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In the city of Grozny, a 25-year-old Ramzan Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, who suffers from mental disorders, has disappeared. This was reported by his relatives in the open letter, published by the "Caucasian Knot" under the news "Resident of Dagestan claims kidnapping of his father and his friend".

In Azerbaijan, the customs officers of the airport of Nakhichevan town confiscated luggage belonging to Elmar Abbasov, the regional correspondent of the "Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety" (IRFS) of Azerbaijan. This occurred during Abbasov's return from Istanbul.

In Armenia, the ecological organizations express their concern about the fate of the most abundant Trchkan Falls situated on the border of Shirak and Lori Regions. The ecologists demand that the Ministry of Nature Protection should stop the construction of a small hydroelectric power plant (HPP) there.

15 Ingush policemen, involved in the attack on Dagestani fans, were dismissed. This was reported by Nizami Kaziev, Acting Prime Minister of Dagestan.

The Prosecutor's Office of the town of Karachaevsk initiated a criminal case on the fact of misappropriation of budgetary funds against Sapar Laipanov, ex-Mayor of the town, and against Vladimir Solovyov, ex-Deputy Chairman of the City Legislative Assembly.

On October 17, in Rostov-on-Don, eight activists of the oppositional movements "Left-Wing Front" and "People's Freedom Party" once again held a picket for cancellation of the illegal, according to their opinion, parliamentary election appointed on December 4. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Vladislav Ryazantsev, the organizer of the rally.

On October 17, the management of the German public legal TV Channel "MDR" disseminated a statement in which it stated that the performance of the "MDR" ballet dancers at the concert in the city of Grozny had damaged the reputation of the entire ballet company and TV Channel in general.

On October 17, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accepted to consideration the complaint of Suren Gazaryan and Dmitry Shevchenko, the members of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who had been detained in February near the alleged summer residence of Alexander Tkachov, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, Rafik Mnatsakanyan, a regular soldier, pleaded guilty in the case of the death of his colleague Corporal Yurik Nersisyan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia.

In Dagestan, the magistrate court of the town of Izberbash ruled to fine the earlier kidnapped Rustam Yakhyaev by 500 roubles. This was reported by Patimat Shakhbanova, a Rustam's relative.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan appointed on October 29 the consideration of the appeal of Jabbar Savalan, a member of the youth organization "Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan" (PFPA), an active user of social networks. This was reported by his lawyer Anar Gasymov.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Faig Gasymov, completed its consideration of the appeal in the case of the first group of activists, numbering six persons, who had been arrested in connection with the rally on April 2. The appeal was filed in connection with the verdict of the Sabail District Court dated August 25.

On October 16, residents of the village of Odzisi of Dusheti District (Eastern Georgia) held the protest action demanding to release their fellow villagers who were detained on October 11 on suspicion of illegal crossing of the border of South Ossetia.

According to the results of the mental examination of Andrei Popov, the soldier from the Saratov Region, no abnormalities were detected. Andrei Popov, who claimed that he had been in captivity in Dagestan during 11 years, was sent to a military unit.

Capture off the coast of Nigeria of an oil tanker with Russian and Georgian sailors on board, ending in release of the crew; intention of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili to get involved in political processes in Georgia; census in Armenia; trial in Essentuki on complaint of rights defender against inaction of law enforcers in kidnapping committed in Chechnya; election battles in South Ossetia, where given the population of less than 100,000, 17 presidential candidates have been registered, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 10-16, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Three people, who on October 16 were found shot in a car, were residents of the Sergokalin District of Dagestan. This was reported by the representative of the Investigatory Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee (IC) of the republic to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

The newspaper under the title "Objective" appeared in Chechnya. Kheda Saratova, the editor-in-chief and the public activist, hopes that the newspaper will be independent and become a tribune for people in Chechnya, from which they could appeal to the authorities for help. According to local experts, the release of the new medium with human rights orientation implies a tough stance on human rights protection.

In Dagestan, protocol on administrative violation - appearing in a public place while intoxicated - has been completed against Rustam Yakhyaev, who had been previously kidnapped and is now kept in the OVD (Interior Division) of the town of Izberbash. This was reported by his family members.

On October 16, in Moscow, the annual award of the US State Department for human rights defending, which was awarded posthumously to Ingush human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, has been handed. The award was handed to a colleague of the human rights defender for further delivery to his relatives.

Today, Kurban Gafarov, a resident of the village of Druzhba of Kayakent District of Dagestan, was kidnapped by unidentified armed people in civilian clothes. This was reported by Ramadan Gafarov, the son of the kidnapped man. According to him, Garun Kurbanov, his father's friend, was driven away to some unknown destination together with Kurban Gafarov.