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On Friday, the organization "Amnesty International" (AI) and the Greenpeace have launched an online campaign in support of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his sentence in a penal colony and who was recognized by the human rights defenders as political prisoner.

Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was detained as a result of a special operation, is suspected of aiding and abetting members of an illegal armed formation (IAF). This was reported by an advocate of Patimat Nasibova.

In Ingushetia, law enforcers have detained a militant, who was a member of the "Karabulak" criminal grouping and who took part in planting bombs and shelling of policemen in September. This was reported by the Ingush FSB.

In total, 12 persons were detained within the case about the fight in the hospital of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody); 10 of them are under arrest. Investigators suspect a total of 18 people of involvement in the crime. According to Vladimir Vladimirov, the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, the crime became possible "because of a merge of the crime and power" in Minvody.

Nadir Abu Khalid detained in Dagestan is one of the most prominent Islamic preachers among the Russian-speaking young Muslims, and his detention may provoke an aggravation of tension in Dagestan, experts believe.

The "Rosobrnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising Education) has suspended, until December 20, the license for educational activities of the Secular Institute of Caucasian Nations, the press service of the Agency reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision in the case concerning 18 residents of Chechnya, who disappeared in 2000-2006. The ECtHR has found Russia guilty and obliged the country to pay to the complainants the compensation totalling to 1,080,000 euros.

The whereabouts of Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, detained after the special operation, has been established, said her advocate Elena Denisenko. According to her story, Nasibova is at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) No. 1 of Makhachkala.

A protest action against Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Community (EEC, or EurAsEC) was held in Yerevan on Thursday. The protesters demanded from the country's leadership to reject the idea, since Armenia, in their opinion, will lose its sovereignty after the accession.

Until present, no criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the murder of Eradil Asanov, a resident of Dagestan, who was shot dead on October 6 in the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the village of Terekli-Mekteb.

Women from the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, where the special operation is underway, have decided to disperse without waiting for a trip to the village. The women were promised that the headquarters would clarify the possibility for entry to the village. This was reported by a source in the village administration.

On Thursday, Moscow hosts pickets in support of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, organized by the Committee "Civil Assistance".

Starting from September 30, in Volgograd, mothers of large families keep standing in front of the building of the government of the Volgograd Region and demand a meeting with the Governor. Officials from the regional government have stated that they do their best to solve problems of mothers of large families.

In the Dagestani city of Kizlyar, a mass fight was followed by a shootout at the central marketplace. As a result, one person was killed and seven others were injured.

On Thursday, 30 residents of the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District of Dagestan gathered in front of the building of the Gimry village administration with a plan to enter their home village. However, it became clear that law enforcers and officials from the district and village administrations left for the settlement of Vremenny without the local residents.

Relatives of Islamic preacher Abu Khalid Nadir, who was detained in the capital of Dagestan on suspicion of arms trafficking, reported in a search conducted in his household. Besides, law enforcers also carried out a search in the office of the website "Salyaf.ru", which posted video records of the lectures given by the Islamic preacher.

On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), unanimously voted for the candidacy of Yuri Kokov, who was nominated for the presidency of the KBR. On the same day, Kokov took the office.

The regional public organization "The Union of 'Don Women'" is to collect an additional amount of about 6000 roubles to pay the fine imposed by the decision of the Novocherkassk City Court for operation of the public association without being registered as a "foreign agent".

The American NGO IREX (Council for International Researches and Exchanges) has announced the termination of its activities in Azerbaijan, which was launched back in 1998, and the closure of its office in Baku.

In the Tambov Region, Evgeny Vitishko, a convicted ecologist from Krasnodar, will be transferred from his colony-settlement to a general-security colony for his admitted violations of the regime, said his advocate Valentina Shaisipova.