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Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces 104 times violated the ceasefire on the contact line. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Anvar Ismayilov and Rasul Radjabov, who were killed on October 4 in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) area in the Babayurt District of Dagestan, were not involved in the armed underground and were kidnapped on the eve of their execution. This was reported by their relatives.

Roman Zabolotniy was carrying out a military mission in Syria. This was reported by Anatoly Kotlyarov, a member of the Rostov City Duma and one of the Cossack's friends. Neighbours of Roman Zabolotniy said he took part in military operations and sang in a Cossack choir.

In the modern world, the right of peoples to self-determination is violated everywhere; and the international community applies the "double standards" policy, the residents of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in connection with the events in Catalonia, have stated.

Ruslan Gvashev, detained on his way to Krasnodar, was released by the police only after the rally in his support was over. Gvashev said that he was surprised by the massive nature of the spontaneous action.

In its resolution, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has condemned the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya. Senators have also called on the US authorities to check whether the Magnitsky Act can be applied to the persons guilty of detaining and torturing homosexuals in Chechnya.

Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has stopped his hunger strike at a request voiced by participants in a rally in his support. More than 200 people came to the action in front of the court building in Krasnodar.

Cossack Roman Zabolotniy captured by militants in Syria was executed with another Russian citizen after refusing to become a member of the IS. The work is underway to organize the transportation of his body to his homeland. This was reported by Victor Vodolatsky, a State Duma member, the former ataman of the All-Great Don Cossack Army.

Power agents have dispersed residents of the Makhachkala dwelling settlement of Krasnoarmeisk, who opposed demolition of houses, Magomed Guseinov, the chairman of the local board of elders, reports. According to his story, policemen were shooting in the air and detained ten people.

A resident of Ingushetia has joined militants in Syria and continues to fight against government forces, investigators report.

In Sochi, after a three-hour detention, policemen allowed Ruslan Gvashev to continue his journey to Krasnodar to attend a court hearing. However, in Tuapse, the car with the activist was stopped again.

Yet in January, law enforcers informed relatives of Makhma Muskiev that he had been killed. After that, Makhma Muskiev did not appear at home and could not be brought from Tsotsi-Yurt to a meeting with the Russia's Ombudsperson, believe residents of Chechnya.

Arbi Bantaev, a native of Chechnya, became one of the persons killed in the Kursk Region in a shootout with border guards. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement agencies. According to them, four persons tried to cross the border, including Ali Demelkhanov, who led the Khasavyurt militants.

The power of incomplete explosive devices defused by combat engineers in Makhachkala was 200 grams of TNT.

Cossack Roman Zabolotniy, captured by militants in Syria, was executed. This was reported by Anatoly Kotlyarov, a member of the Rostov City Duma. Till present, the information has not been confirmed officially. According to the All-Great Don Cossack Army, Roman Zabolotniy was not a contract officer.

Zulkhizhat Abdullaeva, who came from Turkey to visit her relatives in Dagestan, was kept at the police station for about eight hours, her relatives report.

The court found the Azerbaijani religious activist Revan Ismailov guilty of disobeying the police and administratively arrested him for 30 days. Ismailov has treated the judgement as political.

The war on corruption should become the main goal of the new leader of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev. He should fully renovate the government and dismiss the corrupt officials, Makhachkala townspeople believe.

Tatiana Moskalkova has promised to send repeated requests to Chechnya about the fate of people from the "execution list", but this will give no fruit, because the requests will get to the same power agents, Oleg Orlov, a Board Member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is sure.

In the case on creation of a cell for the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia, in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), five defendants have complained of torture to the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Advocate of the defendants requested to prosecutors to check the defendants' complaints.