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An expert, who on behalf of the OSCE investigates human rights violations in Chechnya, has got materials with reports of persecuted members of the LGBT community. Kirill Koroteev, the legal director of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has expressed his doubt that the OSCE investigation will be effective.

Nodar Burdiladze, the head for the election office of Grigol Vashadze in the Oni Region in the north-west of Georgia, was stabbed in his house after a quarrel with activists of the ruling party. This was announced at the today's briefing by MP Nika Meliya, a leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

The State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan reported on the suppression of the terrorist financing channel in Syria, through which 500,000 US dollars had been transferred.

A special operation on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia was sanctioned by Moscow and used to prevent Ingush activists from entering the disputed territories, noted rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. The conflict resolution is entrusted to the local authorities and the special operation is not connected with it, believes Sergey Goncharov, the president of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha Anti-Terror Group.

The Tbilisi Court of Appeal did not cancel the verdict in absentia to Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, accused of beating MP Valeri Gelashvili.

Today, blogger Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov (a man with the same name as the head of the organization "Mashr"), detained in Nazran and arrested for 5 days, have left the IVS (temporary detention facility).

Rapper Husky, detained during his concert in Krasnodar, has been charged with disobeying the police, refusing medical examination, and organizing a mass stay of people in public places. This has been reported today by his advocate.

Over the past day, the Azerbaijani forces were shelled 22 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

In Sochi, an outlet of the storm sewer system, where a boy drowned in the summer, has not yet been removed, and no fences have been installed on it, local residents report.

Advocate who defend activists face pressure, disciplinary actions, and threats of expulsion from the bar association. This opinion was voiced by rights defenders and oppositionists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Law enforcers insulted the feelings of the activists who wanted to hold a subbotnik (a volunteer cleanup day) on the lands handed over to Chechnya, stated members of the Ingush Committee of National Unity.

If the Constitutional Court of Russia supports the agreement on the border with Chechnya signed by Yunus-Bek Evkurov and Ramzan Kadyrov, protest actions will be resumed, and the question of the Prigorodny District will also be raised. This was stated by members of the Ingush Committee of National Unity at a press conference held in Nazran on November 21.

Abulfaz Sadygbeili, the head of the youth organization of the Azerbaijani opposition "Musavat" Party, is suspected of fraud. The activist is being persecuted for political reasons, his colleagues from the party believe.

Mass detentions of opposition leaders and activists during a rally in Baku are a violation of the freedom of peaceful assembly, declares the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI). The NGO has called on to release the arrested demonstrators.

Marat Dinaev, the head of the "Putin's Detachments", was taken to hospital with injuries after an attack on the organization's headquarters in Krasnodar, reported activist Alexander Saveliev.

On November 20, the authorities of Chechnya celebrated the birthday of Prophet Muhammad with charity events and fireworks, and each family of the boys born on that day got 100,000 roubles. Some local residents believe the large-scale celebration of the date organized by the authorities was unreasonable.

The man killed on the flight strip at the Sheremetyevo Airport has been identified as Albert Epremyan, a 25-year-old citizen of Armenia, reports the spokesperson for the Armenian diplomatic mission in Moscow.

On November 20, law enforcers restricted visitors' entry to the concert of rapper Husky in Rostov-on-Don, and the performance itself had to be conducted without musical accompaniment, reported agents of rapper Husky.

On November 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan found the idea of exchanging Armenian citizens caught in the Azerbaijani captivity inappropriate and holding protest actions with the demand to release prisoners ‑ senseless.

Over the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 27 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports.