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On October 8, the Sabail District Court of Baku held a session on the case of theologian Abgyul Suleimanov. The court decided to extend the investigatory until early 2012.

As reported by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation), the militants who killed the spouses - the employees of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made at least 20 shots at the casualties.

The leader of the Union of Dagestani NGOs named "Otechestvo" (Homeland), who was one of the organizers on October 3 of an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, has held a press conference, where he stated the legality of the protest action and violations of detainees' rights at the police station.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by an unofficial source from the city of Tyrnyauz that Mukhtar Baizullaev, the director of the training-sporting base "Ushba" in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, was shot dead by Islamic radicals for his refusal to pay the zakyat (tax) of 500,000 roubles.

Today, the Khasavyurt City Court is considered a civil lawsuit lodged by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights defender from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization named "Fighter for Justice" on protection of his honour and dignity.

At today's court session, the advocate of the former militiaman Ilya Galkin, who is accused of committing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, and who suffers, according to the latest examination, from a mental disorder, has recalled his earlier petition asking to send his client to forced treatment at a mental hospital.

Today, the Tver District Court in Moscow has started questioning the defendants in the resonant case about disorders in Manege Square in Moscow in December 2010.

In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a 47-year-old local resident, detained for 10 days, has died in the investigatory division. According to preliminary results of the forensic examination, his death was a result of bodily injuries.

On October, 9, representatives of the "Left Front" movement held a picket of solidarity with the Libyan people in its struggle against NATO. The action was authorized by the Administration of Rostov-on-Don and passed off without any incidents, organizer of the action Vladislav Riazantsev reported.

Nasimi district court of Baku sentenced four oppositional activists arrested in connection with the meeting of April, 2, held in the center of the capital of Azerbaijan to custody terms of one and a half to three years.

Today, the Second Festival of Sciences of Southern Russia took its start in Rostov-on-Don. The event has brought together 20 universities of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) and 14 museums, whose expositions raise the topic of sciences and technology, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the Directorate of the Festival.

The lawsuit submitted by Shamil Sheikhov, a resident of Makhachkala, on protection of honour, dignity and business reputation and collection from Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and Vice-Speaker of the Russian State Duma, and from the newspaper "LDPR" of compensation in the amount of 100 million roubles has been found eligible for consideration by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.

Thirty-two delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have issued a joint declaration on Nagorno-Karabakh, which recognizes its independence. The document was signed by delegates from Armenia, France, Serbia, Belgium, Slovenia, Andorra, Austria, Britain, Spain, Italy, Malta and Luxembourg.

In Dubovka, Volgograd Region, about 50 local activists held a rally in defence of students. The picketers accused the district administration of putting pressure on the students, who participated in protest actions.

On October 8, Yerevan completed its International Theatre Festival "Aifest". The forum attracted 30 theatrical companies from 18 countries, who presented 60 performances.

On October 3-10, the leading educational institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hold a mass questioning: local state officials are compiling a database of young people who want to start their own businesses.

Djoni Nanetashvili, the founder and director of the Georgian TV Company "Trialeti", has addressed President of France Nicolas Sarkozy for political asylum.

In the evening on October 7, in the Elbrus District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), unidentified criminals shot dead two employees of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory – the Guliev spouses.

During the week from September 26 to October 2, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took at least 11 human lives; at least 10 persons were wounded.

On October 7, Seiran Oganyan, Armenian Defence Minister, signed a decree, ordering to attract the militaries, responsible for a fatal accident during a camping session at the training centre Bagramyan, Armavir District, to disciplinary responsibility.