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On October 31, in Volgograd, 15 people gathered for a rally against political repressions and for disbanding the Centre for Combating Extremism. The list of protesters' demands included release of all political prisoners and termination of repressions against "dissident political and civil activists."

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found violations of the rights of the applicants in the case of disappearance of five residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006; the relatives of the missing people have been awarded compensation in the total amount of 317,818 euros, says the decision of the court released today.

Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya and a suspect of killing the first secretary of the Russia's Embassy to Abkhazia Dmitry Vishernev and his wife Olga Visherneva, has been put on the international wanted list, reports the investigating department of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia.

In the morning of October 31, in the village of Komsomolskoe, Magomed Gadjiev, the former head of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, was shot dead by unidentified persons in his current workplace. His bodyguard was wounded, investigators report.

The capacity of one of the bombs detonated on October 30 in the centre of Makhachkala was 4 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have failed to timely resolve the conflict situation that occurred in the village of Dugulubgei: the villagers do not allow burying a man killed in explosion at the general cemetery. This was stated by Valery Khatazhukov, the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.

The law, providing the possibility of compensation for damage caused by terrorist acts at the expense of terrorists' relatives, violates the principle of presumption of innocence and can lead to further split in society. This was stated by lawyers and members of non-commercial organizations, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In Rostov-on-Don, activists of the parish youth centre at the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Healer" hold an action calling to renounce celebrating Halloween. The activists distribute leaflets about the pagan roots of the holiday.

In Sochi, usual autumn storms have destroyed structures of shore protection in the Imereti Lowland in the area of construction of the Olympic cluster. The construction was carried out in violation of the rules and without considering the conditions of Sochi, and thus, such incidents will repeat periodically. This was stated by Vyacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

On October 30, Nargiz Babaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, reported that during the search, law enforcers detained her mother Larisa Babaeva and sister Olesya Babaeva.

One hundred days are left till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should use the time to make a public statement on the violations related to the preparation for the Games in Russia, says the International Human Rights Watch (HRW).

As a result of two explosions triggered in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, according to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, 18 people were injured, one of them died. Investigators found the VAZ-2114 car which the bombers had used.

As reported by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Enlightenment Society of Azerbaijani, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted complaints of 11 citizens on violations of the law during the 2010 parliamentary elections.

Residents of some houses in Korenovskaya Street in Krasnodar have tried, for some time, to block one of the major city streets in protest against the absence of electricity in one of the houses for two days. Due to the protest, a traffic jam was formed towards the exit from the city.

On November 4, activists of national-patriotic movements of the Krasnodar Territory are planning to gather in central Krasnodar, despite the refusal of the city Mayoralty to sanction the "Russian March" applied for by them. Organizational issues of the non-sanctioned gathering are discussed in several groups of social networks.

The defence of Islam Yandiev, accused of committing the terror act at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in the winter of 2011, has asked the court not to sentence him to life imprisonment, because he had committed his crime under the influence of "the people involved in Wahhabism."

In Chechnya, a team of specialists in the field of plastic surgery has launched the next charity event called "Operation Smile". Within the project, surgeons will carry out surgeries for 70 children with maxillofacial pathologies, who live in different regions of the Caucasus. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Chechnya.

Close relatives of Kurmanali Baichorov, the Imam of the mosque of Kislovodsk, have refuted the version of law enforcers, according to which the Imam was brought to the police station by GIBDD (road police) inspectors for possession of drugs.

Non-Governmental Organizations of Ingushetia has appealed to the authorities of the republic in connection with the anniversary of the events of 1992 in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. According to the appeal, the republic's authorities should ensure the return of refugees to their places of residence and to take measures to bring to justice the persons responsible for the outbreak of the conflict.

Residents of Rostov-on-Don collect on the Internet signatures against the construction of a plant for sludge incineration, which is planned to be built in 2014. Residents of Rostov-on-Don doubt the safety of the future plant, while the authorities assure its full environmental friendliness.