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At their rally dedicated to the anniversary of the start of Soviet counterattack at Stalingrad during WW II, communists demanded to cancel the "Platon" system.

Natives of Northern Caucasus and former Soviet republics control the territory, from which they made video filming the attack on the Russian Su-24 bomber, shot down by a Turkish fighter on November 24, said Victor Bondarev, the Commander of the Aerospace Forces (ASF) of Russia.

In Dagestan, the police have searched the madrasa of the religious non-governmental fund "Suleimandji". Law enforcers report about confiscation of DVDs with videos of the "Islamic State" (IS) and "Imarat Kavkaz" from the madrasa.

Two supporters of the movement "Muslim Unity" have been detained today in Ganja on suspicion of illegal possession of drugs and weapons, and rendering resistance to the police, the MIA of Azerbaijan reports today.

The investigation into the incident at the Belorechenskaya Educational Colony, where as a result of beatings one inmate died and six others were injured, has been brought under control of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) and the Human Rights Council (HRC) under Russian President.

The protests in the Azerbaijani village of Nardaran, where members of a group of believers and policemen had been killed in clashes, were stopped. However, the police continue to control the entrances to the village, and the local residents have not yet removed the barricades built.

In Los Angeles, the "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund (Armenia) has completed the annual telethon, during which activists were raising the funds to provide housing for families of Nagorno-Karabakh with five or more children.

In the morning, policemen were attacked 5 km from the village of Uchkeken of the Malokarachay District. According to law enforcers, the policemen tried to stop a car and were shelled from it.

The PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has approved the draft resolution, which calls on the Armenian authorities to stop using the water resources "as a tool of political influence." This was reported by the message posted on the PACE's website on November 26.

In Makhachkala, law enforcers have seized books from the mosque in Kotrov Street, where the Imam was replaced by the decision of the Dagestani Muftiyat. Meanwhile, the believers claim that no extremist literature was stored at the mosque.

Tonight, Residents of Nardaran gathered for a spontaneous rally in Imam Hussein Square in the centre of the village, one of the locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They start to erect barricades and demand to release their fellow villagers detained by power agents.

Today, residents of Novorossiysk held a protest action at the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey, the "Interfax-South" reports referring to a source from the city operative services.

Today, in the village of Nardaran, which is located 25 kilometres off Baku, clashes broke out between policemen and believers. Four members of the movement "Muslim Unity" and two policemen were killed, law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan report. Talekh Bagirzade, a Shiite theologian, was detained.

In Dagestan, power agents completed their counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Tabasaran District, a source from the republic's operative headquarters has reported.

In the evening of November 25, in Grozny, a group of activists of the youth patriotic club "Akhmat" held a rally to criticize the actions of the Turkish side, which shot down a Russian plane on the Turkish-Syrian border. The rally was held in front of the mosque "Heart of Chechnya", and it was attended by more than ten people.

In the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region, truck drivers held a picket against the introduction of heavy vehicle toll for the use of federal highways.

In Novocherkassk of the Rostov Region, family members of contractor soldier Alexander Pozynich were officially informed of his death in Syria. The body of the soldier has been transported to Russia.

In Kalmykia, the protest action started by prisoners of the penal colony No. 1, who went on a hunger strike after the death of prisoner Dmitry Batyrev, lasted about one day. This was reported by the Public Oversight Commission (POC) for Kalmykia.

In Dagestan, up to 500 trucks of striking drivers still stay on the highway near Khasavyurt. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Surkhai Alimirzaev, a participant of the protest action.

Advocates of Khadija Ismayilova have expressed their disagreement with the decision of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the appeal against the verdict of guilty.