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When executing decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Russian authorities are just paying compensations, while those responsible for atrocious crimes remain unpunished. This was stated by activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in their comments on the resolution of the Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe (CE) on the ineffective investigation into the cases of extrajudicial executions and torture in Chechnya.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has granted the investigators' petition to extend the house arrest of Magomed Magomedov, a journalist of the newspaper "Novoye Delo" and the former official spokesman of the mosque located in General Omarov Street. The house arrest was extended until January 12, 2017.

Today, about 50 residents of Makhachkala came out to protest against the construction of a high rise building in the vicinity of General Omarov Street.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is the only one of the heads of southern regions of Russia, who became one of the "honours" of the "survival" rating, compiled on the basis of estimations voiced by experts of the "Petersburg Politics" Foundation and the "Minchenko Consulting" Holding. The number of the leaders, who lost their positions, included the head of Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, the Krasnodar Territory, and the Volgograd Region.

The Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe (CE) has published four resolutions on supervision of the execution of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), adopted in cases versus Russia. They include the case "Khashiev and Akaeva vs. Russia" on killing of the applicants' relatives in Grozny in January 2000. The ECtHR's judgment on the case remains unenforced for more than 11 years.

Press conference of rights defenders on force countering discussions of corruption in Chechnya; detention in Ingushetia of a high-ranking police officer; conviction in Azerbaijani of activist of "Nida" movement, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 5-11, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Svetlana and Grigory Moiseenko, who care of two minor children, have got from court marshals a demand to leave the reserve housing fund of the "Neptune" Hotel. Similar demand was also got by the Manukov family. Court marshals demand to vacate the premises until December 12.

During the week of December 5-11, 2016, no information on persons killed or wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe (CE) regrets that the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijani has upheld the verdict to the oppositional politician Ilgar Mamedov, despite the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

According to participants of the international forum "Creative Georgia", people of creative professions are unable to implement their projects in Georgia because of the low level of education at schools and institutions of higher education in the country. The participants of the international forum have noted the need for copyright protection.

On December 8-11, in Derbent, a team of four photographers is engaged in 3D-digitization of museum exhibits and objects of cultural heritage, which need to be preserved. The project is managed by the "Peri" Foundation, which since 2015 implements the programme "Cultural Heritage 2.0".

The Prosecutor's Office has found no reason for taking action in response to the complaints filed by disabled Vadim Urkunov against officials and entrepreneurs, who went to court and legalized unsanctioned buildings on house land plots in Sochi.

The Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without Political Prisoner" demands to release innocent unfairly sentenced prisoners, stop the persecution of dissidents, and create conditions for free activities of NGOs. This is stated in the report of the Public Alliance, presented at a meeting of human rights defenders and family members of political prisoners.

The reconstruction project of the highway in the Volgograd neighbourhood of Gumrak was not discussed with the public; the works are performed in violation of regulations, and, as it turned out, provide for the installation of huge noise suppression shields in front of houses, residents complained at their meeting with officials.

The heads of three districts of Makhachkala, including Magomed Alkhasov, who has recently headed the Leninsky District, must quickly solve the problems of garbage removal and water and power outages, the townspeople assert. Besides, they have identified the poor road condition and uncontrolled urban development among the most pressing problems of the city.

During the riots in Khorenatsi Street in Yerevan, Ani Zakaryan, the leader of the "New Political Culture" Party, urged supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment to break the glass of a police car, investigators assert. Ms Zakaryan has treated the charges as politically motivated.

The case of the natives of Chechnya Khamid Rajapov and Tsetiev brothers, accused of beating and attempted murder of employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), shows the need of creating some independent institution to deal with checking complaints against law enforcers and investigators, the members of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) believe.

The prosecutor's check, launched after the publication of the "Caucasian Knot", has revealed violations at paying wages to workers the "MegaStroyInvest". At the same time, the information about the long delay in payment of wages was not confirmed, the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has reported.

The case against a Dagestani, accused of possessing ammunition for the members of the "Magaramkent" armed grouping, has been sent to the court.

Ruben Melikyan, the Ombudsman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has prepared a report on violations of the international humanitarian law by Azerbaijan during the exacerbation of the Karabakh conflict in April this year. The paper presents evidence of torture and executions, including of civilians.