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In Moscow, the problem with wearing religious clothes in the Pirogov Medical University has been solved: Muslim female students will be allowed to attend the university, including in hijabs; however, wearing of medical uniform is mandatory.

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has published a list of persons recognized as political prisoners. The list includes 46 persons, namely, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, Zarema Bagavutdinova, a member of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), Evgeny Vitishko, an ecologist from the KrasnodarTerritory, and others.

Maksud Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Akhvakh People", has joined the hunger strike demanding the resignation of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov. Maksud Gadjiev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his goal is to draw – by means of the action – attention to the issue of indigenous minor nations of Dagestan.

Today in Volgograd, about 80 people have commemorated the victims of political repressions. The rally was held at the monument to victims of political repressions "Stretching into the Sky". It was organized by local authorities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Azerbaijan, Djavad Djavadov, one of the advocates of arrested rights defender Leyla Yunus, has been withdrawn from the defence. According to him, investigators have motivated the withdrawal by the fact that he is involved in the case against Leyla Yunus as a witness.

Today, a verdict has been announced to the filmmaker Eldaniz Guliev, charged with insult and defamation under the lawsuit filed by the Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov. The court has sentenced Guliev to a fine of 1000 manats (about 1227 US dollars) and 480 hours of community works.

Defenders of Alexander Tolmachov, a Rostov journalist and publisher, who has been sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for extortion, intend to challenge the verdict announced by the Kuschevskaya District Court of the Krasnodar Territory. According to the public defender of the journalist, the Court has ignored the defence arguments in the case.

On October 29, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala made a decision to re-take into custody Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul, who was detained after the special operation.

Svetlana Krivsun, a native of the town of Yeisk of the Krasnodar Territory, has become one of the defendants in the criminal case of the private jet crash that occurred at the Moscow Vnukovo Airport on October 21. She is under house arrest and interrogated as a defendant.

In Grozny, in the Press House, relatives of 60 disappeared and kidnapped citizens obtained the so-called "genetic passports". According to representatives of local NGOs, obtaining genetic passports significantly increases the chances to learn about the fate of disappeared persons.

Relatives of Ingush rights defender Maksharip Aushev have appealed to the Russian President, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), and the leader of Ingushetia with a request to resume the investigation and send the criminal case to Ingushetia.

In Moscow, natives of Northern Caucasus hold solo pickets demanding to lift the decree issued by the Rector of the Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov. The decree bans "clothing indicating particular nationality or religion", and it is to come into force on November 1, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The next week, the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) is to appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation in connection with possible violations of the rights of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, accused of drug trafficking. This is the result of the Imam's meeting with Mikhail Fedotov, the Chairman of the HRC.

Today, in Makhachkala, eight members of NGOs from different districts of Dagestan have declared a hunger strike demanding the resignation of the Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov. Besides, the protestors also spoke against corruption.

Today, the failure of justice in the cases on journalists' murders is one of the main enemies of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) states. According to the CPJ, 370 journalists were killed throughout the world during the period of 2004-2013. Meanwhile, according to the CPJ, no one has been held criminally liable for 333 of the above mentioned murders of journalists.

Alexander Tolmachov, a Rostov journalist and publisher, accused of extortion, has been sentenced to nine years in a high-security penal colony.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the appeal filed by Azerbaijani human rights defender Intigam Aliev about the extension of his arrest and refusal to replace the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest by house arrest or release on bail.

The Kizilyurt District Court of Dagestan has sentenced Kasum Magomedov, found guilty of the murder of his niece, to seven years in a high-security penal colony. The defendant has pleaded guilty.

Azerbaijani Court has extended for four months the arrest of Arif Yunus, a staff member of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD). The defence treats the Court's decision groundless and intends to appeal against it.

On October 28, mothers of large families from the Volgograd Region held a picket in Moscow. The protestors demand from the authorities to fulfil social obligations of the state.