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The residents of the village of Mizur, who keep living for about eight months after the fire in temporary housing and with their relatives, complain about poor living conditions. The authorities have decided to allocate 6.1 million roubles to them.

The Supreme Court of Nagorno-Karabakh has dismissed the complaint filed by advocates of students David Barsegyan and Rafael Avagyan against the verdict, according to which the students were sentenced on charges of espionage to lengthy terms of imprisonment.

On November 30, the Goychay District Court of Azerbaijan sentenced Vidadi Iskenderov, the leader of the NGO "Enhancing Protection of Democracy", to 15 days of administrative arrest on charges of disobeying police.

Staff members of the Department of Bailiff Service for the Astrakhan Region have brought Rasul Koshmukhamedov, the head of the administration of the Seit Village Council, to compulsory works for the systematic failure to pay fines. Rasul Koshmukhamedov's debt on 47 enforcement proceedings has reached 700,000 roubles.

In the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, the village of Kurtat held the contest for the best business plan presented by trainees of the course "Centre of Assistance to Small Businesses". On those days, the village also held the seminar "System of new principles of effective and comfortable training". Both events were organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Committee "Civil Assistance".

The person wounded at a car explosion in the city of Neftekumsk is in the intensive care unit of the district hospital. His evacuation is impossible for medical indications, says the Chief Department of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). The businessman Sultan Ajakhmetov received numerous bodily injuries and lost his both legs, investigators report.

Nearly one hundred thousand residents of Sochi remain without hot water and central heating. A source from the Mayoralty has promised that heat and hot water will be supplied before December 5.

Sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will not be held in Georgia for two years, because the country had not allowed the Russian MP Vasily Likhachov, a member of the monitoring mission of the PACE, to observe the presidential election in the country.

The public support for the law on gender equality in Armenia exhibited by the UN, EU and other international institutions is an act of pressure on the government, opponents of the law assert.

According to Ashot Manucharyan, the former chief adviser on national security issues to the president of Armenia, the West today seeks to "twist back" the choice made by Armenia in favour of the Customs Union (CU). In their turn, activists of the opposition parties believe that this choice was made under Russia's pressure.

On November 29, in Yerevan, the photo exhibition ''Time to realize our opportunities'' dated to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was opened. The event was organized as a part of the project ''Improving quality of life of persons with disabilities through their employment'' (LIFE).

In Chechnya, the police are conducting search for two female residents of Grozny, who disappeared on November 18 and 20. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

Relations between the Chechen and Dagestani peoples are short of friendliness and fellowship. This was stated by Sheikh Akhmad-khadji afandi Abdullaev, Mufti of Dagestan, at the first interregional forum "Prospects for development of good-neighbourly relations between administrative divisions of the Russian Federation. Republic of Dagestan - Chechen Republic" held on November 29 in Makhachkala.

The Sheki Court of Serious Crimes of Azerbaijan began to consider on the merits the criminal case on the riots in Ismailly. On the first day of the court session, journalists were not allowed to enter the courtroom.

A European Union Association Agreement will allow Tbilisi to solve problematic issues with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This was told by Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili to journalists in Vilnius on November 29.

After the interrogation scheduled for December 3, new charges will be filed against Anatoly Serdyukov, ex-Minister of Defence, in connection with the investigation into the case of construction of the "Zhitnoe" Holiday Centre in the Astrakhan Region.

Today, at the House of Journalists in Makhachkala, a rally took place in support of lawyer Murad Musaev, who became a defendant in two criminal cases. The action, coordinated with the authorities, was attended by about 200 people.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has ruled to extend the custody of Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC).

Said Kapiev, a native of Dagestan, who is suspected of beating a female student of the Novosibirsk State Medical University (NSMU), was expelled from the university, the Rector Igor Marinkin has reported today.

On November 26, the authorities of Karabulak began dismantling the building of the former kindergarten "Ryabinka", where 27 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia and Grozny have been living for 20 years and more.