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Refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia seize buildings for housing, because, according to their stories, they are unable to pay the rent. Over the past two days they captured about 30 buildings.

The Muslims of Azerbaijan, together with the entire Islamic world, celebrate the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice). The country has announced October 25 and 26 to be days-off.

Today the Muslims of the Southern regions of Russia and their brothers in faith are celebrating Kurban Bayram, the day of sacrificial offering and one of the main Muslim holidays. In some regions of the Russian South local residents reported rising prices on animals’ flesh for offering on the eve of the holiday.

The communists in Gori, Joseph Stalin’s native town, are collecting signatures under the demand to restore his memorial earlier dismantled in the central square. Five thousand signatures are already collected.

Arthur Arsibiev, Khasan Ibragimov, Nariman Ismailov, Akai Akaev and Ramazan Utarbiev, the figurants in the murder case of the football fan of the "Spartak" FC Yegor Sviridov, sentenced to five years in prison each, have been delivered to the Correction Colony IK-7 situated in the village of Novy Tyube, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan.

Idris Kartoev, a defendant in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train, was disciplined and placed into a dungeon for breaking the custody regulations, said the UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service) for the Tver Region.

About 50 residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region have launched a series of everyday pickets with the aim to draw the authorities' attention to the problem of excessive tariffs on housing and communal services, first of all, on centralized heating.

The strike organized in the port of the city of Poti, Georgia, was attended by over 200 people. The action lasted for two hours and was a sort of a warning, the strikers said.

Today, in Sochi, house of Alexei Kravets, located in Prosvescheniya Street, was demolished by workers of the Research and Industrial Association (RIA) "Mostovik". Ruslan Portnov, bailiff of the Adler District, attended the place to observe the execution of the court decision.

This evening, the capital of Azerbaijan launched competition of classic "Formula 1" cars and cars of a series "GT3 City Challenge Baku". 13 teams of famous car brands take part in the competitions. - World champion Jacques Villeneuve and Jos Verstappen are among the participants.

Staff members of the "PIK" TV Channel held a protest action in front of the Parliament building in Kutaisi. During an hour, the journalists invited politicians and MPs to the table, set right in the street, and asked them to express their position on the closure of the "PIK" TV Channel. The interviewed politicians spoke in favour of maintaining the Russian-language TV Channel in Georgia.

By a majority of votes, the Parliament of Georgia approved the government composition and the government programme "Strong, democratic and united Georgia", presented by the coalition "Georgian Dream", which won the parliamentary elections.

Abdulnasyr Ramazanov, who was considered disappeared since yesterday, was found at the building of the Kizlyar OVD (Interior Division), and he faced charges of drug possession. This was reported by his wife Inara Ramazanova, a resident of the village of Chernyaevka of the Kizlyar District.

Islam Tlapshokov, a resident of Nalchik, asks human rights defenders to help protecting his rights and claims being unlawfully detained by law enforcement agents, interrogated without a lawyer present, and tortured.

In Volgograd, magistrate judge found Andrei Sukhanov, a journalist of the NTV Channel, and cameraman Daniil Korotun guilty of petty hooliganism and sentenced them to a fine of 1000 roubles for the interview on African swine fever (ASF), to which they brought a piglet.

In the centre of Yerevan, in Khandjyan Street, unfinished building collapsed. This was reported by the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). As a result of the collapse, 11 persons were injured.

In the evening of October 24, the remains of Orts Almurziev, a disappeared resident of the village of Plievo, was found in the forest area between the villages of Ali-Yurt and Surkhakhi, two kilometres from the road. This was reported by Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia.

On October 24, the Ministry of the Krasnodar Territory sent the administration of municipal education departments and principals of educational institutions a letter, recommending avoiding "celebration of Halloween in any form."

Residents of Derbent, affected by the torrential rains, report a shortage of assistance and slow progress in reconstruction works.

Administration of penal colony IK-17 of Krasnoyarsk violates the rights of Aslan Cherkesov convicted for murder of “Spartak” football fan Yegor Sviridov, Aslan’s mother Sonya Cherkesova states.