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Mirtagi Asadov, the head of the Supreme Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Georgia, has linked his arrest in Azerbaijan with his public activeness in Georgia. The protest vote of ethnic Azerbaijanis at the presidential election in Georgia could be the direct reason for Asadov 's arrest, activists believe.

The assault of the school seized by terrorists in Beslan, which was opposed by local residents, had been prepared initially, Alexander Matovnikov, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District, has acknowledged today.

Today, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia has annulled the fine imposed on Akhmet-Bashir Aushev, the deputy chairman of the Council of Republic's Teips (Clans), who took part in a protest rally against the agreement on the border with Chechnya.

The decision of the Russian Constitutional Court, which has legitimized today the change of the Ingush-Chechen border, was made "for the sake of bureaucrats," the opponents of the agreement have stated, threatening the authorities with new protests and appeals to international structures.

Today, the "Legal Initiative" has published its report "Killed by Gossip. Honour Killings of Women in Northern Caucasus". It contains real stories of women who fell victim to honour killings in Northern Caucasus in 2008-2017.

After the death of a woman and a child in a road accident in Grozny, residents of Chechnya have demanded from the republic's leader to take appropriate measures regarding Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, his cousin and the head of the Shali District who could be involved in the accident.

The agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border has been found as conforming to the Constitution, and shall enter into force immediately, Valery Zorkin, the Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, has announced today.

Within the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 26 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The system of election of Georgian MPs is not subject to revision, despite the ultimatums of the opposition, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Speaker, has stated. Should the electoral system change, the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party would lose its constitutional majority, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

According to the state procurement website, next year 51.1 million roubles from the Chechen republic's budget will be spent on maintaining the service residence of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

David Shakhnazaryan, a candidate for the MP from the Republican Party of Armenia, has failed to appear at the National Security Service, where he was summoned to give an explanation after criticizing the statement of one of the candidates from the "My Step" bloc.

The departure of the victim from the country cannot be the reason for refusal to initiate a criminal case, as suggested Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, the lawyers of the Committee against Torture assert.

The case of Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the oppositional website "Bastainfo.com", accused of anti-state appeals, has been separated into individual proceedings. Mr Gadjibeili believes that his detention is being prepared.

The court has sentenced Ruslan Aliev, who being the deputy head of Correctional Colony No. 7 in Dagestan, used physical violence against the convict, as well as extorted and received a bribe from him, to eight years in prison, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation has reported.

Employees of the Russian Embassy in Egypt fail to take steps to search for the Ingush students who disappeared after being detained in Cairo in August, their relatives have stated in Moscow. After contacting the president's reception office, relatives are planning to search for them through international organizations.

A court in Baku has appointed administrative arrest to Gusein Melik, an activist of the oppositional "Movement for Democracy and Prosperity" (MDP). The movement leadership believes that the reason for persecuting Mr Melik was in his criticism of the authorities in social networks.

On December 6, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia will proclaim its decision on the constitutionality of the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, the CC's press service has announced today.

Today, family members of five residents of Ingushetia who went missing in Egypt have submitted an appeal to the Embassy of Egypt asking to help in the search, and also conducted a solo picket demanding the return of their sons.

The US authorities are satisfied with the fact that the presidential election took place in Georgia, but are concerned about numerous violations on the voting day, the spokesperson of the US Department of State has stated today.

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the conflict zone were shelled from the "occupied territories," the country's Ministry of Defence has stated today. At the same time, it did not report any ceasefire violations on the border with Armenia.