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On November 13, Shi’ite Muslims of Azerbaijan commemorated the Day of Ashura - the mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in the battle of Karbala in 680. Religious ceremonies took place at different mosques and sanctuaries, while street processions were not allowed. Some participants of the ceremonies used this day to make political statements.

The body of the entrepreneur Nauruz Cherkasov, 46, who was kidnapped this August, was found in Zelenchuk District of Karachay-Cherkessia. The burial place of the businessman was shown by the earlier detained resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, said a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Judge Pavel Melekhin from the Moscow City Court (MCC) has appointed selection of a new jury for the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", for January 14, 2014.

Four persons, detained during the actions to investigate the explosion committed on October 4 at the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Sumy Region, are suspected of involvement in the illegal transportation of a suicide bomber to Ukraine. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

In the town of Kamyshin of the Volgograd Region, two policemen are suspected that they beat a suspect, demanding a confession. After the interrogation, the 29-year-old local resident was hospitalized. This was reported by the investigating bodies of the Volgograd Region.

Charity project "Theatres to Beslan Children", organized for psychological assistance to victims of the events of September 2004, has been resumed in North Ossetia. Performances will take place both in Vladikavkaz and Beslan.

Students of the History Department of the Baku State University (BSU) held a protest action against the dismissal of Associate Professor Altai Geyushov, their lecturer.

The Yak-40 aircraft, being en route from Grozny to Moscow with wounded soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), made an emergency landing in Voronezh. This was reported by a source from the Voronezh Regional Hospital.

At the military training ground "Ashuluk", in violation of the orders issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), soldiers were forced to search for, store, and load by hands all found ammunition into vehicles. According to Lieutenant Vyacheslav Panikorovsky, two soldiers, who perished at the military training ground "Ashuluk" in August, could be saved.

Rashad Agaaddin (Ramazanov), an active user of social networks, accused of drug trafficking, was sentenced in Azerbaijan to 9 years in prison. Agaaddin himself has rejected the accusation and said that he is persecuted for his writings in the Facebook social network. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict.

Mikhail Stolyarov, the Mayor of Astrakhan, suspected of receiving a large bribe, has been convoyed by plane to Moscow, said a source from regional law enforcement bodies.

Residents of Derbent are suspected of abducting a 16-year-old girl with the aim of marriage to one of them, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported today. Now, the girl is back with her parents, while the kidnappers are under threat of up to 12 years in prison.

The Kirov District Court of Volgograd has refused to annul the results of the elections to the Volgograd City Duma, as demanded by the lawsuit, lodged by the Stalingrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the press service of the Committee reports.

At the embankment of the city of Sochi, a picket was held against the extraction of oil from the Black Sea and in support of the arrested Greenpeace activists, who protested against extraction of hydrocarbons from the Arctic shelf. The event was timed to coincide with the six-year anniversary of the ecological disaster in the Kerch Strait.

Altai Geyushov, Professor of History, has been dismissed from the Baku State University for "activity in social networks." This was stated by the scientist himself.

The planned meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group will not lead to a breakthrough in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This opinion was voiced by Armenian political analysts.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation is carrying out the investigation into reports on torture of Ruslan Makoev, a resident of North Ossetia, accused of the Deputy Prosecutor's murder. Relatives of Ruslan Makoev claim that he got fourth-degree burns.

Six Vietnamese nationals, who illegally stayed and worked in the territory of Chechnya, were deported from the republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" at the local department of the Federal Bailiffs' Service (FBS).

On November 12, at the trial in the case against Yadigyar Sadygov, Adviser to the Chairman of the "Musavat" Party, Judge Elchin Kyazimov dismissed all motions filed by the defence, including the motion to disqualify the judge. This was reported by Khalid Bagirov, the defendant's advocate.

Mugdin Chermit, a former MP of Adygea, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association and an Honorary Academician of the Adyg International Academy of Sciences, has taken the office of the deputy head of the department of home policy of the Krasnodar Territory, the Governor's administration has reported.