabrsky District of the Chechen capital. Presumably, the ammunition was left in Grozny during the time of active warfare in late 1990s-early 2000s.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted on the second and third readings the law on strengthening measures to combat terrorism. The law provides the possibility for compensation for the damage caused by actions of terrorists at the expense of their family members. Besides, the law provides punishment of up to 20 years of imprisonment for creation of terrorist community and training terrorists.

The bank account of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) has been arrested. Today, the edition office has been officially notified about that by a special letter received from the Division for Fulfilment of Judgments of the Yasamal District.

Social problems such as lawlessness, corruption, and unemployment cause radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus. This was stated by participants of the roundtable "Youth and Youth Policy". The roundtable was held within the "Gaidar Readings" of October 19-20.

On Friday, in the capital of Adygea, the Secretary of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" was detained at the picket in support of the Greenpeace activists kept in custody. Activist Ivan Karpenko was photographing the picket held by Tatiana Lysenko, a member of the board of the ecological organization.

The favourites of the presidential election in Georgia are Georgy Margvelashvili, David Bakradze, and Nino Burjanadze. This was shown by public questioning of the country's population. The same fact is also evidenced by a mini-survey carried out by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the streets of Tbilisi.

Zelimkhan Aushev, who has been sentenced on charges of undermining the "Neva-Express" Train and who is serving his sentence of life imprisonment at the penitentiary colony IK-5 of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Vologda Region of Russia, is subjected to torture at the FSIN Investigating Division for the Vologda Region.

The Russian Community of Azerbaijan (RCA) has expressed its regret about the fact that "provocative forces" use the tragic incident with the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of Moscow, to put pressure on migrants in Russia, including citizens of Azerbaijan. The provocateurs' aim is to incite ethnic hatred. This was declared in the statement disseminated by the community.

Issues, related to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Karachay people, have been discussed at the roundtable "Origins of eviction of Karachay people in 1943 and their subsequent rehabilitation" held in Cherkessk. The participants of the event have emphasized the need to remember the tragic story of deportation and to comply with the Law on "Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples".

Murat Tishkov and Murat Abazov were killed in the explosion that occurred in the yard of the mosque in the village of Dugulubgei. This was reported by mother of Murat Tishkov who identified her son. Till present, the remains of Murat Tishkov are still in the Nalchik morgue. Residents of the native village of Murat Tishkov prohibit burying him at the local cemetery, and in Nalchik, officials refuse to issue a permit for burying.

Bailiffs carry out massive evictions of refugees from Grozny and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Prigorodny District, who lived at the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", located in the Ingush town of Karabulak. According to local residents, the promises of the authorities to allocate funds to rent housing for the TAC residents remain unfulfilled.

Today, in the village of Zayukovo in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a policeman's house was attacked. One of the attackers was killed, and a policeman was wounded.

Gadjigishi Bambatov, the chairman of the territorial-neighbourly community of the Kumyk people of Dagestan named "Atlyboyunskaya", has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office against the actions of the policemen, who stopped local believers from entering the mosque, located in the township of Leninkent of the city of Makhachkala, for their routine prayer.

In Sochi, starting from February 7 till March 24, 2014, during the Winter Olympic Games, traffic of private vehicles and buses will be limited. This was announced by Nikolai Asaul, Deputy Transport Minister of the Russian Federation, at the press conference held in Moscow.

Krasnodar is at the top of the 100 largest cities in Russia for the quality of life in accordance with the study "Integral City Ranking", conducted by the Institute of Territorial Planning "Urbanika".

Relatives of six persons killed in the explosion in the route bus in Volgograd were paid per million roubles from the reserve fund of the Volgograd Region. This was reported by the press service of the Governor and the Government of the Volgograd Region.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has decided that Russian authorities had violated the rights of citizens of Chechnya in the case of disappearances and deaths of their relatives in 2001-2004. Seven applicants were awarded compensations in the sum of 300,000 euros, says the decision of the ECtHR released today.

In the course of the actions undertaken within the counterterrorist operation (CTO), introduced in the Kirov District of Makhachkala on October 23, at least five persons were detained, including a young woman wearing a hijab, local residents report. According to their story, policemen did not hide the fact that their actions were related to the recent terror act committed in Volgograd.

On October 23, a local resident suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations, was detained by Chechen policemen in the Grozny District of Chechnya. This was reported by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).