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Volgograd garrison military court brought a verdict against soldier Shamil Belonos. He was sentenced to 2,5 years of custody in a penal colony settlement for torture on his colleagues.

On November 22, the action of solidarity with the Abkhaz-Adyg, Circassian Diaspora Syria was held in Sukhumi. The participants of the action called Abkhaz leaders to take measures to protect the life of their compatriots.

The action, held by the public organization "Society of Irakli II" in front of the palace of the Georgian President, was attended by 20 persons. They came with posters reading: "Release Political Prisoners" and "Cancel Law on Occupation", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On November 21, unidentified armed men tried to kidnap Alaudin Aslanov, a resident of Derbent. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by his mother Saniyat Aslanova, and this was also confirmed by Alaudin Aslanov himself.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned 519 prisoners in connection with the Orthodox feast of the Saint George's Day. This was reported by Elena Tevdoradze, Chairman of the State Pardon Commission.

A man, who was killed today during the special operation in Makhachkala, was preliminary identified as Said Khiyasov, an active member of illegal armed formations (IAFs). This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Dagestan.

The ruling coalition "Georgian Dream" does not intend to raise the issue of impeachment of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. However, it is possible that the coalition will speed up the entry into force of amendments to the Constitution, specifying the powers of the President. This was reported by Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia.

Today, the Court of the village of Khebda of the Shamil District of Dagestan pronounced the verdict in the case of beating a 14-year-old Makhmud Akhmedov by policemen. Gamzat Nurudinov and Shamil Magomedaliev, staff members of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division), were sentenced to 2 years of conditional sentence.

Today, the Moscow City Court held the court session in the case on an attempted terror act in Red Square in Moscow in 2010. Defendant Ilyas Saidov, who concluded a pre-trial agreement with investigators during the preliminary investigation, admitted his guilt.

In the middle of November President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had a rest in an expensive Italian sanatorium where a 24 hours stay costs 1350 euros, well-known TV host Tina Kandelaki reported. The President of Georgia had a rest in Italy at his own expense, Saakashvili’s Press Speaker Manana Mandjagaladze states.

About 30 persons, most of them natives of the republics on Northern Caucasus, went on a hunger strike in penal colony No 7 of Mordovia. The participants of the hunger strike demand to observe the convicts’ rights and stop beating they undergo in the penal colony, a relative of one of the convicts reported.

On November, 21, striking miners and local residents held an action of protest in the center of Tkibuli demanding not to close the mine named after Dzidziguri. A similar action passed off in front of the Parliament in Kutaisi.

Shirvan Appellate Court of Azerbaijan considered an appeal from activist of “Kura” civil association Ilham Amirsalanov sentenced to two years of custody for accusation of illegal storage of arms and ammunition.

The ruling coalition "Georgian Dream" put forward an initiative to establish the temporary investigatory commission of the Parliament.

As a result of two explosions, which occurred today in a bank in the village of Shamilkala of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, three persons were killed and one was injured. This was reported today by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan.

At the trial in the Baku Court on Grave Crimes on the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", at the court sessions, held on November 20-21, the journalist gave testimony, in which he denied all the charges.

This academic year, the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU) will admit more than 100 students from Syria, whose tuition will be paid from the budget. This was announced today by Gumar Kirzhinov, Dean of the Department for Work with International Students of the KBSU.

Today, Alexei Mandrigelya, a former candidate for deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory, an activist of the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party, sentenced to 15-day arrest for disobeying the police during a symbolic action of "funeral of honest and fair elections in the region", was released from custody.

An extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Armenia, convened by MPs from the "Armenian National Congress" was not held because of lack of quorum.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, four policemen face trial for abuse of power: they are accused of torturing a detainee to knock out a confession. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Karachay-Cherkessia.