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Today, October 7, marks the tenth anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". The customer of the murder has not yet been identified, and he enjoys its impunity against the background of the authorities' reluctance to solve the crime. This opinion was expressed by relative of Anna Politkovskaya and staff members of the "Novaya Gazeta".

In Grozny, no law was violated while organizing children's performance fights. This was declared by Khamzat Khirakhmatov, Ombudsman for Children in Chechnya. His opinion was challenged in absentia by Anna Kuznetsova, Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights. She noted that "the fights were held as performance, but children in fact stroke each other."

Seven residents of Khasavyurt, four residents of Kaspiysk, and a native of Dagestan, who came from abroad to visit his relatives in Makhachkala, were kidnapped in the period from September 19 to October 4. These are the results of the calculations run by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Svetlana Isaeva, the leader of the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", who stopped answering calls to her mobile phone on her way to the Rostov Region, has contacted her colleagues. At present, she is in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by Yuri Blokhin, Deputy Chairman of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) for the Rostov Region.

In Makhachkala, the police detained six relatives of the residents of Dagestan who disappeared on September 27. The detainees were brought to the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Soviet District of Makhachkala. This was reported by the wife of disappeared Shamil Djamalutdinov.

In Tbilisi, Mariam Basharauli and Vazha Morgoshiya, activists of the NGO "Free Zone", were detained by agents of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS).

In Chechnya, cars are seized and brought to car pounds for any violation of the traffic regulations and toning of car windows. This was reported by car owners. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the current measures are aimed at reducing number of road traffic accidents.

According to owners and top managers of the Kuban agricultural company "Novaya Zhizn" (New Life), Nina Karpenko, an activist of the farmers' movement, stole their agricultural equipment. Nina Karpenko herself claims being slandered and pressured and associates the incident with her concern over the fate of workers of the agricultural company.

The public committee to protect the rights of Rufat Safarov, a former investigator of the Zardob District Prosecutor's Office, sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment on the charge of bribery, includes advocates, journalists, human rights defenders, and poets. This was reported by Eldaniz Guliev, the chair of the established committee.

Today, in Dagestan, residents of the village of Shushiya of the Novolaksky District have gathered for a rally with the demand to return to the village 16.7 hectares of land plots. According to the villagers, they are waiting for the district leaders for talks.

Today, the operational headquarters for Dagestan has lifted the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, introduced in the Tabasaran District on October 2.

Organizers of the competitions in mixed martial arts (MMA), with performances of children, including sons of Ramzan Kadyrov, will be asked to submit the information about participants of the tournament. After that, the investigation into the competitions will take place. This was stated by Pavel Kolobkov, Russian Deputy Minister of Sports.

On October 5, in Gukovo, about 100 miners gathered for a rally in front of the office of the "Kingcoal" former coal company. The protestors refuted the reports that 20 million roubles of wage arrears were paid off to them.

Zalina Alkhasova, who worked as an assistant to Lera Alkhasova, a representative of "victims of Chernobyl" from Kabardino-Balkaria in the courts, pleaded not guilty of fraud. She has made a decision to appeal against the verdict, her advocate reports.

In Makhachkala, participants of the rally decided to finish their protest action after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Dagestani government. The official promised to try to reveal the whereabouts of four disappeared residents of Dagestan until 11:00 a.m. on October 6.

According to residents of Chechnya, the inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov is artificially combined with his birthday. The residents of Chechnya report that the inauguration ceremony takes place at enhanced security measures.

Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance", is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. She can be awarded such a reward, in particular, for her activities on protection of migrants' rights.

Svetlana Isaeva, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) stopped answering calls to her mobile phone on her way to Rostov-on-Don.

In Grozny, the Grand Prix Akhmat-2016 tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) held the children's exhibition performance. They were won by three sons of Ramzan Kadyrov, 10, 9, and 8 years old. Internet users have strongly condemned the involvement of children in the competitions.

The Moscow District Military Court has started to consider on the merits the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). The defendant pleaded not guilty.