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The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia is ready for the voting at the presidential election on October 27. All the polling stations of Georgia have received ballot papers and all the equipment needed for the vote, Tamar Zhvaniya, the Chair of the CEC, said at a briefing.

The territory of the township Novy Kyakhulay, Lenin District of Makhachkala, is under special actions of law enforcers, local residents assert. According to a source from the local law enforcement bodies, searches and identity checks are conducted in the township for the second day already.

On October 25, Murat Tishkov, who was killed by the explosion triggered in the yard of the mosque located in the village of Dugulubgey, was buried into the old Muslim cemetery, where no burials were held for 35 years, said his mother Elena Tishkova.

During the ongoing military conflict in Syria, 150 Adygs (Circassians) were killed and 4800 more were wounded. These data are announced at the sitting of the International Circassian Association (ICA) by Akram Iskhak, the Chairman of the Circassian Charity Society of Syria.

The law enforcement bodies of Baku have warned the organizers of the Azerbaijani opposition protests about the inadmissibility of illegal actions during the rally scheduled for October 27.

Azerbaijan has completed the preliminary investigation in relation to Yadigyar Sadygov, an adviser to the chairman of the "Musavat" Party; the case has been sent to the court, said the lawyer Khalid Bagirov.

Vladimir Efanov, a judge of the Tsentralny District Court of Sochi, has dismissed the complaint lodged by the Sochi Public Civil Movement (SPCM) "Law and Order" against the actions of the city Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, who had sanctioned the building of a water well-room in the park area.

A batch of artillery and anti-aircraft shells has been found by the police in the Oktiabrsky District of the Chechen capital. Presumably, the ammunition was left in Grozny during the time of active warfare in late 1990s-early 2000s.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted on the second and third readings the law on strengthening measures to combat terrorism. The law provides the possibility for compensation for the damage caused by actions of terrorists at the expense of their family members. Besides, the law provides punishment of up to 20 years of imprisonment for creation of terrorist community and training terrorists.

The bank account of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) has been arrested. Today, the edition office has been officially notified about that by a special letter received from the Division for Fulfilment of Judgments of the Yasamal District.

Social problems such as lawlessness, corruption, and unemployment cause radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus. This was stated by participants of the roundtable "Youth and Youth Policy". The roundtable was held within the "Gaidar Readings" of October 19-20.

On Friday, in the capital of Adygea, the Secretary of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" was detained at the picket in support of the Greenpeace activists kept in custody. Activist Ivan Karpenko was photographing the picket held by Tatiana Lysenko, a member of the board of the ecological organization.

The favourites of the presidential election in Georgia are Georgy Margvelashvili, David Bakradze, and Nino Burjanadze. This was shown by public questioning of the country's population. The same fact is also evidenced by a mini-survey carried out by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the streets of Tbilisi.

Zelimkhan Aushev, who has been sentenced on charges of undermining the "Neva-Express" Train and who is serving his sentence of life imprisonment at the penitentiary colony IK-5 of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Vologda Region of Russia, is subjected to torture at the FSIN Investigating Division for the Vologda Region.

The Russian Community of Azerbaijan (RCA) has expressed its regret about the fact that "provocative forces" use the tragic incident with the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of Moscow, to put pressure on migrants in Russia, including citizens of Azerbaijan. The provocateurs' aim is to incite ethnic hatred. This was declared in the statement disseminated by the community.

Issues, related to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Karachay people, have been discussed at the roundtable "Origins of eviction of Karachay people in 1943 and their subsequent rehabilitation" held in Cherkessk. The participants of the event have emphasized the need to remember the tragic story of deportation and to comply with the Law on "Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples".

Murat Tishkov and Murat Abazov were killed in the explosion that occurred in the yard of the mosque in the village of Dugulubgei. This was reported by mother of Murat Tishkov who identified her son. Till present, the remains of Murat Tishkov are still in the Nalchik morgue. Residents of the native village of Murat Tishkov prohibit burying him at the local cemetery, and in Nalchik, officials refuse to issue a permit for burying.

Bailiffs carry out massive evictions of refugees from Grozny and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Prigorodny District, who lived at the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", located in the Ingush town of Karabulak. According to local residents, the promises of the authorities to allocate funds to rent housing for the TAC residents remain unfulfilled.

Today, in the village of Zayukovo in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a policeman's house was attacked. One of the attackers was killed, and a policeman was wounded.

Gadjigishi Bambatov, the chairman of the territorial-neighbourly community of the Kumyk people of Dagestan named "Atlyboyunskaya", has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office against the actions of the policemen, who stopped local believers from entering the mosque, located in the township of Leninkent of the city of Makhachkala, for their routine prayer.