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On October 5, the town of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh hosted official opening of the Festival of Contemporary Art "Shushi Art Project" and the exhibition of works, created by participants within the event.

Today, at 10:00-11:00 a.m., in Sochi, Evgeny Zakharov, a member of the public movement for the protection of green areas of the city, held a picket in the square near the city administration. The activist demanded to stop cutting down trees in the park area, located in front of the building of Mayoralty.

Families of policemen, who were killed in the militants' attack on Nalchik, committed on October 13, 2005, will receive financial aid in the amount of 10,000 roubles.

In the morning of October 5, the Chechen capital started mass events to celebrate the City Day of Grozny. Besides, Chechnya has celebrated the Day of Chechen Youth and the birthday of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the republic. Many residents of the republic expressed sceptical attitude to the scale of celebrations.

On October 5, in Baku, during the unsanctioned protest action of believers in front of the Ministry of Education, which grew into clashes between protesters and the police, 65 persons were detained. This was reported by the press service of the Baku City Prosecutor's Office and the Chief Police Department of the capital of Azerbaijan.

The development strategy of Vladikavkaz to 2017, the preparation of North Ossetia for the heating season, salaries in the public sector, and the construction of kindergartens these topics were discussed during the visit of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), to North Ossetia.

On October 3, the Guba District Court of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Fizuli Panakhov, started court hearings on merits on the case of the third group of the defendants, accused of the riots in the city of Guba, occurred on March 1. The case involves seven defendants.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has decided to cancel the outcomes of the voting at the parliamentary elections in the electoral precinct No. 35, which was operating in the capital of Ukraine.

The Tver District Court of Moscow upheld the ruling of the magistrate court precinct on the arrest of Murat Agalarov, a participant of shooting during the Dagestani wedding party in the centre of the capital. This was reported by the press service of the Court.

In Rustavi (Georgia), inmates of the penitentiary institution No. 6, who were on a hunger strike for more than ten days, stopped their protest action. This was reported by journalist and writer Lali Moroshkina after her conversation with participants of the protest action.

Today, four men in camouflage attacked a vehicle of cash collectors in the Botlikh District and stole 13.5 million roubles, intended for the payment of pensions. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

The court of general jurisdiction of Avan and Nor-Nork communities of Yerevan sentenced Lieutenant colonel Vardan Samvelyan detained for suspicion of an attempt of explosion of "Arsnakar" restaurant to four month of custody, Press Service of the court informed.

A soldier of contract service of a unit of the Ministry of Defense of Russia perished in the foothill Urus-Martan district of Chechnya as a result of blasting on a trip-wire mine, military commandant's office of the republic informed.

Today an action of protest of about 200 believers in Baku against prohibition of wearing hijabs at schools developed into conflicts between the participants and the police personnel. The exact number of people injured as a result of the conflict is yet unknown.

Yesterday, October, 4, the police of Dagestan received two statements: about kidnapping of a boy from a children's home in Izerbash and disappearance of a young girl in the settlement of Leninkent, Makhachkala.

Chief engineer of "Road-building department No 1" limited company Alexey Kim and Director General Vladimir Gashtov are suspected of misappropriation of over 9 million rubles budget funds.

Dmitry Burykin, one of the victims of the terror act, which was committed at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, 2011, filed a lawsuit to oblige the defendants to pay him 10 million roubles for moral damages.

Investigation into the case against a 17-year-old resident of the village of Novo-Kumukh of the Buinaksk District of Dagestan, who shot dead a villager, who killed his father and wounded his mother, is in the final stage. This was reported by investigators. The teenager, against whom criminal proceedings were instituted, is under home arrest, and he faces 5-15 years of imprisonment.

After the calculation of 100 percent of the votes 3,596,214 persons, who took part in the voting, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has announced the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections. The block "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" with 54.92 percent of votes became the leader of the election campaign.

Today Magomed Askhabaliev, dispatcher of "Severnaya" coach station, was taken to resuscitation unit of the republican clinic in a comatose state being beaten up by officers of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of Makhachkala, Director of the coach station Magomed Kudiyavmagomedov reported.