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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.

Opposition parties have refused to take part in the action in support of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, as they are not ready to see him as their leader, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.

A convoy of vehicles with building materials was shelled upon in the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Today, a court has resumed the consideration of a case against cartographers Natalia Ilyichyova and Iveri Melashvili, accused of transferring part of the lands of Georgia, including the David Gareja monastery, to Azerbaijan. According to an official from the Prosecutor’s Office, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, will be questioned in the case.

Today, Salim Khalitov has held a picket with the demand to return to the national election for the leader of Dagestan. The picketer questioned the legitimacy of the election of the regional leader by the current composition of the People’s Assembly.

Members of the “European Georgia”, “Lelo”, and “Girchi” Parties urged their colleagues to focus on the second round of municipal elections, and not on the release of Mikhail Saakashvili. The oppositionists announced that they would not take part in the action planned by the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has appointed 18,700 euros of compensation to Lyudmila Selipetova, whose son, according to investigators, committed suicide while serving in the army in North Ossetia.

There are indeed many greenhouses in the village of Novo-Maka in the Suleiman-Stalsky District, but no one is taken into slavery, Takhmez Nazaraliev, a villager, has stated. Meilan Abasmirzoev, a deputy head of the administration of the Novo-Maka rural settlement, has not believed in the story of two Moscow residents; he thinks that the presence of greenhouses in the village does not mean that people are kept in slavery there.

In the evening on October 12, activists of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party held a protest action near Rustavi Prison, demanding to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president, to hospital for treatment after his hunger strike.

The preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was held at the Achkhoi-Martan District Court, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group has reported. The advocates lodged a motion asking to transfer the trial to a court of another region, because no objective consideration of the case is possible in Chechnya.

Armenia has approved a law on a threefold increase in compensation for insult and defamation. This decision of the Constitutional Court has demonstrated its dependence on the authorities; the amendments will act against political opponents of the ruling power, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The ninth-grader suspected of fatally stabbing his peer at a Makhachkala school has been placed in custody for two months.

Ariana Lolaeva, a native of Vladikavkaz, recorded a second video with apologies. The young woman is crying in front of the camera and saying that she was “seriously talked to” and that she lost her job.

Today, in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building, the UN office, and the embassies of the Co-Chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun communication on complaints filed by nine persons sentenced in the “Nardaran case” who complained about ill-treatment and lack of effective remedies.

An incident, when two Moscow residents were deceived, brought to Dagestan, and forced to work in a greenhouse there, became the first case of labour slavery of tourists in the republic, the leader of the “Alternative” movement stated.

Today, several Russian media have organized a marathon with the demand to repeal the law on foreign agents and called it discriminatory. The “Caucasian Knot” has joined the protest action.

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, who has gone on a hunger strike to protest against his arrest, is trying to look healthy and cheerful, but looks worse than usual, his mother, Giuli Alasaniya, said after visiting her son in jail.

Iran has accused of the presence of third countries' military servicemen, in particular, Israeli ones, on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border. In its turn, Baku has refuted the Iran's accusations, stating that Azerbaijan is able to independently defend its borders and has no need of foreign experts' help.

The extradition of Mikhail Saakashvili to Ukraine, of which he is a citizen, is excluded; he will be able to leave Georgia after serving his sentence, Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, has stated.