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Krasnodar nationalists failed three times to coordinate the today's "Russian March" with the authorities; and, finally, only seven persons came to the action, and its route was essentially cut.

In Khasavyurt, a shootout occurred after law enforcers had tried to stop a car to check the driver's documents. The incident has occurred last night during the special operation in Khasavyurt.

Today, in the centre of Grozny, a rally dedicated to the Day of People's Unity was held in the square in front of the Mosque "Heart of Chechnya". Tens of thousands of people attended the rally. Some participants of the rally told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they were forced to come to the celebration of the Day of People's Unity.

Temur Kobaliya, the head of the Human Rights Council of Volgograd, has reported about the visit of officials of the criminal investigation department to his apartment in the Krasnooktbyarsky District.

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree awarding Abdurashid Nurbagandov the Order of Courage. According to the leader of Dagestan, on July 10, the man was killed by militants after he came to the defence of his 10-year-old brother. Policeman Magomed Nurbagandov, an elder brother of Abdurashid Nurbagandov, was killed together with him after he had refused to call on his colleagues to quit their service at the police.

In a community of followers of the Ossetian paganism in "VKontakte", someone posted a message expressing support for the murderers of Ibragim Dudarov, Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia, and criticizing a speech delivered by a Muftiate's official in one of the higher education institutions. The Muftiate of North Ossetia has filed a complaint to the law enforcement bodies with a request to bring authors of the post to responsibility for inciting religious hatred.

The new judge, who is considering the complaints, lodged by the women-participants of the September 1 protest in Beslan, against the verdict, has upheld the fines imposed on two activists. The trial was accompanied by constant debates of the activists with the judge, who rejected all the motions of the defence, including three disqualification demands.

The Sovietsky Court of Makhachkala has placed Magomed Murtazaliev, Director General of the OJSC "Mahachkalavodokanal" (water supply and sewage authority), behind bars for two months, having accused him of rendering services, which fail to meet safety requirements, said a source from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The Moscow City Property Department has explained the closing of the Russian representative office of the Amnesty International (AI) in Moscow by the fact that the office was inaccurate in paying the due rental fee. However, rights defenders deny this and are ready to go to court, if necessary.

The court has granted the claims of the Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Chechnya demanding to block 39 Internet websites, dedicated to the ways of committing suicide and calls for committing it.

On October 31, residents, desperate and indignant with city problems, came out to a rally in Makhachkala; nobody directed their actions, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, about 50 workers of the "Nairit" factory have blocked Bagratunyants Street near the plant. The protestors demand to pay them wages for four months. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Grachya Tadevosyan, the leader of the trade union of the "Nairit" factory.

According to residents of Makhachkala, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", there are sufficient amount of medicines in hospitals, and physicians render all necessary medical care to the victims of poisoning. However, the city residents believe the reaction of the authorities on the incident is insufficient.

In its "2016 World Press Freedom Index", the International Organization to Protect Journalists "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has put Russia on the 148th position out of 180 places. Meanwhile, the RWB calls Chechnya a "black hole for news."

In the evening of November 2, relatives of three activists, arrested after the clash with the police on July 20 inKhorenatsi Street, have held a protest action in front of the presidential residence. They demanded to clear their family members from charges, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Narek Sargsyan, accused of involvement in mass riots of July 20 inKhorenatsi Street, has declared a hunger strike. He demands to change his pre-trial freedom restriction measure.

In Dagestan, Magomed Murtazaliev, Director General of the OJSC "Mahachkalavodokanal", has been detained on suspicion of providing services that violate consumers' safety.

Sixteen alleged members of a criminal grouping have been detained in Germany. Most of them are natives of Chechnya seeking asylum in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The court has allowed Ogtai Gyulyalyev, the head of the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan Without Political Prisoners", to leave the country, but today officials refused to give him a passport, saying that the ban on his travels abroad is still in force, Ogtai said himself.

According to Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), she got the death threats voiced by unidentified people on the phone and posted on the social networks.