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Military sappers have exceeded the current year's plan for demining the territory of Chechnya by 50 percent. The works on clearing the land of explosives will last until the end of November, said the Military Commandant of Chechnya.

This morning, rescue teams have resumed their activities suspended at nightfall in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, where on November 10, a car fell into precipice. The searches take place on the Andean Koisu River.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has upheld the decision of the court of Nalchik, which dismissed the request to disclose the burial place of the killed suspects involved in the attack on the capital of the republic in 2005.

As of November 10, more than 39,000 residents of Makhachkala, including more than 34,000 children, are vaccinated against hepatitis A. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health.

In Sochi, policemen unfoundedly seized a hard drive from the office of the first driving school registered in the city and thus paralyzed its activities for two months. This was stated by Khachik Takmazyan, the director of the driving school. He asked the court to bring the policemen to responsibility.

Investigators do not question residents of the village of Goor-Khindakh, who are ready to confirm that the Gasanguseinov brothers, Dagestani shepherds, killed during a special operation, had no relation to militants. This was told by the father of the killed brothers.

Today, Ramazan Djalaldinov, a disappeared resident of the village of Kenkhi, has contacted Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Committee "Civil Assistance". He has told her that he had left the republic after Chechen law enforcers voiced threats against him and asks not to look for him.

Today, Nalchik has opened the exhibition of the State Museum of the GULAG's History and the Remembrance Foundation, dedicated to the creation of a monument to victims of political repressions.

Activists held an action protest in front of the building of the Armenian government. The protestors demand from the top managers of the "Nairit" plant to pay off wage arrears to the workers and to abandon plans on reduction of staff.

The defence of activist Giyas Ibragimov requests to completely cancel his sentence on the charge of drug trafficking.

Law enforcers have completed a special operation in Baksan. The killed man has been preliminary identified as Akhmed Shevkhuzhev, who was wanted on suspicion of attacking policemen at night of October 9.

On November 19-24, Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, is expected to host the 10th North-Caucasian Open Festival of Film and TV "Kunaki". The contest programme shall include 57 films. According to organizers of the festival, at the selection of films, the main criterion was their professionalism.

Deputies of the City Duma of Volgograd have approved by majority the concept of outsourcing for catering in kindergartens. Meanwhile, the petition against outsourcing in kindergartens posted on the website "Change.org" has already collected 452 signatures.

In Makhachkala, after the mass poisoning of city residents and the arrest of the former head of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Makhachkalavodokanal", Timur Magomedov is appointed the acting director of the JSC. This was reported by the Mayor's Office of the capital of Dagestan.

In Sochi, the City Mayor's Office has developed draft pet regulations, including the procedure for capture and disposal of stray animals in the city. The animal rights activists believe the regulations need to be improved.

After the mass poisoning with water of residents of Makhachkala, Dagestani Prime Minister Abdusamad Khamidov announced the need for introduction of external state control over the "Makhachkalavodokanal". Musa Musaev, Mayor of Makhachkala, also believes that the company needs a radical change in the control system.

Faig Amirov, the Chief Financial Officer of the newspaper "Azadlyg", arrested in Azerbaijan, has lost 20 kilos of body weight and needs serious treatment, said his advocate.

The Court of the Gorodische District of the Volgograd Region, which considered the case of beating the pensioner Valentina Tomchak, has found contradictions in testimonies of one woman-witness.

The natives of Chechnya Anzor Mamaev and Khazbulat Gabzaev, kept in Colony No. 7 in the town of Segezh, have been questioned about the use of violence to them, said the rights defenders, who checked the complaint of the convict Ildar Dadin about torture and beatings.

Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, has announced plans to create an international counter-terrorist centre in the territory of the destroyed School No. 1 in Beslan.