Cases of administrative violence and torture against citizens have again become more frequent in Azerbaijan. This is stated in a statement by the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan.

In the Southern District Military Court in Rostov today, the verdict was to be announced on the editor of the Dagestan publication Chernovik, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, and two other defendants in the case, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov.

“Crimean Solidarity” activists from Bakhchisaray Seydamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev were left in pre-trial detention until October 23.

Georgia has abolished the visa regime for Chinese citizens. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced this at a government meeting in Tbilisi.

The Memorial Human Rights Center published a report, “Enforced Disappearances in Chechnya.” It states that Russia leads Europe in the number of enforced disappearances in the 21st century.

Russian telegram channels report that the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, blamed the former Minister of Health and Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Elkhan Suleymanov for the deterioration of his health and brutally executed him. Kadyrov decided that Suleymanov was deliberately trying to poison him and buried him in the ground.

The Kremlin insists on the release of life-sentenced murderer Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

The Russian Federation and the United States are negotiating a prisoner exchange. Number one on the Kremlin’s list is Vadim Krasikov (Sokolov), a life-sentenced citizen of the Russian Federation, an alleged FSB officer.

The share of small and medium-sized business workers in Ingushetia is 12.2%. This is the worst result in the Russian Federation, based on data from RIA Novosti.

The body of another person who died as a result of the natural disaster in Shovi was found in the bed of the Chanchakhi River in Racha. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports this.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considers Armenia’s actions in Nagorno-Karabakh to be incorrect, and therefore plans to hold telephone conversations with the country’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He stated this at a press conference following the G20 summit.