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On October 13, more than 300 residents of Volgograd attended the rally against rising of housing and utility rates and poor condition of city roads. They also demanded to solve ecological problems and problems with measures against the African Swine Fever (ASF).

Representatives of public organizations, law enforcement officers, students, residents of Kabardino-Balkaria took part in the today's rally to pay tribute to the memory of the persons, killed in the attack on Nalchik. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to the preliminary information, the armed clash in the Khasavyurt District killed three suspected militants and a soldier of the internal troops. This was reported by a representative of the republic's law enforcement agencies.

The editorial staff of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft) will nominate Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the newspaper, for the Sakharov Prize "Journalism as Act".

In Ingushetia, 20 NGOs, which cooperated with foreign secret services, stopped their activities. This was reported by Yuri Seryshev, Chief of the FSB Department in the Republic of Ingushetia.

Today, in Makhachkala, 11 suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and suspected accomplices of militants were detained. This was reported by a source in the republic's law enforcement agencies.

Khabib Saipudinov, a resident of Dagestan, cut his veins to protest against the fact that the administration of the penitentiary institution in Kalmykia did not allow prisoners to pray. This was reported by Patimat Khabibova, the wife of Khabib Saipudinov, a resident of Kizlyar.

On October 12, in Khasavyurt, at a roadside in Yuzhnaya Street, an unidentified explosive device detonated at the moment, when the car of Saigidpasha Umakhanov, City Mayor, passed by. Nobody suffered.

Special Military Ombudsman will be appointed in Georgia. This was reported by Irakli Alasaniya, the candidate for the position of Minister of Defence.

On October 12, the capital of Armenia hosted the rally entitled "Yerevan and My City", which was initiated by the public organization "Bridge of Hope" and which was attended by about 50 persons with disabilities.

On October 11, at the village of Khebda of the Shamil District of Dagestan, the trial of two police officers, accused of beating a 14-year-old Makhmud Akhmedov, was continued. The court listened to two witnesses.

In Armenia, at the court hearing on the case of the death of contract officer Artak Nazaryan, one of the witnesses retracted his testimony, given at the preliminary investigation. Representatives of the parties believe that witness Smbat Sargsyan gave testimony under pressure.

The today's court session on the case of use of torture against Vyacheslav Merekha at the Predgorny District of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Stavropol Territory extended the term of home arrest to the defendants for the entire period of the trial. This was reported by Natalia Spiridonova, a relative of Vyacheslav Merekha.

All persons, who were detained today after Friday prayers in the village of Novokayakent of the Kayakent District, were released by the police after printing their fingerprints and recording their passport data. This was reported by one of the detainees.

Tomorrow, October 13, is the 7th anniversary of the date of militants' attack on law enforcement agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, committed in 2005. The trial on the attack is underway for four years already. The trial is one of the largest in Russia by the number of defendants and the number of charge volumes. According to local experts, the trial influences all aspects of social and political life of the republic.

Tatiana Lokshina, Deputy Chief of the Moscow Branch of the international Human Rights Watch (HRW), engaged in solution of human rights problem in Northern Caucasus and in South Ossetia, left the Russian Federation. According to her, her departure is not connected with incoming threats.

The next hearing on a lawsuit of blogger Tigran Kocharyan against the newspaper "The Fourth Authority" in Armenia was appointed on October, 16, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In the evening of October, 11, dead body of Yunus Akhilgov, teacher of local madrasa, was found in the stanitsa of Troitskaya, Sunzha district of Ingushetia, a representative of the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.

A delegation of South Ossetia that took part in the 21st round of Geneva discussions on October, 10 and 11, during the debate expressed its concern about compulsive presence of Georgian policemen along the whole perimeter of South Ossetian borders, Murat Djioev, Plenipotentiary of the President for post-conflict settlement, reported from Geneva.

Georgian corporal MindaiaAbashidze perished in Afghanistan while carrying out a combat mission in process of a peacemaking operation.