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Russia's leaders by the size of the gap between the rich and the poor are Chechnya, Moscow and Dagestan. At the same time, according to a ranking released by the RIA "Rating", the republics of Northern Caucasus and Kalmykia have the lowest level of the average salary.

A suicide bomber, who blew himself up in September near the building of the Sunzha ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya, has been identified. This was reported by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has for the seventh time postponed the consideration of the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", in connection with the quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 4, where defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.

Residents of Chelyabinsk demand to investigate the death of two regular soldiers, who died at the training range "Dalny" in Dagestan. In their letter addressed to Mikhail Yurevich, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, the residents of Chelyabinsk claim that investigators and officials conceal the true cause of the soldiers' death.

Lydia Lepsveridze, a citizen of Russia, who has registration and who has been living in Sochi for more than 20 years, complains of policemen, who demand that she should leave the city. The woman has filed the complaint against the policemen to the Prosecutor's Office.

On October 28, the Sabunchu District Court of Baku started hearings on the case against theologian Talekh Bagirzade accused of illegal possession of drugs. At the trial, the defence has filed a number of motions; however, all of them were dismissed by the Court.

During the presidential election in Georgia, it was reported that in Adzharia, about 2000 voters were deprived of their right to vote on the voting day. This was reported by Nana Kvachadze, a journalist of the newspaper "Batumelebi".

In Ingushetia, kidnapping of the bride led to the death of three persons. This was declared by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia. He has called on law enforcers to prevent the escalation of the conflict between members of two well-known Ingush families Aushev and Evloev.

Nino Burjanadze, the Georgian presidential candidate, has accepted the outcome of the election. Meanwhile, she has claimed the election failed to comply with "the models of democracy."

Five activists of the "Green Alliance" Party, who intended to hold today a protest action in Rostov-on-Don, were brought to the police department for preventive conversations. This was reported by the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to the "Green Alliance" Party, seven activists were detained.

Deputies of the Chechen Parliament have decided to send to the federal authorities the appeals to seek to assess the statements made by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), who on October 24 called to separate Northern Caucasus from Russia and to limit the birth rate there.

In Azerbaijan, the preliminary court session in the case against seven activists of the civil movement "Nida" and Ilkin Rustamzade, a member of the movement "Free Youth", accused of organizing riots, was scheduled for October 28. However, it did not take place because of shortage of time of the judge who was to chair the trial, and lack of courtrooms for court sessions.

In the village of Agachaul, where this morning a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced, three persons were detained after the searches. This was reported by Aisha Selimkhanova, a member of the Dagestani public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), who learned the information from detainees' relatives.

On October 19, Armenia held a solemn opening ceremony of the 9th century Haghartsin Monastery, situated in the Tavush Region; its restoration began back in 2008. The works worth 5,000,000 US dollars were paid by Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasim, the Prince of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Main Board of Arab Emirates.

Georgy Margvelashvili, the presidential candidate of the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream", has actually won the presidential election in Georgia. This was announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.

Terror act committed by female suicide bomber in Volgograd and a special operation to search for militants in Makhachkala; presidential election in Georgia; formation of new government of Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 21-27, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of October 21-27, 2013, at least 18 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 11 persons were killed, and 7 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office, and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, who occupied the position of the Deputy Mayor of the city of Kaspiisk, are charged with terrorism and arms trafficking. Similar charges were brought against Magomed Abdulgalimov, the former assistant of the Khasavyurt Prosecutor.

The election of the President of Georgia was falsified; and the results were rigged, said Irakli Batiashvili, the head of the electoral office of Nino Burjanadze. According to his story, in total, over a thousand violations were registered.

Hassan Khubiev, a resident of the village of Kardonikskaya of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), detained for illegal possession of weapons, is tortured with electric shocks in order to persuade him to self-incrimination, Angela Urusova, his advocate reports.