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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.

In Dagestan, the court has satisfied the petition lodged by the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, accused of using violence against policemen, and asking to return the case initiated against her back to the prosecutor's office.

As reported by the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in the course of a special operation undertaken in Kabardino-Balkaria a major terror act was prevented, which had been aimed against special units deployed in the Elbrus District.

The entrepreneur from Chechnya Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, who was planned to face indictment today of complicity in the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, has rejected his appointed advocate; therefore, presentation of indictment was postponed indefinitely.

Today, in the capital of Dagestan, at the construction site of residential buildings near the so-called "Russian cemetery", the city prosecutor's office has detected 17 workers from Vietnam and Azerbaijan, who had no work permits. Despite the court ruling to suspend the construction, the houses are being built.

At their session held on October 6, the deputies in the Stavropol Territorial Duma established an additional measure of support for large families: every family will get – after the birth of the third and every next child – 100,000 roubles for every new family member.

Central Election Committee (CEC) of South Osetia has registered nine candidates for Presidency of the republic. Registration of candidates for promotion from two initiative campaign groups and Chief Trainer of freestyle wrestling of the Russian Federation Jambolat Tedeev was denied. The “Caucasian Knot” correspondent received this information from Bella Plieva, Chairperson of CEC of South Osetia.

On October, 5, Armenian activist Vaagan Chakhalyan who was sentenced to 10 years of custody and is currently in prison of strict regime No 6, Rustavi, went on an open-ended hunger strike.

Today is the day of the fifth anniversary of the death of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of “Novaya Gazeta”, who is first of all famous for her writings devoted to Chechnya and Northern Caucasus.

A special operation in the town of Tirnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, has come to an end. Two supposed gunmen were killed during the operation. There are no losses among the personnel of law enforcement bodies.