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Experts of the International Institute of Economy and Peace put Russia in the 9th place out of 158 in the rating “Global index of terrorist threats”. In 2010 Russia occupied the 7th position. The situation in Northern Caucasus was called the main cause of instability in the country. However, upon the calculation by the “Caucasian Knot”, total number of victims of the conflict in the South of Russia has been going down during the last three years.

Today, the Moscow City Court has held a session on the Yuri Budanov's murder case, were two secret witnesses gave their testimonies; they identified the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov as the person shooting at Budanov.

Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, will not run for presidency at the forthcoming presidential election in Armenia. The decision was made at today's sitting of the Political Council, the press service of the party reports.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the freedom restriction measure of Sarabi Seyunov, a defendant in the case on the attack on Nalchik, will be changed for home arrest, Eva Chanieva, his advocate, said today.

The relatives of the inmates of the Colony "IK-1 Salyn" in Kalmykia have turned to the leader of North Ossetia asking to help in transferring them home for further serving their sentences. According to the relatives, at the colony, natives of North Ossetia are regularly "becoming victims of personnel's illegitimate actions and abuses."

In the course of the 22nd round of Geneva Debates of security in Transcaucasia, held on December 11-12, the South-Ossetian delegation raised the issue of liberation of its citizens from the jails of Georgia.

As reported by the bosses of the mining company "Base Metals", for the villagers of Vardadzor, whose houses get into the sanitary zone of a new mine, a new block of houses will be built. As to residents themselves, they still believe that in any case the mine will be ecologically harmful for the area.

Activists of non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan announced the start of a human rights campaign “Art for the sake of democracy”.

Law enforcement officers in Kabardino-Balkaria have been seeking for Zeitun Boziev, supposed murderer of TV journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, for suspicion of participation in a paramilitary group. His distinguishing marks and a photo were placed at the web-site of the Ministry. After the death of leaders of local armed underground Boziev was one of the main candidates to replace them”, “Commersant” reports referring to its own sources.

All the participants of an unauthorized action of the Azerbaijani opposition in Fontanov square of Baku detained and delivered to police departments were released. None of them was brought before the court, Giulaga Aslanly, Secretary of Civil movement for democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC), Deputy Chairman of “Musavat” party, reported.

The sufferers on the case of murder of ”Novaya Gazeta” observer Anna Politkovskaya are going to enter a motion of abrogation of defendant Dmitry Pavliuchenkov’s plea bargain in Moscow city court, lawyer Anna Stavitskaya reports.

About two hundred people took part in a meeting with Mayor of the city Anatoly Pakhomov held in the courtyard of house No 40, Chebrikov street, that burnt down. During the meeting Mayor of the city promised to repair the damaged flats and façade of the house and pay the sufferers 5 to 50 thousand rubles compensation.

The administration of the city of Astrakhan has notified the Astrakhan Regional Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Society of Invalids" about termination of leasing contracts on five rooms. In response, the Society has accused bureaucrats of ignoring the laws of the Russian Federation.

The court that is considering the case about the attack on Nalchik in 2005 has appointed additional advocates to defendants Murat Kashirgov and Zaur Sokmyshev, because the advocate Rita Gilyaeva, who had earlier defended them, fell ill and was hospitalized.

At the trial on the murder of former Colonel Yuri Budanov, who was shot dead on June 10, 2011, conducted by the Moscow City Court, three witnesses have testified, including the driver who brought Budanov to the notary office.

On December 10 and 11, the KrasnodarTerritory hosted a series of solo pickets of activists of the party "Communists of Russia", who raised the issue of deprivation of Russians in Finland of their parental rights, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A special operation conducted on December 8 in the Untsukul and Gumbetov Districts of Dagestan resulted in detention of three persons-organizers of the terror act against Sheikh Said Afandi; they all gave confessions, the Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) reports today.

Today trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder was continued in Moscow city court. During the session one of the witnesses declared that he knew the defendant under the name of Magomed Suleimanov.

Today the police in Baku hindered the supporters of the opposition from holding an unauthorized action of protest with the demand that the authorities should respect human rights. The action organized by Civil movement for democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC) was timed to the International Human Rights Day which is celebrated on December, 10.

A mass action of oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) timed to Human Rights Day was held in Svobody (Freedom) square today.