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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.

A part of Dagestani truck drivers, who stopped their strike against the "Platon" system in Kayakent, have joined the protest of their colleagues in Manas.

Today, Mark Feigin, the advocate of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, said that in relation to her sister, Vera Savchenko, a criminal case has been opened for contempt of court.

This time, the well-known ecologist from the Krasnodar Territory Evgeny Vitishko is holding his protest against the Tambov Regional Prosecutor's Office, which has appealed against the decision to commute his punishment.

Today the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has rejected the appeal complaint lodged by journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

Over 400 drivers of heavy-duty vehicles, protesting near the Dagestani village of Kayakent and demanding to abolish the "Platon" system of toll highways, have stopped their strike.

In Tbilisi, the office of Jehovah's Witnesses was shelled. After the shelling, the facade of the building bears holes of 15 bullets. No one suffered as a result of the incident.

The Maikop City Court has found Elman Isaev guilty of preparation for joining an illegal armed formation (IAF) in the territory of Syria and sentenced him to one year and ten months of imprisonment. Earlier, it has been reported that Elman Isaev is a resident of Adygea. However, regional editions call him a native of Dagestan, living in the Krasnodar Territory.

At the national gathering held in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov has made a statement concerning the responsibility of parents for their children's actions in view of the need to combat extremism and terrorism. Local residents fear that the Ramzan Kadyrov's statements can result in severe consequences.

Last night, in Dagestan, about 400 trucks stayed on the highway near the village of Kayakent and continued the protest action of truck drivers. The protestors have declared that they are not going to abandon their intention to join the all-Russian strike of truckers to be held in Moscow. On November 30, they are going to "start for Moscow" to take part in the strike.

The Muftiyat of Dagestan has appointed Magomedrasul Saaduev, Imam of the central mosque in Makhachkala, the new Imam of the mosque in Kotrov Street. He plans to combine his two positions. Believers of the mosque in Kotrov Street do not treat Magomedrasul Saaduev as a compromise figure for their community.

The Leninsky District Court of Grozny has ruled to ban in Russia Twitter page of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Drivers of heavy trucks are going to stay with their trucks near Khasavyurt, until the issue with the "Platon" system is not settled in their favour, the protesters against the system of levying tolls on federal highways have declared.

The lawyer Alexander Popkov has reported that he had received an investigator's notification that Professor Mikhail Savva would face a new charge of fraud. According to Popkov, the defence is not allowed to study the case files.

The defence and relatives of a Russian student Alexandra Ivanova (formerly, Varvara Karaulova), arrested on charges of attempting to join the "Islamic State" cannot see her in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), said her advocate Sergey Badamshin.

Vakhtang Gomelauri, Chief of the Georgian State Security Service, has called a lie the information about the creation of a unit of the "Islamic State" (IS) on the territory of Georgia. The Georgian State Security Service has also launched the investigation into the disseminated video message of IS fighters voicing threats against Georgia.

In Dagestan, the events around the mosque in Kotrov Street are a part of measures to tighten the domestic policy in the country against the background of the war in Syria, and they can result in a confrontation within the republic and movement of young people to the underground. This opinion was expressed by experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Mukhtar Kurbanov, the head of the village of Teletl, who was killed on November 21, used to work at the law enforcement bodies, and he received threats from militants. This was reported by a resident of the village of Teletl. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the crime could be motivated by revenge in connection with the Mukhtar Kurbanov's service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Kalmykia, the investigating authorities have reported on the detention of a suspect in the case of the death of prisoner Dmitry Batyrev at the Elista penal colony.