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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.

The truckers, who were heading from the village of Manas to the protest action in Moscow, were stopped at the post of the road-and-post service (known as DPS) in Kalmykia, since power agents refuse to let empty trucks into the territory of Kalmykia, said a participant of the action. So far, there is no confirmation of this information from the police.

State TV channels are spreading propaganda and blame foreign countries for all Russia's problems, but never speak about internal reasons of economic decline and rising prices in the country, the picketers in Rostov-on-Don have stated.

Farakhim Bunyatov, a resident of the Azerbaijani settlement of Nardaran, who was taken to hospital as a result of clashes with the police, has died.

Unidentified persons have punctured a tire of the car belonging to Alexei Ulyanov, a coordinator of the protest action of truck drivers in Volgograd. The activist associates the incident with the fact that he was going to go to Moscow to support the protest action of truck drivers.

In the Chechen village of Bachi-Yurt, law enforcers are searching for a person, who set fire to a banner with a portrait of one of the family members of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported by local residents. According to them, the village has been blocked by armed men from all sides.

In Azerbaijan, 14 local residents detained in Nardaran face the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest for the period of four months. This was reported on November 28 by the website "Trend" with reference to a source from the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.

The situation in Dagestan is being exacerbated because of the social, economic and religious conflicts. This was announced by participants of a roundtable held in Moscow. The introduction of additional tolls for the use of federal highways has struck truckers of Dagestan; the conflict over the change of the Imams of the Salafi mosques threatens with radicalization of young people; and the ideological struggle against the "Islamic State" (IS) is not convincing enough. This opinion was expressed by experts, who visited Dagestan.

A video message of fighters of the "Islamic State" (IS) with threats against Georgia raises a number of questions, including a question of its authenticity. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to investigate the attack on journalists, who highlighted the events in Nardaran.