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The Military Investigatory Division for the Saratov Garrison has indicted soldier Andrei Popov of desertion, Earlier Popov alleged that for 11 years he had been held in slavery at brick factories in Dagestan. This was reported by Evgeniy Bubnov, the deputy head of the above Investigatory Division.

Today, the city of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, has solemnly opened a monument to victims of political repressions. Members of the government and relatives of repressed persons have addressed the audience.

The reason why the report on investigating criminal cases and kidnappings in the Chechen Republic was taken away from the NTV broadcasting in Moscow is the intention to silence the inefficiency of Chechen law enforcers, said Igor Kalyapin, the chairman of the organization "Committee against Torture".

The "Robshin" Construction Company has stated termination of building a minor hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Chichkhan River in the Lori Region near the Trchkan Waterfall and is moving all its machinery away from the site.

Famous Hollywood actress Hilary Swank dismissed her agent who had organized the celebrity's trip to Chechnya. Two more employees were also dismissed.

Evgeny Vitishko, activist of "Yabloko" party and "Environmental Watch on North Caucasus", detained during an ecologic action was released Yesterday, October, 30. However, he was temporarily deprived of the right of running a boat.

Actions of memory of the victims of Osetian-Ingush conflict of 1992 passed off in Ingushetia and North Osetia on October, 30.

Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural", has faced an indictment of bribery. The journalist's lawyer claims his innocence.

The Armenian police has detained suspects of murdering Alvard Abramyan, an editor of the Armenian newspaper "Menk Merontsov" (We are Together with Our People), and her husband Yurik Srabyan.

On Saturday, October 29, an ecological event, dedicated to the International Day of the Black Sea, was held in Sochi. It was attended by schoolchildren, students and volunteers.

Members of the Regional Electoral Commission of Rostov Region have acquainted young voters with electoral technologies through training and games, in which young people agitated for Ernesto Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet.

The public organization "Association of Caucasian Bloggers", which was founded on October 20, will be registered with the Ministry of Justice in the nearest future. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Beslan Tsechoev, the initiator of the Association, a journalist and a blogger.

Experts from the "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising the Nature) have drafted a list the most ecologically unsafe districts of Chechnya, which had been polluted with oil products for decades.

On October 29, a humanitarian aid motor convoy of 40 vehicles from Azerbaijan reached the earthquake zone in the Turkish Province of Van.

Russia started the work for preparation of an official bid to host the Youth Olympic Games of 2018 on the Caspian Sea coast, in Dagestan.

On October 28, the Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held regular session on the case of Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of torturing detainees. Isa Khamkhoev was questioned as the victim.

The Federal Government of Germany treated performance of actors of the MDR TV Channel at birthday party of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, which took place on October 5 in the city of Grozny, as unacceptable.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has instituted criminal cases against a head of a trade and construction company and several of his accomplices, suspected of embezzlement and fraudulent certificates for maternity capital. According to the prosecutors, the total amount of damage caused by the actions of the suspects is estimated at half a million roubles.

Residents of Southern Russia when buying intercity bus tickets will have to show their passports. On October 27, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development published on its website a draft of the appropriate order of the Ministry of Transports of the Russian Federation.

In Yerevan, during a protest action held near the government building, policemen detained Lala Aslikyan, a human rights activist, a member of the public organization "Army in Reality".