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Today, in the capital of North Ossetia, at a rally near the Cinema "Terek", supporters of Alla Djioeva demanded to recognize her as the President of South Ossetia.

About 200 vehicles with cargoes for Armenia are still on the road leading to the checkpoint "Verkhny Lars" on the border between Russia and Georgia. Armenia and Georgia will establish a joint company to deal with road and transport issues. This was reported by Manuk Vardanyan, Minister of Transport and Communication of Armenia.

Possibilities for peaceful withdrawal from the underground of the militants, who have joined the underground by ignorance, and recent rallies in Makhachkala became the main topics of the public hearings "Peacekeeping practice in North Caucasus: experience, models, methods to improve efficiency" in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (PCRF).

Eduard Kokoity, current President of South Ossetia, has rejected the Alla Djioeva's demand to recognize her till 6:00 p.m. as President of South Ossetia. General Anatoly Barankevich, ex-Defence Minister of South Ossetia, has cautioned Djioeva's supporters protesting in the square in Tskhinvali against provocations.

Investigators focus on clarifying the motives of today's murder of Nazhmudin Abdulkerimov, the teacher of the Makhachkala Industrial College. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee (IC) of Dagestan.

On December 5, Chechen Muslims will celebrate one of the main Islam holidays – the Ashura Day. To organize the festivities, a special commission, headed by Magomed Daudov, First Deputy Prime Minister, was created.

The Investigatory Division of the city of Elista of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Republic of Kalmykia has completed the investigation into the criminal case against Radij Burulov, ex-Mayor of the city of Elista, charged of abuse of power and forgery.

Sheikh Mohammed Jawad Lankarani, Iranian Ayatollah, has welcomed murder of the publicist Rafiq Tagi in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani experts appealed to the official Baku to immediately react to this message.

On November, 1, in the dormitories of Krasnodar adjacent to the building of KSU searches were carried out. An eyewitness told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent that several persons were detained.

During a session of disciplinary supervisory committee (DSC) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) on November, 30, the case of beating up footballer Gogniev at a match in Grozny was not reviewed, in spite of UEFA’s statement that RFU had to review the case after the video of the incident became public.

The Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh has finished receiving applications from those who wished to take part in a youth contest project “Youth personnel reserve”. The goal of the program is to assist the young people’s employment.

The blogger Alexei Dudko, sentenced to six years in colony, was placed to the quarantine unit of the Federal Correction Institution Corrective Colony No. 17, located near the city of Kirov. According to his wife Madina Bokova, in this way they prepare Dudko for transfer to the colony.

The organizers of the rally, held on November 30 in Dagestan, have convoked a press conference, where they explained why they had decided to go out to the protest.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia has accused Alla Djioeva, the winner of the second round of the presidential election, the results of which were abolished by the Supreme Court of South Ossetia, of preparing a "colour revolution". Ms Djioeva has rejected the accusation, but declared that she "would get ready for possible measures of the current authorities against her."

Block No. 1 of the Abkhazian Republic's Hospital has resumed work after overhaul. It has housed the wards of haemodialysis and vascular surgery, earlier non-existent in the republic.

Within the 2011 Armenia-EU action programme, the European Commission will allocate 24 million euros to ensure transparency of the state sector.

In the course of the session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan was elected one of the Vice-Presidents of the Committee.

Today the police delivered Saadulla Abusupyanov, organizer of a meeting against kidnapping and arbitrary rule of members of the top brass, to magistrate's court for calling him to administrative account, lawyer Ziyavdin Uvaisov told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Resident of the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya, Sunzha district of the Republic of Ingushetia, Ismail Tsechoev born in 1981 was beaten up and kidnapped by the personnel of an unidentified enforcement agency, then accused of illegal storage of arms, his relatives report.

Public prosecutor at a trial on the case of kidnapping natives of Armenia demanded 11 to 20 years of custody for the defendants