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On Wednesday, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan found Mikhail Stolyarov, the dismissed Mayor of Astrakhan, guilty of bribery and sentenced him to 10 years in a high security colony and a fine, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The suspected militant killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was a bomb specialist of the unit of the banned international terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz", said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The international human rights organization Freedom House has condemned the refusal of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to reconsider the case of Ruslan Kutaev, the convicted head of the Assembly of the Peoples of Northern Caucasus.

In the morning on Wednesday, in Nalchik, a policeman was lost in an attack committed by unidentified persons.

The National Unity Day was celebrated in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) with rallies, concerts and folk festivals; thousands of young residents gathered in regional capitals to collectively perform the anthem of the Russian Federation.

Irakli Alasaniya, the leader of the "Our Georgia – Free Democrats" Party, has resigned from the post of the Defence Minister and stated that Georgia is in political crisis.

As claimed by law enforcement bodies, one militant was killed during the storming of the blocked house in the village of Chegem Vtoroi in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). According to power agents, another man is still in the blocked house; the special operation was postponed until the morning.

Dance groups from the Caucasus, countries of Europe and the Middle East have performed in Nalchik at the Festival "Dances over Elbrus". On Tuesday, they travelled outside the KBR capital to give concerts in other parts of the republic.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has begun considering the appeal complaint lodged by 13 figurants of the criminal case, convicted for attempting to seize power, organization of an illegal armed formation and participation in it, and activities of aiding terrorist.

Farid Askerov accused of beating the rights defender Ilgar Nasibov has admitted his guilt and repented of his deed. Ilgar Nasibov has stated that he has no claims against Farid Askerov; and the court has stopped the criminal case.

On Tuesday, a CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime was introduced in the territory of the village of Chegem Vtoroi of the Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Militants were blocked in one of private houses, sources from law enforcement bodies report.

On the mourning Ashura Day, mosques of Shiite Muslims throughout Azerbaijan held special services. The police prevented street marches and incidents; however, in the village of Nardaran, participants of mosque services voiced out political slogans.

In the evening on November 3, the hospital in the village of Yandar of the Nazran District of Ingushetia was approached by a local resident with a gunshot wound. The police have launched an investigation.

In Dagestan, the hunger strike held by local residents in Makhachkala with demand for the resignation of the Dagestani leader, involves seven persons. The hunger-strikers chose their representatives to discuss their demands at the Public Chamber of Dagestan.

In the morning on November 4, in the central part of the Chechen capital, law enforcers carried out mass check of IDs of residents of apartment buildings, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Residents of Grozny associate holding of "passport checks" with the today's celebration of the Russian National Unity Day.

In the morning on Tuesday, a fire happened in one of the rooms of the Grozny Airport in Chechnya. The fire has been localized, no one suffered, and the airport works without any interruptions.

The Public Chamber of Chechnya has decided to establish a special commission for monitoring the social networks on the Internet. Its main mission will be to counter extremist statements, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Hunger strike of several activists in Makhachkala demanding resignation of head of Dagestan; major power outage in Stavropol; meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris; protests of mothers of many children from Volgograd Region in Moscow; two convoys with Russian humanitarian aid to residents of Donetsk and Lugansk; decision of Chechen SC on Ruslan Kutaev's case, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 27-November 2, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Bekkhan Gelgoev, the head of youth human rights organization "Youth for the Future" and a member of the International Youth Human Rights Movement, and his colleague Zhalavdi Geriev, who were deported on November 2 from Georgia, arrived in Russia by the flight Kutaisi-Moscow.

In western regions of Georgia and in Adzharia (Adjara) heavy rains and snowfalls led to house flooding and blockage of highway sections.