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At the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, catering of Muslim athletes will be organized with all the religious requirements. This was stated by Askarbiy Kardanov, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Republic of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory.

Unidentified persons, who in the evening of November 28 shelled and killed a policeman in Makhachkala, stole a car, and all police checkpoints received information about the car. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Kabardino-Balkaria, at the court session on the criminal case of beating and torture of two teenagers, prosecution witnesses gave their testimonies. The court has pronounced the decision on compulsory summoning of the witnesses, who failed to appear at the court. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Khabib Budaikhanov, a Dagestani resident, who was sentenced to imprisonment and the verdict of guilty against whom was cancelled in five years, filed a lawsuit demanding compensation for damages in the amount of 1 million roubles.

Rustam Ibragimbekov, a well-known scenario writer and dramatist has resigned from his post of the Chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan. He has nominated Professor Djamil Gasanli for the post, who participated in the presidential election as a presidential candidate from the NCDF.

Experts doubt the affiliation of the natives of Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow to the grouping of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra". An adept of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra" will not use modern weapons, the observer Orhan Djemal has noted.

Before the New Year, all the Olympic venues should be commissioned; and all non-resident workers should be taken out of the city, Dmitry Kozak, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, said today in Sochi at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin dedicated to preparation for the Olympics.

At the summit of the Eastern Partnership in Vilnius, Georgia has initialled its Association Agreement with the European Union. The Agreement with the EU was signed by David Zalkaliani and Mikhail Djanelidze, Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Economy of Georgia accordingly, the "Tbilisi Week" reports.

On November 26, on the initiative of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), the children's club "Amanat" was inspected, said Zarema Alieva, the club administrator, adding that armed men were involved in the inspection, who exerted psychological pressure on children.

Jamal Magomedov, a resident of the village of Kakhabroso, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was detained by power agents; and his whereabouts are still unknown, said a local resident. In its turn, the on duty unit of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) has not confirmed the detention of Jamal Magomedov.

On November 27, 70 orphans received keys from apartments in one of the new buildings in Grozny. This was announced by an official from the Ministry of Labour of Chechnya. According to him, till the end of the year, the Ministry plans to provide other 70 persons with their own housing.

Today, the MPs of North Ossetia have adopted in the second and final reading by a majority vote a bill to abolish the direct election of the republic's leader and his/her election b y the regional legislative assembly (parliament).

Residents of the premises of the municipal temporary housing fund, who received notifications prescribing to abandon their housing from the Volgograd city administration, demand to amend the law on abolition of categories of people in difficult life situation in their favour.

In Makhachkala, at the first Congress of Dagestani Youth, Ramazan Abdulatipov, the leader of Dagestan, has announced the contest for the best idea of the regional brand. The winner of the contest will receive a cash award and support from the state in manufacturing the product.

The defence of Sergey Reznik, a convicted blogger and journalist from Rostov-on-Don, has filed a brief appeal against the verdict pronounced in his case. This was reported by advocate Elena Dragunova. The conditions of detention of the journalist and observation of his rights in penitentiary institutions were taken under systematic monitoring.

Patrolling on the administrative border between Georgia and South Ossetia will be intensified from 1-2 to 3-4 times a day. This was announced by David Sudjashvili, Chief of the Analytical Department of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Parviz Gashimli, a staff member of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) and the director of the website "moderator.az", who went on a hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS), stopped his protest action after the visit of Elmira Suleimanova, Azerbaijani Ombudsperson. This was reported by his advocates.

Abdul Abilov, an active user of social networks, was detained in Azerbaijan on charges of drug trafficking. His relatives believe that the young man is persecuted for founding the group "Stop sycophants!" on the Facebook, whose members criticize the Azerbaijani authorities. The MIA of Azerbaijan rejects any political motives of the case.

The younger son of the first President of Chechnya Deggi Dudaev, accused of involvement in the criminal grouping, engaged in forgery of passports and possession of drugs, has today pled guilty to the court in Kaunas.

Fifteen members of the extremist organization "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra", including natives of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kalmykia, have been detained in Moscow, the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported today.