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Since November 9, in Azerbaijan, the oppositional newspaper "Yeni Musavat" was temporarily suspended – this was a sort of protest against the obstacles created for its distribution. Another oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" is also facing a threat of suspension, since the publishing house "Azerbaijan" has demanded to quickly pay the debts.

The responsibility for the explosion of the store in Makhachkala was taken by the grouping "Ansaru ash-Sharia". Dagestani policemen are under high alert regime and are searching for the car, used by criminals to flee.

The jury of the Krasnodar Territorial Court has recognized all the defendants in the "Tsapok case", accused of the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, guilty of all the imputed crimes and deserving no leniency.

The explosion of the store "24 Hours" in Makhachkala killed one person and wounded two, Dagestani investigators report. The local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has data about one casualty – a security of the store, and one wounded store seller. The attack was committed by three unidentified persons.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that two rallies, organized in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and the "Communists of Russia" on the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, brought together more than two thousand people.

As of November 7, 17 residents of Volgograd, who suffered at the recent terror act, continue their in-patient treatment, said the local Ministry of Public Health. The regional investigators report about the course of inquiry and state that they have evidence confirming that the suicide bombing was committed by Naida Asiyalova, and that she had no supporters and accomplices in Volgograd.

The participants of the roundtable, held on November 7 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, have stated that the republic failed with the land reform and to fulfil the Federal Law FZ-131 "On General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation", according to which, the land should have been transferred to rural communities.

Relatives of detainees during "Million Mask March" have demonstrated in Yerevan demanding to release them. The action was about 40 people strong, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On November 7, the Sabail District Court of Baku considered the complaint lodged by Parviz Gashimli, a journalist and human rights defender, who asked to recognize the searches of his workplaces and seizure of his property and documents as illegitimate. The court dismissed the complaint.

In Dagestan, the three residents of the Levashin District, who disappeared after detention by power agents, are already at home, the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). They had been detained for a check, said the police.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office. According to the Judge's decision, Said Amirov will stay in custody till February 28, 2014.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has issued the next decision on the complaint filed by residents of Chechnya regarding the disappearance of their relatives. According to the ECtHR's decision, the complainants are to receive compensation in the amount of about 200,000 euros.

In Moscow, one of the jurors in the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was disqualified from the jury, since he himself had been earlier sentenced for murder.

The Prosecutor's Office has checked the investigation into the case of rape of a minor in Kabardino-Balkaria and found a number of violations, including delays in appointments of examinations.

The UN General Assembly has approved the resolution calling on the states to respect the "Olympic Truce" during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The period of the truce is to begin seven days prior to the Olympics and to be completed within a week after the 11th Paralympic Winter Games.

Advocate Murad Musaev, who protects the rights and interests of defendant Yusup Temerkhanov, accused of the murder of Yuri Budanov, was involved in the criminal case of bribery of witnesses, and he is also a figurant in the case of interfering with the trial. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Okhotsk Construction Company" fails to pay the workers from Tajikistan the remainder of the debt on their wages for the construction of the Olympic housing in Sochi, despite its promise to pay the arrears till November 6. This was stated by Sobirzhon Yunusov, the foreman of the workers.

At the roundtable on the topic of "Azerbaijan is at crossroads: Eastern Partnership or Customs Union?", civil society activists urged the government to accelerate the process of the country's European integration. According to the participants of the meeting, there is no alternative to the European integration and the accession to the Customs Union hides a threat of loss of independence of the country.

The enterprises discharge sewage waters, which were not subjected to biological treatment and disinfection, into the Kambileevka River. This was stated by residents of the village of Kantyshevo, who filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia.

Natives of the North-Caucasian republics complain that they are subjected to discrimination, when renting housing in Moscow. An agent of one of the leading real estate agencies in Moscow explains that agents only follow the wishes of the owners of housing let to rent out.