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Today, during the pleadings of the parties at a court hearing in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), public prosecutor has asked the court to sentence the defendant to five years of imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 roubles.

In Chechnya, during the court session, which considered the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, his defence tried three times to challenge the panel of judges, arguing that they are interested in convicting the defendant. The court rejected all the challenges and postponed the session until December 9.

In Chechnya, wages for a month have been paid to employees of the "Megastroi" company, while the wage arrears for two months are still not paid. This was reported by employees of the company. The Prosecutor's Office began checking compliance with labour rights after the publication of the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, Albert Postolokyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, has got a fatal wound under unclear circumstances. This was reported by the Defence Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The regional public organization (RPO) "Ray of Light" of parents of visually impaired children has filed to the court a claim against the Regional Committee of Education and Science. According to parents, inaction of the Committee's officials resulted in the fact that special schools face shortage of speech therapists and professionals to work with visually impaired children.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained the detention of Timur Khamkhoev, the chief of the Centre for Combating Extremism of the Ingush MIA, by the investigation into a criminal case of robbery of a local resident.

In Georgia, the level of women's involvement in politics is extremely slow, and the system of incentives for the parties to encourage respect for gender equality does not actually work. This conclusion was made by NGO "Young Lawyers' Association".

Members of a regional branch of the "Green" Party have been questioned by staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Adygea. This was reported by Valery Brinikh, the chairman of the Adyg branch of the "Green" Party.

For Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of Dagestan, the resignation of Musa Musaev, the Mayor of Makhachkala, would mean a declaration of his blunder with his appointment, said Magomed Magomedov, an observer of the "Chernovik" weekly.

Christopher Smith, the Chairman of the Helsinki Commission of the US Congress, has urged the Azerbaijani authorities to cancel the recent amendments, which introduced stricter penalties for insulting and slandering the country's president on the Internet, as well as the release political prisoners.

The Tver Court of Moscow has imposed a fine amounting to 300,000 roubles on the International Historical, Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" for its refusal to get registered as a "foreign agent." The Court's decision will be challenged, reports Elena Zhemkova, the executive director of the "Memorial".

All the sacrificial sheep that arrived in Adygea from Chechnya, have been distributed, said the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Territory, stressing that the Muftiate (the other name of the SAM) has all the information on who had received the animals.

In Chechnya, the today's court hearing on the appeal filed against the sentence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, has been started with the examination of the investigators' resolution on refusal to initiate a criminal case at the complaint filed by the journalist about use of violence against him.

In Kuban, the authorities have repaid in full the wage arrears to 151 workers of the "Sedin" machine-tool plant and promised to save the plant. This was reported by the workers of the "Sedin" plant.

The Volgograd Regional Administration has decided to preserve the status of the Volgograd Conservatory: the property of the educational establishment will remain municipal property, and the funding thereof will continue.

According to advocate Ivan Pavlov, there are too many coincidences in cases of high treason instituted against Kuban pensioners and housewives.

After the recent storm in Abkhazia, water supply has stopped to houses of the city of Gagra. For the fourth day already, specialists are repairing the main water intake station of the city.

In November, the number of natives of Chechnya, who have succeeded in getting Europe from Brest through Terespol, does not exceed ten persons per day, while the number was twice as large in the mid-October. This was calculated by human rights defenders.

The verdict of seven years in colony, passed to Oksana Sevastidi, a resident of Sochi, for sending an SMS message saying that she was an eyewitness of transporting military equipment to Abkhazia, has become in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) at least tenth conviction for treason and espionage, said the "Team 29", an association of lawyers and journalists.

Nikolai Karpyuk, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of involvement in the war in Chechnya on the side of the militants, has been transported to the penal colony No. 2 in the Vladimir Region. This was reported by his advocate Ilya Novikov.