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NGO "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy" demands to recount ballots in some polling stations and to annul the results of the voting at the parliamentary elections at one polling station.

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has reclassified the actions of Emilia Bzarova, an activist of the "Voice of Beslan", involved in the protest action. As a result, her punishment was commuted from 20 down to 10 hours of community service.

During the week of October 24-30, 2016, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, the Buynaksk District Court has pronounced the decision in the lawsuit filed by physician Daniyal Alkhasov to exclude his name from the so-called prevention registration list. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Oleg Orlov, a manager of the "Hot Spots" programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Today, in Makhachkala, local residents have come to two actions of protest. In Lenin Square, protesters demanded resignation of the City Mayor, and mothers of disappeared young Dagestani residents gathered in front of the Russian Theatre. The police detained some of the participants of the protest in front of the City Mayor's Office.

Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC), has announced her intention to prepare a report on violations committed during the elections of September 18 in Dagestan and to send it to the law enforcement authorities and the Russian leaders.

Today, about 20 relatives of the arrested residents of the Yerevan district of Sari Tag have come to a protest action. They demand to release their family members.

According to the preliminary information of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party won in 48 single-seat electoral districts at the second round of parliamentary elections.

In the evening of October 30, activist Boris Volokh held a picket in front of the former NKVD building in the historic centre of the Kuban capital. He has called on to remember the people who died for their beliefs, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

According to the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, the second round of voting at the parliamentary elections was held in atmosphere of intimidation and with use of various mechanisms of falsification.

Today, in Nalchik, in the Central City Park near the monument to victims of political repressions, activists have held annual rally, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Today, in Volgograd, a mourning rally has taken place near the monument to the victims of political repressions. According to the organizers, the memorial event was attended by 52 residents of Volgograd.

For one day, more than 10,000 signatures were collected under the petition with the demand to punish the persons responsible for mass poisoning by drinking water in Makhachkala, to ensure cleanliness of streets and uninterrupted supply of residents of Dagestan with water, gas, and electricity.

For the first time since more than two-month detention in custody, Fuad Akhmedli, the leader of the Khatai branch of the Youth Committee of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is allowed to be visited by his family members at the Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison). The defence claims unfounded detention of the young man in custody and inconsistency of the charges filed against him.

On October 28, the Azerbaijani Court of Appeal (CoA) rejected the complaint against the extension of the arrest of the journalist Fikret Faramazoglu. His defence now intends to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

On October 28, the consideration of the transfer of Igor Stenin, the leader of the nationalist movement "Russians of Astrakhan", to the general-security colony was disrupted, because that one day before the trial, Stenin was convoyed to the Tambov Region.

In Krasnodar, about a dozen Orthodox activists will take part in raids to night clubs and bars holding Halloween parties. This was announced by Roman Plyuta, the leader of the "Orthodox Union".

During the raids, launched on September 28, Chechen policemen detained 10,104 drivers, who violated the traffic rules. This was learned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic.

A mudflow has flooded 35 houses in the village of Alar, Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan. Locals believe that the flood was caused by destruction of a dam in the neighbouring village, and blame local authorities for inaction.

Witnesses in the "Nardaran case", who retracted false testimonies, "knocked out" of them during the preliminary investigation, were subjected to torture by policemen. This was reported by advocate Yalchin Imanov.