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The detentions of Adam Dotmerzaev and Musa Ashakhanov during their trip to Rostov-on-Don continued the trend of detention of fellow countrymen by Chechen law enforcers beyond the republic, despite the practice of interaction with the regional law enforcement bodies.

An employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) and another man have perished in a shootout that occurred among law enforcers in the Chechen village of Achkhoi-Martan, a law enforcement source has stated today.

Badri Esebua took part in the attack on the "Bank of Georgia" branch in the city of Zugdidi and taking hostages, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The suspect was an employee of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD), journalists have found out. Relatives have not seen Esebua since the attack on the bank, but they rule out his involvement in the hostage-taking.

In Makhachkala, activists held a series of solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), and close the criminal case against him.

Adam Dotmerzaev and Musa Ashakhanov, residents of the Chechen village of Samashki, who, according to human rights defenders, had been detained and tortured by law enforcers in Rostov-on-Don, were arrested for two months on the charge of involvement in the ranks of militants, the Achkhoi-Martan District Court reports.

During the week of October 19-25, 2020, no information was received about any casualties or victims in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

After the murder of teacher Samuel Paty for showing pupils the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, the French Interior Minister intends to visit Moscow to agree on the deportation of Russian citizens who have been denied refugee status in France. The French secret services are concerned about the radicalization of Chechen young people, says Nicolas Hénin, an author of the book "Jihad Academy".

A package with marijuana from a pocket of Martin Kochesoko's trousers during his personal search was extracted by an expert, the law enforcer, who took part in activist's detention, asserts. However, another witness questioned at the trial evidenced that the activist took the package out of his pocket and handed it over to the police himself.

When commenting on the information about the killing of surgeon Dagaev in Chechnya after his patient's death, health experts emphasized that a conclusion about a medical error could only be made based on the results of an expert study of the situation by a special commission. The incident with surgeon Salakh Dagaev has become an indicator of the atmosphere in the region, where it is now risky for doctors to perform complex surgeries, human rights defenders note.