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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.

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a statement running that Russia suspended the use of radar station (RS) in Gabala. The countries did not come to an agreement about the sum of rental, the Ministry reports.

On December, 8, unidentified masked and camouflaged people in the settlement of Chontaul, Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, attempted to burn down Salimat Gadjieva’s family consisting of seven persons. This was reported by the woman herself.

According to preliminary data, today in Ingushetia during a skirmish in the village of Dolakovo, Suleiman Shankhoev, the coordinator of the team of suicide bombers "Riyad al-Saliheen", banned in Russia, was killed, said the press service of the FSB Department for Ingushetia.

As reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the suspect in the murder on December 5 inNalchik of journalist Kazbek Gekkiev was established as Zeitun Boziev, 30.

In the course of their meeting with Irakli Garibashvili, the head of the Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), residents of Pankisi Gorge acquainted him with their versions of what had happened during the special operation in Lopota Gorge. The Minister promised to run an impartial investigation into the incident, the press service of the MIA reports.

In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Ilgar Nasibov, a correspondent of the online edition "contact.az", and Elman Abbasov, an employee of the portal "nakhchivanhumanrights.org", report about their illegal detention on December 8 at the customs point "Sadarak" on the Azerbaijani-Turkish border.

Murder of TV journalist in Nalchik at the background of threats addressed by North-Caucasian militants to mass media people; election of the head of the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory; appointment of the date of presidential election in Armenia; winning by Baku of the right to organize the first European Olympic Games; approval of a new ombudsperson and pardoning of over 300 prisoners in Georgia; recall of licenses from three banks within two months, and blocking by power agents of a mountain village in Dagestan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 3-9, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Oleg Melnikov, a former employee of the Department of Constitutional Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), detained on December 7 inUkraine, has been arrested by the Darnitsa District Court of Kiev for the term of 40 days.

In Stavropol, activists of the regional NGO named "All Houses" have organized a flash mob "Neptune Day" in protest against passiveness of managing companies in regard to residents' problems.

Today, 24 years after the Spitak earthquake, about a thousand families living in Spitak, are still in need of housing. In Gyumri, about six thousand families still live in temporary housing facilities.

The Tuapse City Court has obliged Evgeny Vitishko, a member of the "Yabloko" Party and an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", sentenced to probation in the case about the fence of the "Tkachov's Summer House", to appear – twice a month – at the penal inspection and not to leave the Tuapse District without notifying the police.

Today in Tbilisi street vendors demanded from the authorities to allow them to trade freely until January 15. The police have dispersed the action.

Relatives of the prisoners who were beaten on December 4, when they were brought to colony "Salyn IK-1" in Kalmykia, claim that the victims are still without medical attention. The local Kalmykia's UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) denies any beating of inmates on December 4 and transfer of those beaten on November 2 to other jails.

A draft “On Amnesty” aimed at reduction of custody terms for women, the underage, persons who committed economic crimes and release of 190 political prisoners was adopted in first reading by the Georgian Parliament.

Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin is going to be always aware of the process of investigation of murder of journalist Kazbek Gekkiev killed in Kabardino-Balkaria. He reported this on December, 7, after a session of Coordination Council of Ombudsmen.

Resident of Khasavyurt district of Dagestan Magomed Sulaev who was earlier detained by members of power ministries reported shadowing which started after he was acknowledged witness for the defense on Anvar Guseiniv’s case.

Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia issued official wanted notices for four ex-employees of the Department of Constitutional Security of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the country: Data Akhalaya, Soso Topuridze, Geronty Alanya and Oleg Melnikov.