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Students of the Yerevan State University (YSU) refused to stop their strike with demand to withdraw a bill on cancellation of the army service postponement. Today, they have marched to other higher education institutions to encourage other students to join the protest action.

On November 8, at the first meeting of the government of Dagestan with his participation, Dagestani leader Vladimir Vasiliev said officials should fulfil their duties and not sit on the places.

A surgeon was promoted in spite of the court's prohibition to work as a medical officer, since a three-year-old patient got disability. After relatives of the disabled child filed a complaint, the surgeon was dismissed from hospital.

Deposits of gold-bearing ores were found near the village of Kurush, Dokuzparin District near the border with Azerbaijan. The gold reserves in the mine are estimated at no less than 100 tons.

So far, law enforcers have no data about the number of figurants in the murder of Amina Okueva, the spokesman of the National Police of Ukraine said in response to rumours that there were four attackers.

Ramzan Kadyrov has stated today that in the near future, a group of women and children from Chechnya, Dagestan and other Russian regions, as well as from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, will be brought from Syria to Grozny.

The statement by Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, about reburial of Vladimir Lenin's body and his angry comment on Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), show that Kadyrov is trying to act as a federal-level politician, believe the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

For the exhibition "The Chair in Art" to be held in Maikop, famous Russian artist Mikhail Shemyakin has selected 192 works of contemporary artists, who managed to reveal the image of the chair as a symbol of emptiness or seclusion. The exhibition will open on November 10.

The monument to Lenin, demolished in 2002 and restored after storage in the Digora Museum, was returned to the pedestal in Beslan towards the centenary of the October Revolution.

Boris Stomakhin, sentenced for a post about the terror acts in Volgograd, complained that he was deprived of basic necessities in SIZO (pre-trial prison). This has been reported today by his advocate.

Foreign surgeons carry out charitable operations in Chechnya because of the shortage of local specialists. This opinion was voiced by Chechen doctors.

On November 7, the Migration Service of Ukraine issued a certificate to confirm legal presence of Mikhail Saakashvili on the territory of Ukraine. This was announced by the former Georgian President himself.

Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, who headed the Department for drug control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya, was appointed the chief of the MIA's Department for Grozny. The appropriate order was issued by Ruslan Alkhanov, Chechen Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA). This has been learned today by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from an official of the Chechen MIA.

In a Chechen village, a local road was asphalted after a 10-year wheelchair disabled boy appealed to the leader of Chechnya. Local residents found the situation typical for the system depending on Ramzan Kadyrov.

According to the updated information released by the law enforcement agencies, at least four persons were involved in the attack on Amina Okueva and Adam Osmaev. This was reported on November 7 by Anton Geraschenko, the adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs.

On November 6, residents of the Bolshoi Kichmai aul (village) held an ancient ritual of sacrifice to restore the health of Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev after his hunger strike. The whole aul prayed for the Ruslan Gvashev's health for several days, local residents reported.

Sergey Marchukov, a resident of Astrakhan, was arrested for 15 days for participating in a rally held in Red Square in Moscow. According to his version, he occurred in Moscow by transit, and happened to be near the Kremlin while walking around the capital.

At the border between Dagestan and Azerbaijan, the situation with the passage of customs control has improved markedly after the protests of truck drivers. This was reported by truck drivers questioned by the "Caucasian Knot". According to them, the lines of heavy trucks on the border disappeared, and officials stopped to demand money.

On November 7, the Nasimi District Court of Baku considered the defence's petition to transfer the Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly from custody under the house arrest, Elchin Sadygov, his advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Law enforcers have removed the restrictions imposed in the villages of Yandare and Ekazhevo after the militants' attack on the road-patrol service (DPS) block post.