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The British authorities agreed with the demand of the Georgian Ambassador to dismantle the monument to residents of Sukhumi, killed in the armed conflict in 1992 and 1993. The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called the demolition of the monument an act of vandalism. More than 1600 people signed a petition to preserve the memorial.

The Russian authorities have failed to explain to parents of Gasanguseinov brothers under what circumstances law enforcers killed their sons. This has been stated by a complaint received by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The complaint was filed to the ECtHR on behalf of the shepherds' father, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

Law enforcers used tear gas to detain about 10 people from among those who demanded to meet Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head Dagestan, said one of the protesting women.

The arrival in Grozny Airport of a group of women and children from Syria is scheduled for today. They will get documents on their voluntary surrender, law enforcers have assured.

It was on the third day after the disappearance of Akhsan Abdullaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), when his relatives found out he had been placed under administrative arrest, reported the PFPA.

During the shelling on November 12 and at night on November 13, the Armenian and Karabakh armed forces used large-calibre machine guns. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

On November 12, the movie by film director from Kabardino-Balkaria received the award of the TV Channel of the Greek Parliament at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki. The actress Daria Zhovner, who played the main character, was awarded for the best female role.

Events to mark the 100th anniversary of October Revolution in Southern Russia; voting at the second round of local elections in Georgia; strike of Armenian students against the abolition of delay of army service; Navalny's rally in Volgograd; SC's decision on the case of Astrakhan activist Igor Stenin, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 6-12, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of November 6-12, 2017, no casualties or victims were recorded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on their own materials and information from other open sources.

All the males of the Achkhoi-Martan District should be at home after 11:00 p.m. All those found in the streets after the deadline will be detained in accordance with local officials' order, residents of the district report.

On November 12, a powerful earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred on the Iranian-Iraqi border. Residents of the Azerbaijani cities of Nakhichevan and Lenkoran felt the shocks.

The number of ballots at the polling station in the Borjomi District was higher than the number of voters on the list, activists of the NGO "Young Advocates" have stated. Observers also announced a possible control over voters in Borjomi and Ozurgeti.

Arthur Beterbiev, a native of the city of Khasavyurt, has defeated the German Enrico Kelling and won the IBF (International Boxing Federation) world light heavyweight title.

Isa Gambotov, a resident of Ingushetia, is kept at the Vladikavkaz SIZO (pre-trial prison); the court has extended his arrest until next January on charges of a kidnapping. Law enforcers treat Gambotov as a member of a criminal grouping; however, his relatives insist on his innocence and associate his persecution with the 1992 interethnic conflict.

On November 24, at the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, Armenia and the European Union (EU) plan to sign a new agreement, Armen Ashotyan, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party, has stated. The new agreement does not contradict the Armenia's obligations to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), said Edmon Marukyan, an MP.

Tonight, Konstantin Zykov, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Sochi, was attacked at the entrance to the office. Zykov has noted that the police accepted his application very reluctantly.

The authors of the works presented at the exhibition "The Chair in Art" in Maikop managed to disclose, through the images of chairs, the themes of power, loneliness, dependence and death. Visitors to the exhibition were impressed by its originality and diversity.

Four hours after an explosion in a Makhachkala bathhouse with two people injured, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has got the information about other four persons injured in the explosion, which completely destroyed a house in the Kayakent District of Dagestan. According to the MfE's version, in both cases, the explosions were caused by detonation of gas.

The Chechen Ministry of Public Health has enforced, through the court, a compulsory treatment of 11 patients with an open form of tuberculosis (TB), who had been evading hospitalization, at the dispensary.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Armenian government to make an immediate assessment for the health state of Vaan Shirkhanyan, former Deputy Defence Minister of Armenia, and provide him with the necessary medical treatment. This has been reported by his advocate.