Karabakh refugees and Ilham Aliev’s demands, military base in Abkhazia, captured leaders of Artsakh in Baku, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, birthdays of Putin and Kadyrov, Zarema Musaeva’s case, 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 2-8, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.