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On October, 3, a trial against a twenty-one-years old native of Dagestan Cherkes Rustamov accused of committing an act of terror near a recreation center in Stavropol in May, 2010, before a concert of “Vainakh” pop group, started in Stavropol regional court.

A pressure group of Facebook social network is planning to organize an action of protest “We’ll make October, 7, the Day of Common Protest” near the building of the city Philharmonic Society in the center of Tbilisi parallel to a public speech of President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.

In the afternoon of October, 3, presidential aspirant Roland Kelekhsaev, leader of the People’s party of South Osetia, was beaten up by unknown people. This was reported to the “Caucasian Knot” by Roland Kelekhsaev himself.

In 2011, the fighters of OMON (riot police) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria confiscated nearly 200 kg of explosives and 43 various explosive devices. This was announced today by the MIA's press office.

On September 3, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held a live TV dialogue with residents of the republic, during which a "hotline" telephone was on at the "Grozny" TV Channel. The session lasted for 3.5 hours; Mr Kadyrov answered to more than 100 questions; and it is already known that two residents who had addressed him received computers; one family was granted a car.

The Moscow City Court is considering the case on the mass brawl in Kronstadt Boulevard, where the football fan Yegor Sviridov was shot dead. The chief figurant Aslan Cherkesov has evidenced to the court in the presence of the jury.

Today, employees of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia and the FSB Department for the Stavropol Territory have detained Vitaly Timofeev, First Deputy Public Prosecutor of the city of Kislovodsk red-handed with a bribe of 700,000 roubles. This was stated by the GPO's press service.

In Yerevan, three out of the fourteen families affected by fire at night on November 25, 2010, at No. 23 Koryun Street, are still living in tents on the site of the fire. According to the victims, the Mayoralty has stopped giving them money to rent housing.

Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku, presided by Judge Familya Nasibova, has convicted four opposition activists arrested for participation in the rally on April 2.

In the dispersal of participants in the anti-corruption rally in Dagestan, people were "forced" from the crowd, and "dragged by hands and feet to police UAZ vans," some of the detainees were subjected to electric shockers. This was reported by eyewitnesses.

In Armenia, the representatives of the ruling coalition adopted a negative decision on the opposition's proposal on the possibility of resuming the dialogue. The coalition believes the continuation of dialogue with the opposition is inefficient in context of illegal action held in Freedom Square. This was reported by Gagik Melikyan, a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

In Dagestan, Akhmed Saaduev, a detained resident of the village of Novosasitli, was released on recognizance not to leave. Earlier, two detainees were also set free.

Today, the judicial division for criminal cases of the Moscow City Court (MCC) dismissed a complaint of Magomed Suleimanov's defence, challenging the lawfulness of his arrest. Magomed Suleimanov is accused of the murder of ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov.

Georgian air company "Georgian Airways" and Russian company "Siberia" (S7 Airlines) got flight clearance from aviation authorities of the Russian Federation and Georgia on prolongation of direct charter flights between Moscow and Tbilisi for three months, i.e. till the end of 2011.

A confrontation between representatives of the authorities and supporters of Jambolat Tedeev, Chief Trainer of freestyle wrestling combined team of the Russian Federation, who have gathered around his house is lasting for already the third day. In Tedeev's district electoral headquarters the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told that arrests of his supporters were going on.

This morning an explosion happened in the highway Kaspyisk - Makhachkala, at the turn to the settlement of Turali, Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Dagestan reported. A policeman got injured as a result.

An armored "Gazel" police car was blasted in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, with the help of another car. According to preliminary data, two members of power ministries perished and one was wounded and taken to hospital.

Near the house of the family of the oppositional candidate for presidency of South Ossetia, the head coach of the Russia freestyle wrestling national team Djambolat Tedeev, the confrontation of his supporters with OMON (riot police) fighters continues. 25 persons were detained, of them 20 were later arrested, the staff of the candidate's election office reports.

On October 1, the Association of Georgian Trade Unions held a mass rally in Tbilisi, dedicated to the Labour Day and solidarity with the workers of the "Hercules" Steel Works, located in Kutaisi.

In Ingushetia, leaflets are being spread calling on residents of the republic to take part in a peaceful protest action – to keep the low beam of their cars on for three days, thus expressing a nationwide protest against the policy of regional authorities.