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The Tbilisi court has extended the term of detention in custody for Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a lecturer from Turkey, for other three months. An advocate of Mustafa Emre Çabuk treats the court's decision as unfounded.

Members of the opposition "Musavat" Party treat the detention of Alikram Khurshudov as persecution for political reasons.

In Tbilisi, three out of eight appeals filed by city residents about complete destruction of their apartments as a result of a special operation have been confirmed, reported the Isani District administration.

On November 22, the Presnya District Court of Moscow arrested two natives of Dagestan in the case of a shootout in the "Moscow City" complex, as a result of which one person was killed and several others were wounded.

The information about those against whom the special operation was conducted on November 22 in Tbilisi has not been officially announced. Some sources claim that they were militants from Syria. According to Umar Idigov, the chairman of Tbilisi "Caucasus Integration Foundation", this is not true; and there were children in the blocked apartment.

The information that residents of Chechnya have been detained for drinking alcohol and are kept in the gym of the village of Khimoi of the Sharoi District is false, said Nurdi Nukhazhiev, the Chechen Ombudsman.

More than a hundred drivers from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) will take part in the strike organized by the "Association of Russian Carriers" (ARC) against the "Platon" system, which is scheduled for December, said Zaurbek Babgoev, the head of the KBR's branch of the ARC.

A French Court has charged Suleiman Kerimov with tax evasion and money laundering, the RIA "Novosti" reports today citing Jean-Michel Pratr, the Prosecutor of Nice.

One of those killed in the special operation in Tbilisi is Akhmed Chataev, a suspect of organizing a terror act at Istanbul Airport in June 2016, said David Makishvili, an ally of the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

The decision of the Azerbaijan Bar Association to stop the advocate's powers of Yalchin Imanov is a revenge for his publicizing human rights violations, Nils Muižnieks, the Human Rights Commissioner of Council of Europe (CoE), has stated and urged the Azerbaijani authorities to stop pressing advocates.

The participants of the action to commemorate victims of political repressions held on October 30 in Astrakhan are suspected of an unsanctioned event and were questioned by the police to this end.

Three suspects of terrorism were killed by law enforcers during a special operation in Tbilisi, another one has been detained, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports.

Power agents have completed their special operation in Gabriel Salos Street in Tbilisi, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the scene. The special troop's fighter, who was wounded there, has died in a Tbilisi hospital.

In the evening on November 21, the detention of Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov in Nice was extended for other 24 hours. Russian diplomats have sent a note to France with the demand to release the senator.

The Tver Court of Moscow has imposed a fine of 500,000 roubles on Umar Djabrailov, a businessman and a former senator from Chechnya, accused of hooliganism.

The Armenian Parliament has launched a "roundtable" on the abolition of the academic postponement from the army service. The talks involve members of the initiative "For the Development of Science", MPs, and officials from the Ministry for Public Education and Science and the Ministry of Defence.

A suspected member of the terrorist organization has been detained in Tbilisi, reported the Georgian State Security Service.

Starting from tonight, a special operation is being conducted in a residential building in Tbilisi. A fire broke out as a result of shootout and explosions. An injured special troop's fighter was brought to a hospital.

Suleiman Kerimov, a senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council, detained in Nice on suspicion of non-payment of taxes, pleads not guilty, reported an informed source. It turned out that Suleiman Kerimov stayed in France without his diplomatic passport.

According to the edition "Interpressnews.ge", an explosion occurred in the venue of the special operation that was held in Gabriel Salos Street; before the explosion, a strong sound of broken glass could be heard.