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In Armenia, organizations-members of the coalition "Combating Violence against Women" demand to adopt a law on domestic violence as a whole package, not dividing it into parts concerning physical, economic and psychological violence.

The Human Rights Council under the Russian President has appealed to the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a request to conduct the more thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion that occurred in August at military training ground "Ashuluk".

In Sochi, members of public organizations and political parties have declared the illegitimacy of the chairman of the commission on public hearings and the unreasonableness of the very project. Initiators of the public hearings have recognized the arguments reasonable and declared the public hearings invalid.

On November 25, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan interrogated Zaur Gasanov, accused of killing policemen and being a member of illegal armed formation (IAF). The defendant has pleaded not guilty. Besides, he has claimed being tortured.

Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova has appealed to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the leader of Dagestan, asking him to pay attention to the pressure on witnesses in the case of the murder of five persons committed in Kizlyar. Sapiyat Magomedova states that the defence's witnesses, victims and their advocates have to ask for state protection.

Today, Parviz Gashimli, an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) and the head of the website moderator.az, accused of smuggling and illegal possession of arms, has gone on a hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, said his advocate Elchin Sadygov.

Today, the court session on the recognition of the Union "Women of the Don" as a foreign agent was postponed – it was rescheduled for December 4 with the aim to summon the expert, whose opinion was put into the basis of the claim lodged by the City Prosecutor of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region.

Today, Yerevan has launched a 16-day-long campaign to end violence against women. About 30 people gathered in the Students Park and marched along the main streets of the capital, urging citizens to pay attention to the acute, in their opinion, problem of the Armenian society.

In the village of Ashilta, Untsukul District of Dagestan, two houses inhabited by the families of Magomedali Amirkhanov, detained on suspicion of organizing the terror act on August 28, 2012, in which Sheikh Saeed Chirkey was killed, and his brother Amirkhan Aldamov, who was killed in March this year, were burnt down.

Suleiman Magomedov, who accidentally blew himself up with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Makhachkala, was allegedly involved in the preparation of the terror act committed in the passenger bus in Volgograd. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee of Russia (NAC).

According to the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) seven citizens of Russia, Uzbekistan and Georgia, suspected of creating a criminal association, engaged in illegal banking activities, were detained in Moscow. According to investigators, they organized a channel of exporting out of Russia the funds belonging to illegal migrants from Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Abkhazia; the funds were also used to support terrorists.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has announced a start of inquiry into the murder in Moscow of two women, one of whom is a citizen of Kazakhstan. The other casualty, who, according to a source from law enforcement bodies, had her arms and legs cut off and a wound on the stomach in the form of a cross, was a native of Dagestan. Internet users see nationalistic motive in her murder.

In Chechnya, a local resident is suspected of killing his sister. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by officials from the law enforcement bodies of the republic. On November 23, a 19-year-old female resident of the village of Tangi-Chu of the Urus-Martan District was found dead. Investigators believe the girl was killed by her brother, who treated her behaviour as disgraceful.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) files new charges in the criminal case, in which Said Amirov, ex-Mayor of Makhachkala, is the main defendant. Magomed Akhmedov, the former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, is charged with the murder of investigator Arsen Gadjibekov.

Conviction of Krasnodar Court on Kuschevskaya massacre; first in two years meeting of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan; death during a special operation in Makhachkala of alleged organizer of the terror act in Volgograd, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 18-24, 2013, prepared by the " Caucasian Knot".

During the week of November 18-24, 2013, at least 22 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 18 persons were killed, and 4 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, in Astrakhan, the movement "Russians of Astrakhan" marked the day to pay tribute to the memory of Yuri Budanov. The action took place in Lenin Square, and in total, the action was attended by about 100 persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has launched a campaign to collect signatures under the motion to perpetuate the memory of killed journalists Elmar Guseinov and Rafiq Tagi.

German Lopatkin, Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Rostov Region, has sent to the heads of regional municipalities the document instructed the officials not to use foreign websites as Internet search engines.

Medical staff of the penal colony injects psychotropic drugs, in particular, haloperidol, Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, in large doses and without indications. This was stated by Aslan Cherkesov's relatives.