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On October 2, in the village of Kistauri, Akhmet District of Kakheti (Georgia), after a quarrel between the head of local administration and local resident named Otar Saakashvili, the latter was detained by the militia and sentenced to five days in jail.

As stated today by Nino Kalandadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, residents of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygea will have the right to stay in Georgia without visas for 30 days.

The next session of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow to consider the claim lodged by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the HRC "Memorial" will take place on October 14 at 11:00 a.m. The prosecution party will continue presenting its proofs; and evidences of both sides' witnesses will be heard.

On October 7 in Krakow, the Society "Memorial" was awarded with the Prize named after Sergio Vieira de Mello. The work of human rights defenders in Northern Caucasus was especially noted.

The election of Mayor of the city of Makhachkala was accompanied by numerous violations. This was stated by Isalmagomed Nabiev, a resident of Makhachkala, a publicist and chairman of the independent trade union of entrepreneurs and drivers of Dagestan. He said that he had witnessed the members of the election commission filling in ballot papers by taking out passport data from voters' lists.

The prosecutor in Moscow municipal court has demanded to sentence Aslanbek Dadayev accused of murder of Ruslan Yamadayev, ex-deputy of the State Duma, and the attempt at Sergey Kiziun, military ex- commandant of Chechnya, to 23 years of imprisonment.

This morning, at about half past eight, an explosion took place near the house No 188 in Akhohov street in Nalchik. An unidentified explosive device of about 100 gram trotyl equivalent power had been placed under the "VAZ-2131" service car with the chief of criminal investigation unit of Department of Interior affairs of the city of Nalchik in the cabin.

A youth patriotic club called "Putin" was established in Chechnya. A fountain devoted to the Russian Prime-minister's birthday was also opened in Grozny and horse races passed off in Gudermes. Local observers think that the authorities of the republic are seeking to show their loyalty to the Kremlin once again.

Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic are investigating the circumstances of an explosion on October, 9, in a private house of a resident in the town of Ulus-Martan as a result of which two persons perished and one more got severely wounded.

An ecologic meeting against oil terminals in the town passed off in Yeisk (Krasnodar region). Over 800 people took part in it, "Ecologic Watch of North Caucasus" reports.

Start of wind power plants (WPPs) in Kalmykia was again postponed. The problems of the WPP park were discussed on October 7 at the sitting chaired by the republic's prime minister.

Following the meeting of Ruben Airapetyan, President of the Armenian Football Federation (AFF), with the leaders of the clubs of the local top league, a decision was made to disqualify all the referees who serviced the league matches.

From October 1 the city of Rostov-on-Don is hosting the first in the south of Russia Science Festival, organized by the Southern Federal University (SFU). On October 8, the central event of the festival took place - interactive scientific and learning exhibition.

Residents of Alkhan-Kala village, Grozny District, have no centralized water supply for nearly twenty years; water which fails to meet sanitary standards is brought to them in tanks. The authorities promise to fix water supply till the end of this year.

The national team of Karachai-Circassia has been recognized to be the winner of the first sports festival of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) - the Caucasian Games.

The innovation project "Opening of 50 rural family businesses", which has acquired the status of the pilot project of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, is implemented in the Pervomaiskiy Rural Municipality Formation of the Republic of Kalmykia.

The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don has sanctioned the arrest of the director of the construction company "Monolith", suspected of deceiving about 400 real estate shareholders to the sum of 150 million roubles, the press service of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the Rostov Region reports.

As reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office, a criminal case against a GIBDD (Russian equivalent for the STSI - State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) company commander and nine inspectors, accused of taking bribes when on duty service, has been sent to Astrakhan Regional Court.

Initially, four candidates were registered to the post of the head of Gergebil village, Gergebil District of Dagestan, but all of them recalled at the request of the village community. Thus, the election of the village head planned for October 10 was cancelled for absence of candidates.

A motor rally of the students of the Adyg State University (ASU), performed on October 4-6, was dated to the university's jubilee and was held under the motto "By Roads of Friendship".