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Today, in Akhtubinsk, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has held a rally demanding to maintain the municipal enterprise "Akhtuba ATP" (auto transport company). Besides, the rally also supported the employees of the "Akhtuba ATP" who had declared a hunger strike.

Law enforcers carried out mass detentions of young people after the prayer in the mosque, located in the area of the Makhachkala garden and dacha community "Palmyra". This was reported by eyewitnesses.

Staff members of public organizations and political parties, operating in Sochi, held a two-hour action with the slogan "Against fraud at the elections to the City Assembly".

A unit of militants in Syria, known as "Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar" and consisting largely of natives of Northern Caucasus, has joined the grouping "Jabhet al-Nusra" (The Victory Front), which is fighting both against the government forces and against the "Islamic State" (IS) in Syria.

Today, in Azerbaijan, the Narimanov District Court has pronounced the decision to arrest Mamed Ibragim, Adviser to the Chair of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was detained after a conflict with Mikail Guliev, a former member of the PFPA.

On October 2, the anti-terror exercises of the law enforcement bodies were held in the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya. On September 30, the similar anti-terror exercises were held in the city of Grozny, in the territory of the Grozny-City complex, a system of high-rise buildings, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Shagid Gubashev, a defendant in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has not retracted his earlier testimony. This was reported by his advocate. Thus, Shagid Gubashev has become the only defendant in the case, who did not retract his confession.

In the Republic of Adygea, residents of the village of Blechepsin have appealed to human rights defenders with a request for help in the quarrel with the regional authorities: according to the villagers, the authorities prevent full payment of compensation to victims of the flooding of May 2014.

According to relatives of Zagra Magomedrasulova, a resident of Kizilyurt, detained on October 2, they cannot reveal her whereabouts. The police have reported that Zagra Magomedrasulova was never brought to a police station.

The Adler District Court of Sochi has dismissed for the third time the complaint filed by the Saveliev family members, who see the police's failure to act in the refusal to check the arguments of the complaint stating that the Saveliev family members fell victim to corruption and fraud.

Today, Freedom Square in Yerevan has hosted a sanctioned rally of opponents of the constitutional reforms. The initiative group "You won't deceive us!", which organized the action, called on the Armenian authorities to abandon the idea to carry out the constitutional reforms in the country.

Migitin Djavadov, the head of the village of Karamakhi, was kidnapped by five men, who acted under the guise of law enforcers, an official from the Buynaksk District Administration reports with reference to local residents.

Natalya Perchenko, Judge of the City Court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, who recognized the book "Prayer to Allah" an extremist material, should apologize for her decision not only to Muslims, but also to followers of other religions. This opinion was expressed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

This morning, according to local residents, law enforcers have conducted passport checks in Grozny. Policemen are engaged in ensuring preventive measures in connection with the upcoming holidays in Chechnya. This was reported by an official from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Human rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina have estimated the trial in the case against Alexander Malofeev in Chechnya as controversial. According to Oleg Orlov, there is no evidence of the Alexander Malofeev's involvement in the killings of soldiers in the combat actions in Grozny. Svetlana Gannushkina believes Alexander Malofeev is not forgiven, since he is a Ukrainian.

On October 1, in Republic Square in Yerevan, people lit candles to pay tribute to the memory of 60 victims of domestic violence, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. The participants of the actions have demanded from the authorities to adopt a law to prevent domestic violence.

On October 1, after the end of the court session in the case against of Nadezhda Savchenko, her defender Nikolai Polozov stated that the Ukrainian aviator, accused of involvement in the killings of Russian journalists, might be extradited to Ukraine and later released within six months, depending on the progress of the trial and the appeal.

Sergey Arutyunov, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), engaged in the studies of the Caucasus, has urged the federal authorities to help Syrian descendants of immigrants from Northern Caucasus and not to raise difficulties for those persons, who want to return to their historical homeland.

In Austria, the court has sentenced three natives of Chechnya to up to two years of imprisonment. They were found guilty of intending to take part in the activities of the organization "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as terrorist.

Omar Magomedov, a detained resident of Makhachkala, has been arrested for two months. According to the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, Omar Magomedov has been formally charged.