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Investigative actions in the case against journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev have not been carried out for at least a month, but an investigator refers to them as grounds for an extension of the journalist's arrest.

At the beginning of the activities on determining the Georgian-Azerbaijani border, Georgia proposed to use the map of 1938, and Azerbaijan the official maps of the republics compiled in the 1960s. According to the first map, the monasteries of Udabno and Chichkhituri are on the Georgian territory, while according to the second option, they are on the Azerbaijani side.

The advocate has stated health problems of Afghan Mukhtarly and called on the authorities to have mercy on him and other political prisoners. The founders of the Baku Press Club have joined this call.

Local officials may be really unhappy with Kadyrov, but any opposition to him is possible only with the support from Moscow, the interviewed political analysts are sure.

A resident of the Cherek District is accused of having entered into sexual intercourse with a minor. According to investigators, the Imam of the mosque contributed to the crime, since the couple managed to make a religious marriage.

The Panel for Militaries' Cases of the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict to Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, sentenced to 18 years in colony within the case of participation in Syrian fighters' groupings.

During a search conducted in the house of Khasan Katsiev's father in the city of Karabulak, law enforcers examined a laptop and all the phones, the activist's sister has stated. According to the advocate, on October 17, a court in Stavropol will consider a complaint against the extension of Katsiev's arrest.

In Makhachkala, a court left journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev in custody until November 13.

Apti Alaudinov, the chief of the Chechen police, denied the information that he fell into disgrace because of a comic slap to a portrait of Ramzan Kadyrov. The police chief called on people not to believe "every gossip."

Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev got in Jordan not the title of academician, but symbolic membership in the Institute for Islamic Thought, which does not provide any advantage in the Muslim world, note Arabists and Caucasian scholars.

A resident of Georgia and his alleged accomplice are suspected of kidnapping a 19-year-old girl in the south of the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia reports.

Searches in a case against the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) have been started in 30 regions of Russia, including at homes of an employee of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don and Yana Antonova, the former coordinator of the Krasnodar branch of the Open Russia (recognized in Russia as undesirable organization).

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled 21 times within 24 hours, including in the areas bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

The court has rejected all the arguments of his advocates and left the Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, under arrest. However, the defence will seek his liberation due to a sharp deterioration of his health.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reacted negatively to the words of Konstantin Zatulin, a Russian State Duma MP, that "conscience and justice" in the Karabakh conflict are on the Armenian side. The Union of Azerbaijanis in Russia has also condemned Zatulin's statement.

Azerbaijani football fans are outraged by the refereeing of a Euro-2020 qualifying match by the Dutch referee, Dennis Higler. The referee had unjustly deprived the Azerbaijani national team of one goal and judged a defeat instead of a draw, the protesters are sure.

The information about the poisoning of Ramzan Kadyrov by some conspirators from among his close retinue is not credible, but it could not appear in large Telegram channels by accident. Such a "leakage" may be an element of Kadyrov's promotion, analysts believe.

Activists went out to the buildings of law enforcement bodies, the Makhachkala Mayoralty and the Government of Dagestan demanding the release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was arrested within the case of financing terrorism.

Today, Ramzan Kadyrov, after a pause during which the information about a plot in his entourage was discussed, has appeared at an official meeting. The authorities' silence is heating up conspiracy theories, experts on the Caucasus have pointed out.

A horseback ride across Dagestan, organized by historians, is a reconstruction of Imam Shamil's way, not related to the resonant words of Ramzan Kadyrov about Shamil, scientists have pointed out. The tradition of equestrian rides is not peculiar for Dagestanis, the historians have emphasized.