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Ravil Rasulov, who died at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Volgograd Region, could have been tortured, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has stated, adding that there were traces of beatings on Rasulov's body. Ravil's wife has also denied the version of his suicide.

In the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, two inmates of a maximum security colony have climbed onto the roof of a building and set fire to their clothes in protest against removal to another detachment.

Peacemakers have brought essentials, clothes and shoes to refugees and large families in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence has informed.

In North Ossetia, an assistant to the chief of a penal colony did not stop the violation of the rules of behaviour by prisoners at night, which led to the death of one of them, investigators suggested.

In Dagestan, without a QR code or a coronavirus survival certificate, people are not allowed to visit shopping centres or go to the market, and visitors to cafes must also produce the above-mentioned documents, local residents say. The innovation affected the activities of small businesses, as the number of cafe visitors decreased significantly, entrepreneurs note.

Sixteen officials are found guilty of using violence against more than 100 suspects accused of cooperation with the Armenian special services and the preparation of acts of sabotage and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. The above has been announced by the Deputy General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan.

Second round of municipal elections in Georgia; beginning of the unplanned holidays announced because of the coronavirus spread and the introduction of QR codes in Southern Russia; anniversary of the terror act during the “Nord-Ost” musical show; visit of the President of Turkey to Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 25-31, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In Gudermes, law enforcers took three 14-year-old girls to the police; one of them posted a video filmed on the edge of the balcony; and their parents were brought to responsibility. Instagram users who watched the video clip reproached their parents for their poor control over the teenagers.

During the week from October 25 to October 31, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

The "Roskomnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) has demanded from the YouTube to block the video by Adam Gisaev, a native of Chechnya and a former prisoner, telling about torture at the Irkutsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), which was posted on the channel of the human rights project Gulagu.net.

The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) has presented the report, in which three women detained by Chechen law enforcers for practising witchcraft, were scolded, as "psychics' battle under law enforcers' supervision." Some Instagram users believe that this sarcasm was inappropriate.

The election campaign passed amid intimidation of voters and pressure on them, the Embassy of the European Union (EU) to Georgia has stated. A sharp imbalance of resources in favour of the ruling party has affected the election outcomes, the head of the mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has stressed.

After their return from exile, the repressed residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) failed to receive compensations for their seized or lost property; now they are paid only a small surcharge to their pensions, Marx Shakhmurzov, the head of the Association of Victims of Political Repressions, has stated at a rally held in Nalchik.

Eight criminal cases have been initiated in connection with the incidents that occurred during the voting at the second round of municipal elections, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The NGOs "Transparency International" and the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) have filed 32 complaints with the Central Election Commission (CEC).

On October 30, residents of Volgograd, individually and in small groups, laid flowers at the monument to repressed people and read out their names.

Vadim Cheldiev, an Ossetian opera singer, who is accused of organizing riots in Vladikavkaz, may be harshly sentenced by the court. In this way, authorities hope to prevent a rise of protest sentiments amid roughening restrictions on coronavirus, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Several skirmishes have broken out during local elections in Batumi and Zugdidi. Members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party and the opposition have exchanged accusations of trying to interfere with observers' work.

The second round of elections in the Gldani District of Tbilisi began with a lower voter turnout than the first round, observers have noted.

The criminal case about the purchase by an official from the city administration of apartments unfit for living intended for orphans has been sent to the court. While the case was being investigated, the administration provided the orphans with comfortable housing.

The Elista City Court has ruled to fine Valentina Erdnieva, an activist of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People, by 20,000 roubles for her solo pickets in the city centre.