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Children from families of refugees from Ingushetia and Chechnya affected by interethnic conflicts have returned home after a three-month stay in America. This was reported by Alikhan Akhilgov, one of the organizers of the trip, the leader of NGO "Foundation to Help Formerly Deported Peoples".

In Karabulak, residents of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" complain that the city authorities started the forced eviction of residents from the TAC. Starting from the early October, the similar reports also come from other TACs in Ingushetia. This was reported by Timur Akiev, a staff member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, the incumbent President Ilham Aliev wins the presidential race with 84.94% of all the votes.

In Yerevan, the Criminal Court of Appeal has again failed to consider, at its session on the case of oppositional activists of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), the petition lodged by the defence on changing the freedom restraint measure of the arrested oppositional activist Tigran Arakelyan. The latter insists that he is persecuted on political grounds and refused from the amnesty.

On Wednesday, in Khasavyurt, where water supply was absent since October 2, it was resumed both to the population and all critical infrastructure facilities, said Nurmagomed Nurmagomedov, an official from the city administration.

The presidential election takes place in the environment of massive violations of the law, the oppositional parties of Azerbaijan assert. In his turn, Mazakhir Panakhov, the CEC chairman, has stated minor violations during the vote, which cannot affect the outcome of the election.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has overturned the verdict of the Cherkessk City Court that found Ruslan Rakhaev, the ex-Deputy Chief of Police of Cherkessk, guilty of beating to death the administrative detainee Dakhir Djankezov and sent the case to the Prosecutor's Office.

Jamil Gasanli made his statement about the voting around 11:20 a.m. Baku time, after he has voted at the 6th polling station of the 17th Third Yasamal Constituency. He pointed to violations that accompanied, according to his version, the election process.

Nine families of forced migrants living now in the village of Yandare, Nazran District of Ingushetia, have received prescriptions from district authorities to move out of the barrack occupied by them. Local officials promise to pay compensation for their rented housing; however, the settlers demand guarantees that the promise will be fulfilled.

The main reason for the outflow of people from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is the lack of a sufficient number of jobs and low wages, say the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has ruled to deport Vladimir Dolidze, a person with the passport of a citizen of the USSR, who needs specialized medical care, to Georgia. The consideration of the appeal was held without defence; and the ruling contains factual errors, said Alexander Popkov, Dolidze's advocate.

In Georgia, a non-governmental organization (NGO) "Free Zone" has announced a start of its daily protests against the country's participation in the Sochi Winter Olympics.

In Dagestan, in Khasavyurt, the city authorities have started urgent fund-raising with people and businesses to pay off the accrued debts for electricity. This was reported by Nurmagomed Nurmagomedov, an official from the city administration.

The consideration of the case against Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, who is accused of the brutal suppression of a prison riot, is unreasonably delayed, including by self-disqualification of prosecutor. This was stated by the defendant's advocate David Dekanoidze and the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association.

The lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova has requested the payrolls of the ex-policemen, dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for health reasons, from the OVD (Interior Division) of Khasavyurt and Kazbek ROVD (District OVD).

The claim of the GALA lodged to the European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR) against the Republic of Armenia is already within the jurisdiction of the Court. In the near future, the so-called stage of discussing the claim will start. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Armenuhi Vardanyan, the editor-in-chief of the Internet edition "Galatv".

On Tuesday, Fuad Gakhramanly, the Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was summoned to the Baku Main Police Office (BMPO), where he was warned about the inadmissibility of uncoordinated protest actions.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Nagorno-Karabakh has ruled to dismiss the complaint of the defence of the students David Barsegyan and Rafael Avakyan, convicted for treason in the form of espionage to 11 and 10 years of imprisonment respectively.

In Azerbaijan, in the context of the "day of silence", on the eve of the presidential election, this morning they removed posters of candidates away from the promotional stands, specially installed in the streets. Independent experts point to the publication by state-owned newspapers of the report from the sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Ilham Aliev; while the ruling party accuses the oppositional newspapers of violating the rules of the campaign.

The today's session of the Moscow City Court (MCC) that considers the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya was postponed again because of the quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.