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According to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Armenia is to pay Zhirair Sefilyan, the coordinator of the public initiative "Union of Armenian Volunteers", a participant of the Karabakh war, compensation in the amount of 6000 euros.

Tatiana Lokshina, Chief of the Moscow Branch of the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" ("HRW"), an expert on Northern Caucasus, complained about received SMS-messages threats filed a complaint about that to the law enforcement agencies.

On October 3, in Tbilisi, refugees seized two apartment buildings, demanding to return them to their former place of residence.

Policeman Mogeli Tomiashvili detained after an incident near the frontier post of Karzman in South Ossetia was transferred to the authorities of Georgia, a representative of Press Service of the Observer Mission of European Union (OMEU) in Georgia reported.

On October, 3, four persons, residents of Makhachkala, Buinaksk and Kazbek districts, appealed to the police of Dagestan reporting their relatives' disappearance. Location of two people who disappeared earlier is established.

This morning representatives of law enforcement bodies carried out search in the house of one of the persons involved in the criminal case of blasting "Nevsky Express" in Autumn of 2009 in the settlement of Ekazhevo, Nazran district of Ingushetia. The owners of the house consider the search unlawful because their exact data was not specified in the order.

Ekaterina Azarashvili, Press-speaker of Central Election Committee of Georgia, made a statement about pressure from supporters of "Bidzina Ivanishvili - Georgian Dream" electoral bloc on members of the district electoral committees for the purpose of getting the desired results of voting. Bidzina Ivanishvili, in his turn, called for his supporters to stop holding actions of protest.

In Georgia, at the parliamentary elections, after 97.03 percent of voting protocols from electoral precincts have been counted, the oppositional coalition "Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" continues to lead with 55 percent of votes. The "United National Movement" Party gained 40.27 percent of votes.

The "Muminat", the first women's madrasa in Chechnya was opened in the foothill Shali District of Chechnya. This religious educational institution has been operating for thirteen years already; however, till recent time, it did not have its own building.

On October 2, at the trial on the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", the Baku Court of Grave Crimes listened to the testimonies of Sabir Tariverdiev, one of the complainants against the defendant, the head of the automotive market in Sumgait, Chairman of the National Statehood Party, and his press secretary Gusein Avazoglu.

At the elections to the Supreme Council of Adzharia, the coalition "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" gained 48.5 percents of the votes, and the "United National Movement" Party gained 44.8 percent of votes under the proportional system. This was reported by the Election Commission of the Adzharian Autonomous Republic.

Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan held court hearings on the case of Zhairuly Umarov, accused of committing sexual assault against a minor stepchild. AT the court session, the defendant has denied his guilt, and his lawyer claims violation of the rights of the defendant.

Publication in the Georgian newspaper "Asaval-Dasavali" of names, surnames and addresses of personnel of the Gldani Prison No. 8 provoked a new protest action rally in Georgia, in which students and NGO activists participate.

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies verify the version that the man, who on September 26 shelled guards in the Kiev shopping centre, is Alexander Parinov, a member of the radical neo-Nazi grouping "United Brigades-88", who was suspected of involvement in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in Moscow.

An ex-federal judge was found killed in Rostov-on-Don in the evening of October, 2, Public prosecutor's office of Rostov region reports.

On October, 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its verdict on the claim of Azerbaijani journalist Ramiz Najafli. Acknowledging violations of Najafli's rights secured by clauses 3 and 10 of European Convention on Human Rights (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, freedom of expression) the Court obliged the Government of Azerbaijan to pay the journalist a compensation to a total sun of 13 thousand euros.

On October, 2, dead body of a thirty-seven-year-old native of Northern Caucasus whose disappearance was reported by his sister at the beginning of September was found in Moscow.

Residents of Ingushetia are holding single-person pickets near the buildings of the Government and State Duma of Russia expressing protest against non-judicial executions and kidnapping of people in the republic, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On the voting day, observers from the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) recorded 147 violations at the parliamentary elections, and lawsuits were filed on 75 of them. This was told to reporters by Tamar Chugoshvili, the NGO's representative.

During the military exercise of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, soldier Garik Gazaryan, a grenadier, was killed. This was reported on October 1 by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh.