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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found the Russian authorities responsible for the disappearance and torture of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and obliged him to pay the compensation in the amount of 26,000 euros.

In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Chechen resident Magomed Dakaev guilty of transferring money to terrorists in Syria and sentenced him to 5.5 years of imprisonment.

In the city of Shusha (the Armenian name is Shushi), the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a military who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh over to Karabakh rescuers. Thus, the total number of found remains of Armenian militaries has reached 1686.

Participants in a humorous show on the TNT TV Channel have reacted to the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya by staging an apology of a dog that barked at the Chechen leader. Internet users have found the miniature to be unsuccessful.

"The girls from Dagestan, who were forced away from the shelter in Kazan, had complained about persecutions by their husbands and relatives; and one of them of beatings," said Svetlana Anokhina. According to her story, the ties of the father of one of the girls, a well-known Dagestan religious preacher, helped to find them.

The Military Court of Appeal has upheld the sentences to four residents of the Agul District of Dagestan convicted on charges of involvement in a terrorist community and an illegal armed formation (IAF).

After four inquiries, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation failed to provide the court with materials on the complaint about investigators' inaction on the complaint about the kidnapping of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, by Chechen law enforcers. They threatened Selimkhanov's relatives who live in Chechnya.

The check has showed that there were no brawl at the "Tambukan" test site of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) during the tests for maroon berets, Sergey Lysyuk, the head of the Association of the "Vityaz Maroon Berets' Brotherhood", asserts. According to his version, a relative of the head of Chechnya was removed from the tests.

The absence of celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence suggests that authorities are belittling the significance of this event, Fuad Gakhramanly, the spokesman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stated. During these 30 years, Azerbaijan has failed to become a democratic state, Nasimi Mamedli and Zardusht Alizade, political analysts, assert.

Law enforcers have forced two girls who had arrived from Dagestan away from the "Mother's House" crisis centre located in the city of Kazan.

The General Prosecutor’s Office received 31 reports about violations in the local elections in Armenia, and based on one of them, an investigation into a criminal case on giving a pre-election bribe was launched, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reported. Other 25 reports about violations are being checked.

Seven special forces fighters got maroon berets after passing an exam in the Stavropol Territory, Ramzan Kadyrov announced. Social media users pointed out to the leader of Chechnya that a scandal with the Chechen fighters, who were transported in cars during an examination march, casted doubt on their right to wear maroon berets.

During the week of October 11-17, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the perished or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

At a protest action staged near the Rustavi Prison, where Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, is kept, several dozen of his opponents recalled the law violations committed during his presidency.

A group of the most active rioters in the Vladikavkaz colony was transferred to a correctional facility in Dagestan.

In the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Region, civilians' houses were shelled from the side of Azerbaijan, as a result bales of a villager's hay were burned down, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson of Armenia, has stated.

The country has finished voting at local elections. Observers have noted the use of administrative resources, recorded cases of transporting voters to polling stations by supporters of the ruling party, and violations of the requirements for visual campaigning.

The police prevented the protesters from placing stickers in support of Mikhail Saakashvili near the Tbilisi residence of the creator of the "Georgian Dream" Party; three activists were detained.

The riots in the maximum security penal colony occurred a week after the appointment of a new head of the North-Ossetian branch of the Russian FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service). The new bosses have toughened the attitude to inmates, sources have informed.

At the session of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations, where the claim against Azerbaijan on racial discrimination was considered, an official representative of the Armenian government asked the Court to take measures to close the trophy park in Baku and drew attention to the exposition of helmets and dummies of Armenian soldiers therein.