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On November 19-24, Sukhumi will host the "Kunaki" film festival. It is designed to help film makers from the Caucasus to enter the world level and to contribute to the revival of cinema in the region. This was announced by organizers of the film festival.

After the intervention of human rights defenders, the Prosecutor's Office has recognized as unjustified the inclusion in the police prevention registration list in the "extremist" category of two residents of Dagestan. This was reported by Galina Tarasova, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Kuban, the regional law on mandatory chipping of cats and dogs, valid from October 2016, does not actually work, and it is to be cancelled or amended. This opinion is voiced by Krasnodar animal rights activists. According to owners of veterinary clinics, the region needs no a law on chipping, but a law on mandatory sterilization of animals.

The Pyatigorsk State University held a three-day training qualification courses for Islamic religious leaders and lecturers of Islamic higher education institutions. The courses were aimed at training Islamic theologians willing to carry out activities on prevention of extremism.

In Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov, the former spokesman of the Salafi mosque in Hungarian Fighters Street, has filed a claim to exclude his name from the prevention registration list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to the advocate, the court hearing scheduled for November 16 has been postponed to December 1.

The Magas District Court has taken into custody five persons detained on suspicion of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office.

Advocates of one of the defendants in the case on attempt to create a caliphate in Kabardino-Balkaria have refused questioning a prosecution witness, since he hardly answered questions at the court hearing held on November 16.

Ramazan Djalaldinov, a disappeared resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who criticized the Chechen authorities, stays in a safe place. This was reported by Svetlana Gannushkina.

Tatiana Dyakova and Fyodor Dyakov have filed to the court an appeal with a request to review the decision about their eviction to the street from the municipal building because of the newly discovered circumstances. After the court had pronounced the decision on their eviction, they gave birth to their third child, and another child was recognized disabled.

In Dagestan, among the social values, residents give the first place to family issues, independently of their religion. However, in relation to other values, there is large difference between the various groups of Dagestani residents.

According to advocate Alaudi Musaev, the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) has made an unjustified decision to postpone to November 22 the hearing in the case against Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The draft of pet regulations submitted for discussion includes the amendments proposed by ecological activists and related to deadlines for disposal of animals sent to shelters and rules for handling biological waste.

Magomednabi Magomedov has been placed into a dungeon (punishment cell) for violation of the regime of detention at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was reported by the Department for the Rostov Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to notify the UN Secretary General about the Russia's intention not to become a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which earlier approved the investigation against residents of South Ossetia and Russian soldiers and officers after the 2008 conflict.

On November 15, in Makhachkala, the National Library hosted a memorial evening to honour the victims of the terror act committed in Kaspiysk in 1996. In Kaspiysk, people held a memorial rally and laid flowers at the memorial to the victims. Participants of the memorial events recalled their deceased relatives and talked about the need to confront terrorism.

Gadji Aliev, an advocate of Varvara Karaulova, has filed a motion to judges of the Moscow District Military Court to place his client to a prisoners' dock out of a glass "aquarium cell". According to the advocate, even Anders Breivik, a mass murderer, was not placed into a glass cell during the trial.

During the consideration of the appeal against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, at the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, advocate Ermolaeva has reported that Dmitry Gorbovtsov, who chairs the trial, claims to the post of the Deputy Chairman of the Chechen SC. To succeed, he is to uphold the verdict of guilty to Zhalaudi Geriev.

In Moscow, a court has postponed consideration of the claim filed by Igor Trunov, well-known for his defence of the interests of the victims of the terror act in Domodedovo and the Dubrovka Theatre Centre, about the decision to deprive him of his status of advocate.

In Grozny, the police cordoned off the "Akhmat Arena" stadium before the football match between the national teams of Russia and Romania. As a result, traffic jams occurred, report city residents. Some employees of budget organizations claimed being forced to attend the match as fans.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has held the hearing on the appeal against the sentence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in the absence of the defendant, since guards to escort him were sent to another SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was reported by an advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev.