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Armen Gevorgyan, former head of Armenian community in Adzharia, is among the 20 persons arrested by Georgian law enforcers on charges of spying for Russia. However, the members of his community believe that the latter came under suspicion only because of his ties in Russia.

The October 29 session of Dagestani Parliament passed amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Dagestan (RD) and the Law "On Elections of People's Assembly of Dagestan". Under the amendments, the number of seats in the parliament will go up from 72 to 90.

Today the Moscow municipal court prolonged the term of arrest for 3,5 months, till February, 2011, for Eugenia Khasis, figurant of the case of murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova and the defendant on the same case Nikita Tikhonov.

The city of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, has started its "legal clinic". Free legal consultations to everyone will be provided by law students of the Kuban State University.

Last night some unknown people set fire to three Christian churches in Karachai-Circassia. The Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reported that two churches had caught fire in the town of Karachayevsk and the third one in stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya.

Darejan Kokhtashvili and Babutse Gordadze, two women natives of Georgia, may be sentenced to death penalty if they are acknowledged guilty of contraband of 10 kilogram of drugs. The trial is appointed for November, 2.

New private houses restored after the events of 2008 will be commissioned in the capital of South Osetia in the nearest future. This news was reported by Soslan Bekoyev, Director of State Unitary Enterprise "Directorate of Implementation of Priority National Projects" during his circuit round the municipal objects under restoration.

Ten law enforcers received wounds and contusions in the course of a special operation aimed to neutralize a supposed member of the armed underground in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny.

The tragic consequences of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have not been eliminated, while Ingush leaders and deputies of the People's Assembly of the Republic fail to take legal action towards defending the constitutional rights and vital interests of the Ingush people. This was stated by the members of the Coordination Board of Ingush NGOs in their address to Ingushes.

The Prosecutor's Office of the capital of Dagestan has initiated checks of violations during the vote on October 10, the details of which were published by the "Caucasian Knot".

Lisa Tseloeva, a resident of the city of Nazran, asserts that her 28-year-old son Zurab was kidnapped.

The event took place at the monument "Stone of Tears" in Vladikavkaz, where more than 100 persons gathered: city residents, NGO activists, state officials and high school pupils.

Today, by a court ruling, Ashot Manukyan, one of the thirteen opposition activists remaining in prison, was released before term.

Today, more than 1500 persons came to the memorial cemetery in Vladikavkaz to pay tribute to victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.

The legislative initiative submitted by Giya Tortladze, a minority MP, was adopted by the Georgian Parliament by 75:1 vote in the first hearing. The "Freedom Charter" deals with strengthening of security measures and contains provisions on lustration and liquidation of Soviet and Nazi symbols.

The report on the work of the office of Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, in 2009 was heard by the MPs at the autumn session of the Parliament of Armenia.

The bosses of Sochi UVD (Interior Department) have urged citizens to pass a voluntary fingerprint registration.

The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Bataisk, Rostov Region, has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the builder Larissa Tarasenkova, accused of embezzlement of equity holders' money in the sum of more than 30 million roubles.

The first nationwide cultural contest of Ossetian beer is over in the republic. Out of 500 participants the winner was chosen - Elena Margieva, a resident of Zmeiskaya village, who received her prize money of 50,000 roubles.

On October 29, the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria passed the final wording of the republic's law, restricting the retail sale of spirits.