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Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" have started a sitting picket in front of the Armenian Parliament with the demand of a meeting with Grair Tovmasyan, Chief of the Office of the National Assembly.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been cancelled in the territories of Derbent, Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts of Dagestan. This was reported by an official from the operational headquarters for Dagestan.

On October 26, the oppositional "Amtsakhara" Party issued a statement, in which it offers, in a short time, to reform the executive power in Abkhazia. In particular, they intend to "abolish the posts of Prime Minister and Vice-Prime Ministers, and to create, with this in mind, a single mechanism of executive power," the TASS reports.

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has completed the trial in the criminal case against Telman Bekirov and Mubariz Tairov, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the territory of Syria. Each of them was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment.

At the Donetsk City Court, where the criminal case against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko is being considered, a conflict has occurred because of a drawing made in a sketchbook by a staff member of the French Embassy, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported that the indictment in the criminal case against members of the UNA-UNSO contains factual errors and contradictions.

Imam of Novokayakent Isa Koitemirov is not involved in the crimes incriminated to him, said the congregation of the local mosque. According to parishioners, the persecution of the Imam is explained by the need of policemen to report to their bosses of their anti-extremist work.

At night on October 25, Isa Koitemirov, Imam of the village of Novokayakent, was taken to the Kayakent ROVD (District Interior Division), where his detention was documented, said his advocate.

After a retrial of the case of Zaur Tokhov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), his prison term was increased by two years. His defence that insists on complete Tokhov's innocence has challenged the verdict at the Supreme Court of the KBR.

Abdula Nustafaev, killed in Gimry, had not sworn to "Islamic State" (IS); and his death is a blow to already weak "Imarat Kavkaz", said journalist Orhan Jemal; and Professor Mikhail Roschin believes that power agents use allegations of Nustafaev's involvement in the IS to exaggerate their achievements.

According to the police, during a search in the house of a Novokayakent villager, weapons, ammunition, drugs and extremist literature were found.

Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" demand a meeting with the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament in the presence of heads of parliamentary factions to discuss the country's accumulated problems.

The public organization "Nord-Ost", promoting the protection of victims to the terror acts, held the event to pay tribute to the memory of the victims to the siege of Moscow Dubrovka Theatre in 2002.

During the week of October 19-25, 2015, 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.

At the meeting with family members of militants of illegal armed formations (IAFs), Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has asked them to help their relatives to lay down arms and surrender to the law enforcement bodies.

A female native of Dagestan has been released after being detained in Turkey during a police raid against suspected members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a member of a Turkish human rights organization.

At night of October 25, in Batumi, unidentified persons broke into the house of Irakli Tavartkiladze, a member of the "United National Movement" Party. He believes the attack was politically motivated, and the police launched an investigation into the case under the article of theft.

Today, a brother of Isa Koitemirov, Imam of the Dagestani village of Kayakent, has reported about his detention. The brother of the detained Imam believes that weapons were planted to Isa Koitemirov by law enforcers during a search. Advocate Vladimir Korkhalev has filed a complaint to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

Advocate Rustam Yunusov has filed a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in which he has reported that his client Shamil Gazimagomedov was beaten at SIZO (pre-trial prison). Earlier, Shamil Gazimagomedov was found guilty in the case of the terror act in Pyatigorsk.

The draft amendments to the Armenia's Constitution have been fully approved by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (CE), which described them as "consistent with the international standards of democracy."