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In accordance with the law, deputies of the Buynaksk City Council may achieve the dismissal of the City Mayor. This was noted by Andrei Buzin, a member of the organization "Voice", and Magomed Magomedov, a Dagestani journalist and lawyer.

The North Ossetian projects, which have not won any grants at the Youth Forum "Mashuk" in Pyatigorsk, will be supported by the regional authorities. Authors of those projects believe that they were defeated by their counterparts because of the new system of expert evaluation.

The procedure for bringing to responsibility Igor Stenin, the head of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", for his post in a social network has not been fully completed. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Relatives of Tagir and Abo Bogatyryov, villagers Surkhakhi and figurants of criminal cases on participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF), denied the justification of suspicions against Tagir and Abo.

In the opinion of Isida Chaniya, the editor-in-chief of the Abkhazian edition "Needed Newspaper", the today's actions in Sukhumi, as well as statements of the President and the opposition, may result in serious political consequences.

During the autumn conscription to army, Dagestan plans to send for military service in the army the greatest number of conscripts 1500. The smallest number of all conscripts, as compared to other republics from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), will be sent to the army from Ingushetia 400 conscripts.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a criminal case against a mathematics teacher of a school in the Cherek District is under investigation. While searching his car, law enforcers found during a Makarov pistol and two fragmentation grenades, the Prosecutor's Office reports.

Umar Akhtaev, a resident of Chechnya, is to face trial on charge of undermining a grenade inside a police car.

Participants of the rally held to mark the second anniversary of the terror act in Volgograd have expressed the need for the prevention of terrorism and promotion of tolerance among young people.

Gazimagomed Aligadjiev and Gazimagomed Kamilbegov, residents of the village of Gimry, suspected of involvement in the armed underground, were detained after the voluntary surrender to the authorities.

Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Prosecutor's Office do not provide any information on the whereabouts of Djamal Djamalov, a resident of Kizilyurt, who was detained on suspicion of drug possession.

Following the results of consideration of the appeal filed by "Community of Creative Forces" against the Chechen Supreme Court's decision on the liquidation of the organization, the Russian Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict.

The Armenian authorities have been slow to make decisions on issues of rehabilitation of persons sentenced to life imprisonment, and the power demonstrates the lack of political will to change anything. This was stated by participants of the discussion on life sentence held in Yerevan on October 20.

Konstantin Zatulin, President of the Institute for CIS countries, sees the reason for the closure of the "Union of Georgians in Russia" in bureaucratic formalities. Levon Mukanyan, Vice-President of the "Union of Armenians of Russia", treats the "Union of Georgians in Russia" as an active pro-Russian organization.

Djamal Djamalov, a 43-year-old resident of Dagestan, was kidnapped in Kizilyurt. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Gadji Djamalov, a brother of the kidnapped man.

The authorities of South Ossetia do not seek the elimination of the NCO sector in the republic. This was stated by Amiran Dyakonov, an MP from the People's Party, one of the developers of the current NCO law.

The statement on declared jihad made by the main propagandist of the "Islamic State" (IS) prohibited in Russia and recognized as a terrorist organization should be taken seriously, journalist Orkhan Djemal believes.

Tagir, Abo and Abdul-Kadyr Bogatyryov, residents of the village of Surkhakhi, detained during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), became defendants in the criminal cases on involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). Alikhan Bogatyryov, a fourth detainee, is under administrative arrest, after which he will be allowed to go home.

No criminal proceedings were initiated about the fact of beating of former policeman Artyom Khatukhov in the city of Terek, and no measures were taken against a suspect. This was reported by the victim. Artyom Khatukhov applied to the prosecutor's office, in which he demanded to deal with the inaction of law enforcement officers.

In Northern Caucasus, militants actively use Internet. This opinion was expressed by political analyst Akhmet Yarlykapov. His colleague Yana Amelina believes that militants have no need to use modern means of communication.