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Today, the initiative group of residents of Dagestan, who protest against corruption and demand to dismiss Ramazan Abdulatipov, has temporarily suspended their hunger strike.

In 2014, in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) 36 law enforcers were killed while performing their official duties, including in special operations. This was reported on November 8 by Sergey Chenchik, the head of the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the NCFD.

Today, Albina Magomedova, a resident of Makhachkala, who was earlier involved in human rights activities in the Dagestan Regional Public Organization DRPO "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), has sent her complaints to the bosses of the Russia's FSB, ICRF and General Prosecutor's Office, claiming the power agents' pressure on her.

Today, Ella Pamfilova, the Russia's Ombudsperson, has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin urging to recommend the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to withdraw the lawsuit on liquidation of the Society "Memorial" from the Supreme Court (SC).

The Georgian Party "Free Democrats" led by the former Defence Minister Irakli Alasaniya, will participate in the next parliamentary elections of 2016, said the party leader during the today's party congress.

Today, because of sharp health deterioration, Mamatkhan Baisultanov, one of the hunger-strikers demanding resignation of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov, was taken to the First City Hospital of Makhachkala.

The health status of the arrested human rights activist Intigam Aliev, who had earlier identified problems with his musculoskeletal system, has deteriorated. Because of his poor health, on November 7, he was forced to early terminate his meeting with relatives.

For some time after the split, the "Free Democrats" Party of the former Defence Minister Irakli Alasaniya will not cooperate with the ruling coalition or with the "United National Movement" (UNM), and will act as an independent power, trying to achieve a good result at the next parliamentary elections, said the political experts, polled by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Nadezhda Kireeva, a mother of many children, has appealed to the prosecutor's office demanding to check the activities of the Volgograd Regional Government, which, in her opinion, has failed to fulfil its promise to pay her family's rental fee until the final solution of the family's housing problem.

Particular targeted assistance within the charity marathon "Hurry up to do good!", held in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), was rendered to children from large families, disabled children and those in need of medical treatment.

The socio-political situation, human rights problems and, especially, the implementation of political freedoms do not allow Azerbaijan to hold fair and democratic local elections, states the release of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT) disseminated on November 7.

On November 7, during a rally in Volgograd, members and supporters of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) demanded resignation of the Russian Government, social guarantees to "children of war", renaming Volgograd into Stalingrad and cancellation of the outcomes of the elections, which as stated by the protesters, were accompanied by falsifications, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The sentencing of Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbaev, the two friends of Johar Tsarnaev, who is accused of organizing the terror act during the marathon race in Boston, has been postponed by the US court till 2015.

The Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory has announced the completion of the judicial investigation into the case of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of the city of Kislovodsk accused of drug trafficking. The oral statements of the parties will be heard on November 12.

The authors of the joint statement issued today by 11 NGOs believe that the Georgian public needs a full explanation of the reasons for the resignations of high-ranking officials. They ask the Prime Minister of Georgia to meet them and explain the situation.

On November 2, a number of international human rights organizations sent a letter to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), asking to transfer the investigation of the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, to the Chief Investigating Department of the ICRF. As of today, the letter has been received, the ICRF said.

According to the operative headquarters of Dagestan, today in the evening, the territory of the Shamil District was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.

Employees of the Prosecutor's Office have visited the hunger-strikers who demand resignation of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov. During the interrogation of the protesters, much attention was paid to the persons of the organizers of the action.

According to the Dagestani Region Prosecutor's Office, an audit conducted at the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs revealed a theft of more than 13 million roubles.

Today, after namaz (the Friday prayer) in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, policemen detained five parishioners of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, where earlier a conflict burst out of believers with law enforcers, the edition named "Chernovik" writes, citing eyewitnesses. The reasons for the detention of believers are not reported.