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Fire at a petrol station in Grozny, attack on law enforcers in Ingushetia, threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 7-13, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Derbent is ready to support Suleiman Kerimov at any time, Akhmed Kuliev, the city Mayor after the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, had threatened Kerimov with a blood feud.

Four people perished and five others were wounded and received burns in an explosion at a fuelling station in Grozny.

After Ramzan Kadyrov's threats of blood feud against Suleiman Kerimov, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, has recalled the senator's charitable projects and promised that the republic "will always support him in difficult times."

Rizvan Kurbanov, a Russian State Duma MP from Dagestan, has stated that he was not involved in preparing an assassination attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov and has nothing to do with the Wildberries Company.

In the Moscow Region, at the first hearing in the case against Abdulmimin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov, the Military Court of Appeal refused to grant the motions filed by the defence.

The criminal case against Mansur Zhabrailov, a former Chechen teacher, is being investigated under the article on insulting believers' feelings.

Sherip Alikhadjiev, a former Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia, was hospitalized with two gunshot wounds; a case of attempted murder has been opened. According to the source, the assassination attempt on Alikhadjiev, whom Ramzan Kadyrov declared a criminal, was pre-planned.

Residents of Ingushetia have ignored calls to go to protest actions in connection with Ramzan Kadyrov's statement.

The Kremlin's absence of reaction to the shooting at the Wildberries office has led to a deepening conflict between elites of the republics of Northern Caucasus, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" has stated.

Residents of Ingushetia should not take part in unsanctioned actions of protest in connection with the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement about blood feud, the republic’s authorities have warned. Officials treat the calls to participate in the protest as a provocation.

When commenting on the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement about his readiness to declare blood feud against Suleiman Kerimov, Bekkhan Barakhoev, and Rizvan Kurbanov, Caucasian experts have noted that blood feud is not declared because of business conflicts and that the Vainakh traditions do not contain such a concept as a threat to declare blood feud.

The head of Chechnya, while speaking about the conflict around the Wildberries Company, mentioned Suleiman Kerimov, Russian Senator from Dagestan, and Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov, Russian State Duma MPs, calling on them to prove their non-involvement in the order to kill Kadyrov himself, and warned them of his readiness to declare blood feud to them.

New laws signed by President Vladimir Putin have given defendants the chance to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Earlier, only persons under investigation or convicts could do the above. The new laws violate the rights of victims who will not be able to obtain justice in court, lawyers note.