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In Ingushetia, in the rural community of Barsuki, near the federal highway "Kavkaz", an unsanctioned picket was held to protest against the court decision to recognize the semantic translation of Koran made by Elmir Kuliev as extremist.

The claims of members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) about falsifications at the election to the Volgograd City Duma held on September 8 are groundless and shall not be accepted. This was stated by the Regional Election Commission (REC) in response to the complaint filed by the CPRF.

At the airport of Makhachkala, a resident of Kizilyurt, who intended to fly to Egypt to study at the Islamic University, was detained on suspicion of illegal possession of drugs. Relatives of the young man claim the drugs were planted to him.

Ivan Klemenko, 20, from Astrakhan, who took his regular military service in the city of Chebarkul, was taken to hospital after being beaten by an officer. In the hospital, surgeons amputated the soldier's spleen.

An initiative group of residents of the Sochi neighbourhood of Kudepsta has sent a protocol of a public meeting to the city authorities, demanding to repair the three-kilometre road running to the Khosta micro-district.

The Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia has announced a verdict in the case of four young oppositional activists accused of hooliganism. One of them, Tigran Arakelyan, who had been sentenced by a court of the first instance to six years in prison, was released from custody in the courtroom.

The Sabunchi District Court of Baku has held a preliminary hearing on the case of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade, accused of illegal possession of drugs. The defence asked to change Bagirzade's freedom restriction measure from detention to home arrest. However, the court denied the petition.

In the Abkhaz village of Adzyubzha the bodies of a missing businessman Sergey Klemantovich and his girlfriend Oksana Skarednova have been found, said the republic's General Prosecutor's Office. The Russian diplomat Dmitry Vishernev, who was killed in September in Sukhumi, had been engaged in searching Klemantovich.

More than 98% of all the terrorist crimes committed in Russia are committed in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). Meanwhile, most of such crimes are committed in Dagestan. This was reported by Yevgeny Ilyin, First Deputy Chief of the National Antiterrorist Committee.

The Nasimi District Court of Baku has sentenced Dayanat Babaev, an activist of the "Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan", to two years of conditional imprisonment. He was found guilty of hooliganism. Dayanat Babaev treats the Court's verdict as unfair and politically motivated.

In Vladikavkaz, tram drivers, who have not been paid since July, fail to come to their working places. This was reported by the press office of the city administration.

The Moscow City Court once again has postponed the consideration of the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya in connection with the extension of quarantine at the pre-trial prison, where Sergey Khadjikurbanov, one of the defendants, is kept.

Victory of Ilham Aliev at presidential election in Azerbaijan and protests of the opposition; collecting signatures by Georgian NGOs for boycott of 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi; decisions of ECtHR on complaints of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia in the amount of more than one million euros, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 7-13, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of October 7-13, 2013, at least 8 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 6 persons were killed, and 2 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.

In seven cities of Georgia, students held a peaceful protest action "Stop Annexation". Participants of the protest action accused Russia of occupying parts of Georgia.

Since October 12, in Makhachkala, policemen carry out mass detention of employees of the network of Islamic cafes "Azbar" and Islamic restaurant "Room". This was stated by staff members of cafes and human rights defenders.

Residents the city of Derbent that was affected by the flooding in October 2012 claim that they continue enduring hardships and do not get any help from the authorities.

During the picket held near the summer residence of the Russian President in Sochi, no provisions of law were violated. This was stated by Lydia Lepsveridze, a 75-year-old resident of the resort city, who was detained during the protest action.

The National Council of Democratic Forces intends to seek cancelation of the results of the presidential election held on October 9 and appointment of new presidential election in Azerbaijan. This was stated by leaders of political parties and movements at the rally held on October 12.

In the garden non-profit partnership "Poselkovoe", located in the Tsentralny District of Sochi, court marshals are demolishing two multi-storey apartment blocks, following the decision of the court, which has satisfied the claim of the city administration on demolition of unauthorized constructions. About 50 people, pensioners, disabled people and children among them, are deprived of their only housing, say the tenants.