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According to the results of the mental examination of Andrei Popov, the soldier from the Saratov Region, no abnormalities were detected. Andrei Popov, who claimed that he had been in captivity in Dagestan during 11 years, was sent to a military unit.

Three people, who on October 16 were found shot in a car, were residents of the Sergokalin District of Dagestan. This was reported by the representative of the Investigatory Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee (IC) of the republic to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

The newspaper under the title "Objective" appeared in Chechnya. Kheda Saratova, the editor-in-chief and the public activist, hopes that the newspaper will be independent and become a tribune for people in Chechnya, from which they could appeal to the authorities for help. According to local experts, the release of the new medium with human rights orientation implies a tough stance on human rights protection.

In Dagestan, protocol on administrative violation - appearing in a public place while intoxicated - has been completed against Rustam Yakhyaev, who had been previously kidnapped and is now kept in the OVD (Interior Division) of the town of Izberbash. This was reported by his family members.

On October 16, in Moscow, the annual award of the US State Department for human rights defending, which was awarded posthumously to Ingush human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, has been handed. The award was handed to a colleague of the human rights defender for further delivery to his relatives.

Today, Kurban Gafarov, a resident of the village of Druzhba of Kayakent District of Dagestan, was kidnapped by unidentified armed people in civilian clothes. This was reported by Ramadan Gafarov, the son of the kidnapped man. According to him, Garun Kurbanov, his father's friend, was driven away to some unknown destination together with Kurban Gafarov.

Today, in the city of Poti in western Georgia, a new residential district of 32 buildings, built jointly with the European Union (EU) for internally displaced persons (IDPs), has been opened.

The Chechen leadership has abolished the National Reconciliation Commission on, since it had been fulfilled its primary task - arrangement of blood feud conflicts.

The car belonging to Salman Abakarov, a 43-year-old resident of the city of Buinaksk, who disappeared on October 11, was found burnt out in one of the gorges of Karabudakhkent District. The driver himself was not found in the car. This was reported by Zarema Bagaudinova, a member of the organization "Human Rights Protection" in Buinaksk and Buinaksk District.

The residents of the village of Khutrakh of Tsuntin District of Dagestan have expressed their complaints to human rights activists against illegal actions of law enforcement and power agents who conducted a special operation in the village. This was announced by Svetlana Isaeva, Chair of the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights".

Today, in Baku two opposition members joined the hunger strike kept by parents of persons convicted of participation in the protest action on April 2.

The members of the armed underground Nariman Mirzamagomedov and Telman Gadjimustafaev, who were blocked in the capital of Dagestan, have surrendered under the guarantees of the commission under the president of the republic set up to help people who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities to adapt to peaceful life.

As reported by Eka Beseliya, the advocate of the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, the special order of the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili of citizenship deprivation will be challenged in the court, and Ivanishvili's French and Russian passports will be dismissed.

The American actress and the two-times "Oscar" laureate Hilary Swank will transfer her part of the royalty, due to her for taking part in the gala concert in Grozny, to charitable organizations, her press secretary said on October 14.

A group of residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the authorities and the public with an open letter entitled "Young Caucasians perish - both Muslims and policemen".

On October 14, a conscript was detained in Nagorno-Karabakh within a criminal investigation into the death of first-class private Yurik Nersisyan, a regular soldier of the Defence Army of Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani government will send a delegation with businessmen to Dagestan to study the development projects of the North-Caucasian tourist cluster, in particular, the Caspian coast resorts and their investment opportunities.

The Istanbul police has released the former Chechen field commander Uvais Akhmadov on the fifth day after his arrest, having found no sufficient proofs of his involvement in the attempt on Shamsuddin Batukaev, the former head of the Sharia Court a self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

On October 14, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia registered Alan Pliev, Deputy Foreign Minister of South Ossetia, Eduard Gabaraev, the artillery commander of the local Ministry of Defence (MoD), Igor Alborov, Deputy Head of the MoD, and the local MP Inal Bazzaev as presidential candidates, making the total number of them equal to 17 persons.

Last night, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the grocery store in the village of Shamkhal, Kirov District of the capital of Dagestan. No one was injured.