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The parents of large families are on their 12th day of the hunger strike that they hold in the premises of the former Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). The protesters claim that they will stop the action only when the regional authorities meet all of them.

The accusation that builder Mardiros Demerchyan has made a false denunciation of staff members of the police station of Blinovo, a district of Sochi, who allegedly beat him, is not true. This was stated by the defendant and his advocate.

The presidential election campaign in Azerbaijan goes in an atmosphere of predefined results, local observers assert. Except for the candidate-in-power, all other candidates possess extremely limited resources.

In North Ossetia, the international channel of trafficking in firearms and ammunition from Georgia to the Russian territory has been suppressed. A criminal case was instituted on that fact. This was reported by the FSB.

A member of the international organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" recognized in Russia as an extremist organization, was detained in Moscow. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainee recruited new members among the believers who attend one of the mosques.

Russia shall pay 68,000 euros as compensation for damage and 5000 euros for judicial expenses to the family of Beslan Arapkhanov, a resident of Ingushetia, killed by law enforcers on July 20, 2004. Such a decision was pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on October 3.

The provisions of the bill that assumes compensation for damage caused by terrorists by their relatives can create schemes of abuse, since the bill provides for the "presumption of guilt", experts assert.

The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pay attention to illegal detentions of migrant workers in Sochi.

The investigation into the disappearance in December 2012 inGrozny of a 23-year-old local resident was conducted with serious violations. This was concluded by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya after a respective check. Further inquiry will be carried out under the supervision of the Office, said a source from there.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay 1.165 million euros to residents of Chechnya, figuring in the case "Abdulkhanov et al versus Russia", says the decision of the Court.

Zarema Magomedova, a resident of Izberbash town in Dagestan, has appealed to rights defenders with a complaint about the actions of the city policemen, who, according to her story, forced her into the police for interrogation without a summon.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) is launching a worldwide campaign of highlight the situation with human rights violations in Russia. Actions and protests around the world will start on October 7 – the day of arrival of the Olympic Flame to Moscow, the AI has reported.

The new minimum subsistence level for residents of Chechnya, set by the Government of Chechnya on October 2, has been reduced in average by 100-150 roubles for all categories of the population. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Labour of Chechnya.

In Volgograd, four parents of many children and two pensioners who joined in the protest action are on the tenth day of the hunger strike. The Governor of the Volgograd Region has promised that he personally or his deputies will meet each hunger-striker.

In Sochi, the authorities offer residents to insure their property against emergencies similar to the storm that passed through the city. However, the local residents report that insurance companies refuse to insure old and dilapidated houses, which are home to tens of thousands of people.

Artyom Semenets, the investigator of the Adler Division of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has filed charges against Mardiros Demerchyan of false denunciation of staff members of the Blinovo police station.

The election campaign of Azerbaijani presidential candidates continues in deteriorating atmosphere. This was noted at the second interim report of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission at the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

In Nalchik, residents of the barracks located in Gorky Street, recognized as dilapidated and unfit for living, have refused to move into new apartment buildings, because the city authorities offered to move two or three families into one flat.

The defence of Johar Tsarnaev accused of the Boston terror act asks the court in the United States to soften his prison conditions. This was stated in the motion filed by the defendants' advocates.

The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has satisfied the investigators' motion and extended the home arrest of the journalist Nikolai Yarst until December 3.