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The new Transport Minister of Dagestan Saygitpasha Umakhanov has preserved control over Khasavyurt, even after stepping down as Mayor; therefore, his transition to a less influential post is not a demotion, said Gadjimurad Sagitov and Musa Musaev, the editors-in-chief of the editions "Novoye Delo" and "Nastoyeascheye Vremya", accordingly.

Residents of Nardaran managed to learn the names of all those detained in the course of the special operation conducted in the village. The situation in Nardaran remains tense; the village streets were cleared of barricades; however, the village has no electricity and telephone communication.

Saigidpasha Umakhanov, ex-Mayor of Khasavyurt, has been officially appointed the head of the Ministry of Transport, Energy and Communications for Dagestan, created by restructuring of a number of public institutions. This was reported by Telman Radjabov, a press officer of the Ministry.

Arthur Akhmetkhanov, Minister of the Internal Affairs for North Ossetia, has written a resignation letter in connection with the case of the death of detained Vladimir Tskaev. This was reported by local media. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has denied the information and noted that the Minister is on a long vacation.

The Leninsky District Court of Voronezh has determined to dismiss the complaints filed by the Media Rights Defence Centre about the decision of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to include the organization in the register of "foreign agents".

The special operation carried out in the territories of the Suleiman-Stalsky and Magaramkent Districts of Dagestan has been completed. Three leaders of local militants have been killed.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF) has accused Marik Bukulov, a resident of Vladikavkaz, who was arrested in the case of the attack on policeman Roland Pliev, of causing grievous bodily harm with the use of a weapon.

Unrest in Nardaran, which killed seven persons; two CTOs in Dagestan; departure of protesting truckers from southern regions of Russia to Moscow; transfer to court of the case about the shooting of the family in Gyumri; hunger strike of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko in the penal colony; withdrawal of the banking licence of the "Maximum" Bank in the Rostov Region, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 23-29, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Investigators have found no components of crime in the actions of staff members of the transport police and employees of the Domodedovo Airport in connection with a terror act at the Domodedovo Airport.

Members of the Chechen Diaspora have condemned the position of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who accused the Turkish authorities of supporting terrorism.

During the week from November 23 to November 29, 2015, four people killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the village of Nasakirali of the Ozurgeti District, four persons were detained on the charge of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), and weapons were seized from them.

In Azerbaijan, at the meeting of elders and representatives of Nardaran, it was decided to stop the protest action and unblock streets inside the village. The step has been taken in order to avoid confrontation with law enforcers, as well as by the need to take bodies of the persons killed during the special operation on November 26 and bury them.

On November 28, residents of the village of Bachi-Yurt of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, who work in other localities, failed to come to work because of the full blockade of the village by law enforcers.

The head of the "Rosavtodor" (Federal Road Agency) should be dismissed together with the Minister of Transport. This is announced by the resolution, adopted at the rally held in Rostov-on-Don.

The militants killed in Dagestan were leaders of the "Tabasaran" and "Suleiman-Stalsky" militant groupings. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). 26-year-old Gasan Mamedyarov and 36-year-old Robert Melikov were wanted for the murder of hunters.

The cordon around the village of Bachi-Yurt has been lifted, and there are no restrictions on the movement throughout the village, local residents report. Officials from the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya refused to comment on the situation.

Russia has begun to act against Turkey in the same scenario like it did in respect of Georgia in 2006 and 2008. This opinion was expressed by experts, who predicted massive violations of the rights of citizens of Turkey.

In France, nearly ten years after editing, a presentation of the documentary "Sons of Ichkeria" took place. The documentary filmed by Florent Marcie in 1996 contains unique footage of peaceful demonstrations and protests in the besieged Grozny during the first Chechen War, as well as interviews with residents of Chechnya.

According to locals, power agents make mass detentions in Bachi-Yurt, Chechnya, of suspects of burning down a portrait of Ramzan Kadyrov's family member. So far, there is no confirmation of this information from law enforcement bodies or local administration.