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The new President of the Republic of South Ossetia must concentrate on settling a lot of social problems of the republic. This was declared by residents of the settlement of Dzau at the exit of the polling station.

On November, 27, presentation of Foundation of Circassian culture “The Adygeis” named after Yury Kalmykov was held in the Cinema Center of Moscow. About two thousand people took part in it: natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus, businessman, workers of culture of the capital.

As reported by Bella Plieva, Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia, threats from unidentified persons arrive in the CEC. She believes that the threats are associated with the second round of the presidential election to take part tomorrow.

On November 26, about 30 Sochi residents, who had been deprived of their property under court decisions, held a two-hour-long picket.

A heavy snowfall in the southern areas of Azerbaijan has led to landslides in seven villages.

The units of the Armenian Armed Forces have broken the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in two directions, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

The protest action "Stop cutting Mashuk!" will be held on November 27 in front of the administration of the city of Pyatigorsk by the members of the city initiative group "Solar Patrol".

In Chechnya, in the local mosques, believers are explained the importance of participating in the upcoming December 4 elections to the Russian State Duma and municipal power bodies.

On November 25, the MPs of South Ossetia ratified the agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters.

In February 2012, at the suggestion of the Regional Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for Adygea, the Moscow Institute of Communications plans to test the work of the digital communication system for controlling tourist groups.

The new project "One thousand kiosks" was launched by the Tbilisi Mayoralty with the aim to promote small and medium businesses. According to the project, newspaper kiosks in the capital of Georgia will increase in number, and old and ugly ones will be replaced by new and modern kiosks.

A powerful analytical resource named "Caucasian Politics", where scientists dealing with the Caucasus, politicians and public leaders will be engage in the "global analytical work on the Caucasus", is available online at the kavpolit.com, Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the new portal told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a rally in support of women's rights was held in Northern Avenue in Yerevan.

In Yerevan, NGOs' representatives held a rally in support of Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" (Spring), who had been sentenced to imprisonment by the Belarusian authorities.

Today, the Office of the Georgian State Minister for Diaspora Affairs completed acceptance of projects for the memorial. 26 persons take part in the contest.

At court session of the Moscow City Court, Dmitry Putenikhin, the activist of the Other Russia, has acknowledged the fact that he had splashed water in face of the prosecutor, who represented the public prosecution in the trial on the case of the riots in Manege Square. However, he asked the court to classify his act not as threatening the life of the state official, but as hooliganism. The Moscow City Court left Dmitry Putenikhin in custody.

Zareta Sokurova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, appealed to human rights defenders asking to help find her son Astemir Sokurov, who had disappeared on November 22. According to the women, power agents are involved in the kidnapping. Zareta Sokurova also reported on plundering and undermining of her house.

In Dagestan, rally against kidnappings and arbitrariness of power agents was held. According to various estimates, it was attended by 2500-3000 people.

Today, the 306th session of the Federation Council adopted the house's resolution on the appointment of the Russian presidential election. The election will be held on March 4, 2012. On this issue, senators adopted the resolution of the house, which would come into force from the date of its official publication.

Today, the voting on the second list of candidates to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (PCRF) has finished. According to its results, Maxim Shevchenko, the well-known journalist and active member of the PCRF, was not included in the new list.