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Till present, Zarkipli Ramazanov, who disappeared on September 16, has not yet been found. His family members have filed to the leader of Dagestan and the law enforcement bodies a complaint about his kidnapping; however, they did not receive any response neither from the administration of the Dagestani leader nor from the law enforcement bodies.

Eradil Asanov, a resident of the Nogai District of Dagestan, who was shot dead on October 6 at the ROVD (District Interior Division), never attacked policemen, his family members assert.

Sabina Abakarova, a resident of Makhachkala, was found guilty by the court of possession of a "shakhid belt", has appealed against the verdict. This was announced by her advocate Konstantin Mudunov.

The advocate of Murat Zakharyaev, who was convicted in Astrakhan along with five other figurants in the case related to recruitment of militants for taking part in warfare in Syria, Egypt and Northern Caucasus, has appealed against his client's verdict.

In Georgia, the NGO "Citizen", founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has launched two projects. The minimum budget for each of them has reached one million laris, Bidzina Ivanishvili announces.

On October 6, in the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, 15-20 persons, including local resident Patimat Nasibova, were detained, the villagers report. According to them, in the afternoon, five persons were still kept at the police station.

On October 6, the Leninsky District Court in Rostov-on-Don, which is considering the case of Sergey Reznik, a journalist, blogger and political scientist, accused of false denunciation and insulting the authorities, interrogated three witnesses for the prosecution, said Natalia Reznik, Sergey's wife.

The 2014 Andrei Sakharov Freedom Prize has been awarded to all 98 political prisoners of Azerbaijan the decision was made by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC).

Orhan Cemal, a "Forbes" magazine correspondent, and Akhmet Yarlykapov, the Senior Researcher of the Centre for Ethnopolitical Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), express their doubts that the "Imarat Kavkaz", an organization recognized in the Russian Federation as terrorist one, might be involved in the suicide bombing in Grozny.

Family members and advocate of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), sentenced on charges of riots in Ismailly, cannot get information about his whereabouts since September 25.

In the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified persons fired at law enforcers, who opened fire in response. According to the preliminary information, two law enforcers and one of the attackers were killed.

Suicide bombing in Grozny; death of Minvody resident, beaten up in hospital, and public resonance in Stavropol Territory in this regard; meeting of "Caspian Five" leaders in Astrakhan; delivery of Vaclav Havel Award rights defender who was convicted in Azerbaijan Anar Mamedli; start of autumn recruitment into the Russian Army, where they plan to draw over 4000 conscripts from the republics of Northern Caucasus; election of a new Speaker of the City Assembly of Vladikavkaz - the head of the city, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 29-October 5, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of September 29-October 5, 2014, at least 24 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 11 persons were killed, and 13 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 explosion, which occurred in Isaev Avenue in Grozny, has become the first suicide bombing in Chechnya committed this year after the explosion near the building of the Sunzha ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya committed in September 2013.

As a result of the suicide bombing committed in Grozny, ten injured persons are brought to City Hospital No. 9, and doctors assess their condition as stable. In total, the suicide bombing killed five persons and injured 12 others, said the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Two persons killed in the special operation conducted in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have been identified as Zaurbiy Orshedugov and Nurabi Tlepshev, members of the armed underground.

The journalist Sardar Alibeili, convicted and serving his sentence on charge of hooliganism, has asked to remove his name and photo from the list of "prisoners of conscience". He has sent the appropriate appeal to the heads of the media and the opposition leaders.

According to local authorities, this year's Sixth International Festival of Adyg (Circassian) Culture that is now underway in Adygea surpasses all the previous ones by the number of participants and diversity of its programme.

In Dagestan, the closure of the Gimry Tunnel by law enforcers is "selective" in nature. According to local residents, cars of officials of the administrations and even taxis are free to move through the tunnel, which is officially closed, while ambulance cars and cars of ordinary villagers are not allowed to enter the Gimry Tunnel.

Magomednabi Nabiev, the father of Djabrail Nabiev, a resident Khasavyurt, who was kidnapped on October 3, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had submitted his written statement to the GOVD (City Interior Division) Khasavyurt, adding that a criminal case was initiated on the fact of kidnapping; however, the GOVD refused to give any comments.