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Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, refused to give an assessment to the threatening statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting in the Chechen government. Dmitry Peskov never comments on Ramzan Kadyrov's statements, journalists note at a briefing.

The court extended for three months the period of detention in custody for Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the protests in Ingushetia.

Two residents of the border Georgian village of Koda were wounded in an armed clash with policemen, the KGB of South Ossetia reported. The Georgian secret services called the South-Ossetian KGB's report disinformation.

Today, opposition activists and students on strike have gathered in front of the Armenian government building with the demand for the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan, Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports. After the minister has refused to come out to the protesters, about 70 of them started a sedentary picket.

Today, the court has left Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, under the arrest. The court's decision provoked a protest rally of his supporters.

Islam Kadyrov has appeared in Kenkhi only once after Ramazan Djalaldinov's video appeal, but his only action was to intimidate local state servants; but the villagers' main problems remained unresolved for the fourth year in a row.

Zakro Butkhuzi, a Georgian villager, has been detained by South-Ossetian agents, the authorities of South Ossetia informed on November 6.

The comments of Chechen officials, who justify torture, are elements of the programme aimed to intimidate the opposition-minded youth, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan contains 135 persons, including six journalists, seven political activists and 53 believers, says the study by the Union "Freedom for Azerbaijani Political Prisoners" (UFAPP).

Opponents of LGBT people have opposed the screening of the film "And then we danced" in Georgian cinemas; the film tells about the love of two performers of Georgian folk dances. Activists have announced protest actions.

At a meeting with the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to reveal authors of negative materials about the republic and social network users, who comment them. This demand looks like another threat of persecution for the right to have one's own opinion, Galina Arapova, a media lawyer, believes.

Alikhan Oskanov, a native of Ingushetia, was released after interrogation in Moscow. Suspicions of his involvement in Ibragim Eldjarkiev's murder have not confirmed.

At the residence of the President of Georgia, protesters demanded to pardon Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze.

Said-Magomed Chapanov, an advocate of the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his colleague, Ravil Tugushev, have flown to the city of Chita to defend the interests of the Tyumen conscript, Ramil Shamsutdinov, who is accused of killing his eight comrades-in-arms.

In Moscow, FSB agents have detained Alikhan Oskanov, suspected of involvement in the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush "E" Centre (CCE – Centre for Combating Extremism), a law enforcement source has informed.

More than five hundred students have gone on strike today in protest against the initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to make the study of the history of Armenia, the Armenian language and literature optional at non-humanitarian departments.

A special plane took to Turkey Ogtai Gyulyalyev, who stayed in critical condition after a road traffic accident in Baku. Ogtai Gyulyalyev will not come out of a coma during several weeks, his doctor suggests.

For activities in Chechnya, a traditional healer should have a medical education diploma and get permission from a special commission, the Ministry for Public Health of Chechnya announces. The initiative of the authorities will result in hidden charges for healers, suggest local herb healers.

Turkish doctors invited by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation have offered to transfer human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev to an Istanbul clinic for medical treatment. However, they do not guarantee such a transfer will help the patient come out of a coma and recover.

In Azerbaijan, leaders of several opposition parties and activists of civil society held a meeting at which they agreed to jointly oppose the authoritarian regime in the country.