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Veterans of the Karabakh war and family members of the killed soldiers and officers are offered by the Azerbaijani authorities the low-paid jobs as builders and waiters, and owners of cars and land plots are refused to be recognized as unemployed, participants of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh complain.

This morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces have shelled a Karabakh military ambulance, no one was injured, the Ministry of Defence of the unrecognized republic reports. The Azerbaijani side claims that the ambulance was used for provocation.

In his video message addressed to Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister of the Press of Chechnya, Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, has announced his location and invited his opponent to meet. Earlier, Minister Dudaev reproached members of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey for evading a meeting.

The events of the "Promised Caucasus" Festival in Derbent have revealed the culture of mountain Jews in the context of other cultures with which it is intertwined, said Anatoly Golubovsky, the Culture Advisor to the President of the Russian Jewish Congress. Old-timers know and remember the contribution of the Jewish community to the city culture, Robert Ilishaev, the head of the local Jewish community, has stated.

The large-scale rally held by supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has become a serious argument of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party in favour of its intentions, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Azerbaijani militaries have attacked the positions of the Karabakh Army near the village of Nor Shen; six servicemen were seriously wounded, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson has informed.

An Azerbaijani military serviceman was killed by a sniper's shot made from the responsibility area of Russian peacemakers in Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the incident as a terror act.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Azerbaijani authorities to pay 24,900 euros to the Resource Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, as well as to its head, Asabali Mustafaev, for an unjustified blocking of bank accounts and a ban on leaving the country.

Magomed Tseretilov tried to secure the defence of Chechen authorities in his conflict with his ex-wife over his children, but in the end, after a talk with Chechen law enforcers and court marshals, he handed the children over to Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan.

A group of young people burst into the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, when a film about the journalist Gareth Jones was screened there.

The European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaints filed by relatives of killed Dagestani journalists Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev and Khadjimurad Kamalov and combined the two cases into one proceeding.

The FSB reports that 14 people suspected of financing Syrian militants were detained in seven regions of Russia, including Dagestan.

An unofficial visit of Ramzan Kadyrov to Turkey may be connected with his attempt to influence the situation with the detention of natives of Chechnya in a case on espionage, political analyst Alexei Malashenko suggests. Ramzan Kadyrov travelled to Turkey in connection with criticism from opponents, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev objects.

In Azerbaijan, a court found Rovshan Guseinov, an activist of the “Musavat” Party, guilty of disobeying the police, and sentenced him to 25 days of arrest. Colleagues of Rovshan Guseinov called his arrest the persecution for his active civic position.

Law enforcers have beaten up Alexei Dinisenko, a 19-year-old resident of the village of Tbilisskaya, forcing to confess to a theft, the young man himself has stated. Doctors diagnosed Dinisenko's craniocerebral trauma and bruises, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) stated on October 13.

The message about the release of two Iranian drivers, who were detained in September on the Goris-Kapan highway, was refuted by Iranian and Azerbaijani authorities. For the first time, Baku announced the names of the detainees and the crimes they are accused of.

Karabakh militaries did not shell the motor convoy in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

During the visit of the head of Chechnya to Turkey, opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov did not dare to approach and openly meet him, Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information, has stated. Khasan Khalitov, a blogger, has objected stating that Kadyrov's associates deliberately avoided people's meeting him in Turkey.

In Baku, human rights defenders have disputed about Lapshin's chances of receiving the monetary compensation for his arrest, torture and attempted murder in prison appointed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stopped his hunger strike on the 21st day thereof after persistent appeals of his parents, friends and political associates, his advocate has informed.