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Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, is going to file a civil suit to the "Novaya Gazeta" on defence of honour, dignity and business reputation, and on compensation of moral damage. The reason for the suit was the article "Execution in Vienna" on Kadyrov's possible involvement in the murder of Umar Israilov, a resident of Chechnya, committed in Austria.

Now, the advocates of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" are preparing a cassation complaint on the decision of the Tver Court of Moscow, which had partially satisfied the claim of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to the head of the HRC Oleg Orlov. The complaint will be lodged to the Moscow City Court.

On October 27, the Moscow City Court refused to increase the sum of payments to the victims of plundering of hostages' belongings at the Dubrovka terror act and to compensate their moral damage; thus, having rejected the cassation complaint against the decision of the Zamoskvoretski Court, who had ruled to pay 130 thousand roubles under two claims.

On October 27, at the extraordinary conference of the regional branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov characterized Ahmed Zakaev, former field commander and minister of culture in the government of Ichkeria, as a liar and hypocrite.

After reports appeared in media that servicemen of the regiment of patrol-sentry service of the militia (RPSSM) were refused their bonuses for overtime work, repressions against the militiamen who had been bold as to complain became stronger.

Today, the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (MGHROA) has held a roundtable at the Media Centre dated to the Day of Political Prisoners marked on October 30. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the participants of the event a meeting have regretfully ascertained that, despite Azerbaijani membership in the Council of Europe (CE), the problem of political prisoners remains topical in the country.

On October 27, the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg ruled to fine Georgia by 6000 euros for the 2001 trial of three participants of the plot against President by non-professional judicial assessors.

Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku, chaired by Araz Guseinov, continued the litigation on the case of young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, accused of hooliganism and causing bodily injuries.

In the near future, inspectors will arrest several persons who committed the murder of Stanislav Markelov because of his activities. This was stated by Mikhail Markelov, the lost lawyer's brother and head of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" Party; however, he refused to give the names yet.

Russian authorities, and, in particular, those of Kabardino-Balkaria are obliged to find and make responsible those guilty of murdering Maksharip Aushev, the leading Ingush activist of the civil society. This was stated today by the Amnesty International (AI), an international human rights organization.

Today in the morning, about 50 oppositionists tried to send crackers to Mayor-elect of Astrakhan Sergey Bozhenov, hinting on his soon arrest. The militia would not admit the activists into the mayoralty.

Execution of the ex-leader of Ingush opposition Maksharip Aushev; terror acts in Northern Caucasus; action of the opposition in Astrakhan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of October 19-25 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On October 26, a court session was held in Dubai on the attempt case on Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special GRU battalion. For the first time, the police have promulgated the materials throwing the light on this crime.

Zubair Zubairuev, head of the "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" Radio, sent an application to the public prosecutor of Dagestan, asking him to make a warning to Abumuslim Murtazaliev, Chairman of the Public Chamber, on inadmissibility of approving extremist leaflets and saying that it was a "form of attempt to return journalists back into legal field."

On October 26, President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev held a meeting with the organizers and participants of the roundtable that took place in Makhachkala under the project "Peace to the Caucasus".

In spite of 7 years expired after the Dubrovka terror act in Moscow, nobody has until now answered a number of important questions; the main ones are: why was it impossible to do without storming the building, which entailed so many victims killed by unknown gas and why special troops killed all the terrorists, although many of them were unconscious? The questions were asked by Mikhail Kriger, activist of the Solidarity Union with Political Prisoners.

As reported by Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, a criminal case on slander was initiated against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Ingush human rights activists express their extreme concern of the murder of Maksharip Aushev, a republic's well-known public figure.

Rosa Malsagova, former editor-in-chief of the website Ingushetia.Org", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Maksharip Aushev's relations with President Yunus-Bek Evkurov were not cloudless. After execution of Aushev's nephew earlier this April, Maksharip Aushev has repeatedly accused the republic's leadership of inability to stop extrajudicial executions.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that the murder of the well-known local oppositionist and public figure Maksharip Aushev was directed against the republic's leadership, and personally against him.