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In Moscow, a daughter of a well-known MMA fighter, who criticized the children's MMA fights in Chechnya, was hospitalized after an attack on her. This was reported by the "Moskovsky Komsomolets". On her Twitter page, the author of the article posted by the "Moskovsky Komsomolets" reported that the daughter of Fyodor Emelianenko was attacked.

Abubakar Udziev, killed today in Gubden, was the leader of the grouping involved in killings of soldiers and civilians in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Members of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party were beaten by supporters of the "Georgian Dream" Party. This was reported by members of the "UNM" Party. According to them, a coordinator and a member of the election commission of the "UNM" Party were beaten in the district of Tetritskaro.

Khatai Nabiev, an activist of the Sumgait city branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) is subjected to a 30-day administrative arrest on the charge of disobeying the police. His party colleagues believe that the young man is being persecuted for his opposition activities.

In the Dagestani village of Gubden, three militants were killed in a blocked house. One of the suspects was on the federal wanted list, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

Today, the Moscow District Military Court has refused to support the motion filed by an advocate of Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova) to change the pre-trial restriction measure against his client.

Law enforcers have identified the four men suspected of an attack on policemen in the town of Prokhladny.

Chief Imam of the Cathedral Mosque of Moscow has offered Shiites to hold the events on the occasion of Day of Ashura on October 12 in other places rather than at the Cathedral Mosque.

The escalation of the armed conflict in four regions of Northern Caucasus may be connected both with strengthening of the armed underground and with the law enforcers' desire to demonstrate the efficiency of the National Guard. This opinion was voiced by experts on the Caucasus, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Eight members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and the "Yabloko" Party, who demand to cancel the election outcomes in Buynaksk, have announced their intention to go to court.

A cassation complaint has been lodged to the Astrakhan Regional Court by Igor Stenin, the leader of the nationalist movement "Russians of Astrakhan". He asserts in his complaint that the guilty verdict against him on charges of inciting extremism had been passed on the basis of falsified evidence.

Today, about 40 persons took part in an action in the central square of Makhachkala, demanding from the authorities to inform them about the whereabouts of the citizens of the republic, who disappeared during the period from May 2009 to October 2016.

Ukraine and the United States have granted the refugee status to Mikhail Savva, a Professor of the Kuban State University (KSU) and Director of Grant Programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC), convicted of a fraud. This was announced by Mr Savva himself.

The court has ruled to place Giya Mkheidze, a resident of Georgia, suspected of organizing pogroms at two polling stations – Nos. 79 and 108 in the village of Djikhashkari, – into pre-trial custody, the "Interfax" reports citing its source from the court.

In Krasnodar, a district police inspector is dismissed and comes under investigation. He is suspected of the fact that he has beaten a detainee, threatened him to falsify a criminal case against him, and tried to extort 500,000 roubles from him. When the policeman got no money from the detainee, he took the detainee's car. This has been reported today by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

A boy, who was knocked out by a son of Ramzan Kadyrov during a performance fight in Grozny, was not injured, since the fight was staged and the winner was determined in advance. This was reported by the father of the defeated boy.

In Sochi, at the session of the Adler District Court in the case against builder Mardiros Demerchyan, accused of slander, the policemen and medical attendants have claimed that no torture was used against Mardiros Demerchyan and that he got no bodily harm. The defence of the accused builder has drawn the Court's attention to the fact that the testimonies given by the policemen contain a lot of contradictions.

In Sochi, Atsamaz Khadikov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), held a picket with the demand to take actions against environmental pollution in Vladikavkaz by the "Electrozink" Factory.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has closed the criminal cases of abuse of power, which had been earlier filed against businessmen Magomed and Akhmed Bilalov. This was reported by the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel with reference to its own sources.

At the trial in the "Nardaran case", witnesses have claimed that after the detention, they were subjected to pressure to testify against Talekh Bagirzade, the chairman of the movement "Muslim Unity", reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.