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On October 25, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) passed a unanimous decision that recognition of the Armenian Genocide should not be treated as a crime in Turkey.

The MPs of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) propose to increase the marriageable age for girls and introduce criminal responsibility for those persons who force girls into marriage.

Today, Armenia holds mourning events in memory of the victims of the terror act committed in 1999 in the Parliament, when eight government and political figures were shot dead by five terrorists who broke into the session hall of the National Assembly.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has sentenced an ex-officer of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Nalchik to two years of conditional imprisonment for issuing a license to purchase and bear firearms to Aslan Cherkesov, whom the jury has found guilty of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC.

At it's plenary session today, the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has adopted the Law "On Protection of Rights and Interests of Citizens-Housing Shareholders".

Tonight, in the village of Khurig, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals killed Sirazhutdin Khurigsky (Israfilov), a well-known Dagestani religious leader. This was reported by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic.

The public of Kalmykia believe that the rally "Stop feeding the Caucasus!" was an attempt of certain political forces to win over voters on the eve of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Sergey Khadjikurbanov, ex-militiaman, who was repeatedly charged of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, rejects his guilt and refuses to testify. This was reported by his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik.

During a session of People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia a bill "On enacting limitations in the sphere of sales of alcohol production, beer and drinks manufactured on its basis" was adopted in the second reading.

Chechen human rights activist Zeinap Gashaeva granted 200 video cassettes to a Swiss video archive devoted to two Chechen wars.

The European Court of Human Rights acknowledged Russia guilty of violating clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and obliged it to pay a compensation to a sum of 30 thousand euro to father of Abdulbek Tashukhajaev, resident of Chechnya, who disappeared in 1996.

Krasnodar region has purchased special containers where marginal parents can leave their newborn babies.

On October 26 in the morning, in the village of Verkhnaya Elshanka of the city of Volgograd, unidentified people attempted to destroy the house belonging to Gypsy family named Goganov. The Gypsy community supported the relatives and appealed to the police.

Relatives of Umalat Bersanov, the disappeared resident of Ingushetia, claim idleness of the law enforcement agencies and, in the near future, they intend to ask for help in the neighbouring republic - Chechnya, where, according to the father of the disappeared man, his son is now.

Olga Filippova Elena Berezina, two residents of the city of Volgograd, and Natalia Sizukhina, a resident of the town of Mikhailovka, who participated in a hunger strike demanding increase of the number of kindergartens, declared their intention to repeat the protest action if the situation would not change for the better.

In the course of the emergency recovery operation, officers of the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) found under the ruins of buildings in the Turkish Province of Van bodies of thirteen deceased and ten survivors of the earthquake. This was reported by the Azerbaijani MfE.

The jury of the Moscow City Court pleaded Akhmedpasha Aidaev, a native of Chechnya, guilty to intentional murder of Yuri Volkov, an employee of the VGTRK (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company), a fan of the "Spartak" FC. Another defendant - Bekkhan Ibragimov - was also pleaded guilty.

A policeman of the city of Volzhsky of Volgograd Region is suspected of murdering a man who had been detained by the policeman for disorderly behaviour.

On October 26, the 31st five-party meeting on preventing and responding to incidents, which was held in Gali, discussed again fate of Merab Kolbaya and Timur Khasaya, residents of Abkhazia, kept in Georgian prisons.

A soldier of the Azerbaijani army shot at his colleague from his service firearm, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence reports.