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In Dagestan, a 14-year-old Natalia Melnikova, who on November 7 disappeared in the town of Zernograd of the Rostov Region, was found. The girl left her home to convert to Islam in Dagestan. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) collected from the Armenian authorities 124,000 euros in favour of representatives the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses, who challenged at the European Court their imprisonment for refusing the alternative military service.

Today, the Krasnoarmeisk District of Volgograd held opening of the monument, dedicated to the victims of the first bombings of the southern vicinities of Stalingrad in July-August 1942. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 200 persons.

Today, in Rostov-on-Don, Ivan Bykadorov and Dmitry Eremenko, two defendants in the criminal case of vandalism at the North Cemetery, stated at the court session that they were forced to write confessions under psychological and physical pressure from law enforcers.

Today miners in Tkibuli, Georgia, broke off their strike and started full-fledged work, one of the directors of "Georgian Industrial Group" Natia Turnava reported.

A local resident kidnapped by unknown people in Kizilyurt was released and was able to get home by himself, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

Victor Zhdanov, Head of Department for prevention of emergencies and civil defense of Krymsk district, who became a defendant on the case of flood in Krymsk is accused of putting his family on the list of victims of flood in Krymsk while his housing estate was not even located in the zone of submergence, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reports.

Resident of Sunzha district Lema Sigauri born in 1984 disappeared in Chechnya. His mother Rovzan Sigauri appealed to human rights organizations reporting his disappearance, leader of "MASHR" Magomed Multsogov wrote in his blog on the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, at the trial in the case against Evgeny Aidarkin, Pro-Rector of the Southern Federal University (SFU), the defence claimed pressure from the Prosecutor's Office and the Division for Combating Economic Crime (the so-called OBEP).

Today, the Nasimi District Court in Baku granted the motion, filed by the defence of Dayanat Babaev, an activist of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of hooliganism and released him from custody. The investigation into the criminal case against the activist is underway.

In its report on the situation with human rights in Russia, the UN Committee Against Torture criticizes the recently adopted laws on public associations and treason, points out to the failures in the investigation into well-known cases of violence against citizens, and calls on the Russian authorities to investigate and punish the persons, responsible for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.

Solidarity actions with Syrian Circassians; victory of FC "Anji" over Italian "Udinese Calcio"; explosions in Shamilkala and sentence to policemen accused of beating a teen in Dagestan; a failed session of Armenian Parliament initiated by the opposition and telethon in Los Angeles; return of Irakli Okruashvili to Georgia and mass pardoning of prisoners; first sessions of Parliament of North Ossetia, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 19-25, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The website of state procurement published a bid of the Ministry of National Policy, Religious Affairs and External Relations of Dagestan for purchasing an Audi car, worth for 5 million roubles, for the needs of the Republic's Permanent Mission under the Russian President.

During the week of November 19-25, 2012, at least 16 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 11 persons were killed and 5 wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

About one thousand workers of "Naiyrit" chemical plant in Yerevan gathered near the residence of the President of Armenia demanding to pay off wage arrears for the last 11 months.

Convoy Djambul Khosharauli aged 48 perished during a scuffle among convicts in the Clinic named after Gudushauri in Tbilisi. The participants of the scuffle will be punished, Minister of Execution of punishments, probation and legal aid of Georgia Sozar Subari declared.

Investigative bodies of Chechnya detained two women employees of medical centers. They are suspected of organizing a network for trafficking of children in the republic, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reported.

Moscow city court prolonged the term of arrest to native of Chechnya Rustam Mahmudov accused of murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of "Novaya Gazeta", till March, 7.

Unidentified masked people in Kizilyurt kidnapped a local resident, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

As a result of a shootout of taxi drivers in the Dagestani village of Tagerkent, two persons were killed and two others were brought to hospital with wounds. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.