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Poisoning in the canteen of the Agricultural Academy in Nalchik; dismissals of high-ranking officials in Armenia; one year after the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory; actions on the National Unity Day in Southern Russia, the "Russian March" among them, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 31-November 6, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Yerevan, November 3 was the last day of the three-day seminar for judges and lawyers, organized by the Public Organization "Union of European Rights" with the support of the OSCE Office and US Embassy. According to the Chair of the "Union of European Rights", Armenian journalists, lawyers have very poor awareness in the sphere of the human right to the freedom of speech; and the seminar was aimed at repairing the situation.

In Dagestan, Naima Alborueva, the mother of the kidnapped Fatima Alborueva, complains about inaction of law enforcers; however, the local MIA claims that they run a proper inquiry into the crime.

The four persons who attacked on October 31 in Kutaisi the photographer Robert Kvlividze (Roberto Kvelini), have been detained by Georgian policemen and identified by the photographer; he himself told about it, adding that he did not know the suspects' names.

As reported today by a source from Ingush law enforcement bodies, an employee of the Nazran Prosecutor's Office was wounded, when his car was shelled by a group of unidentified persons.

In the course of public debates (and a press conference) on the topic "Repatriation Issues of Meskhetian Muslims", held in the Tbilisi office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Georgian public activists reproached the Ministry for Refugees' Matters and Internally Displaced Persons of Georgia of slow consideration of repatriation applications lodged by Meskhetian Turks evicted from Georgia back in 1944.

The lack of jobs, dwellings and conditions for entrepreneurial activity are the point of the greatest concern of young people in Rostov region. According to Oleg Otrokov, Chairman of Youth Government of the region, these problems were discussed at a round table conference and directed to parliamentary candidates of State Duma for consideration.

Two miners perished under a blockage in the mine named after Mindeli in Tkibuli. Tamaz Dolaberidze, Chairman of Trade Union of workers of metallurgical, mining and chemical industry, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the supposed case of the blockage was shaking of a coal massif as a result of an earthquake.

On November, 6, the first contest "Miss Eurasia" passed off in Blagoveshensk. Representatives of Russia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Armenia took part in it. Stela Kirakosyan, native of Armenia, became the winner.

In the capital of North Ossetia, a mass brawl burst out in the place of a road accident involving residents of Ingushetia; several persons were taken to hospital, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Sochi, from October 31, drinking water supply was cut off in Plastunskaya Street and Ambulatorny Lane; over a hundred local residents remain without water, as they told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent themselves.

Today, as reported by the operational headquarters of the region, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which lasted more than eight months, was cancelled in the Elbrus and part the Baksan Districts of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The Centre for Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health of Kabardino-Balkaria continues receiving patients, suspected of botulism, who got poisoned at the cafe-canteen of the Republic's State Agricultural Academy. In total, 43 persons have been hospitalized.

On the eve of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bayram, poor families living in settlements of the republic will receive free animals for the rite of sacrifice.

Vladimir Bulanov, a pensioner from the city of Taganrog, seeks to reduce the pension appointed to Vladimir Chub, the former governor of the Rostov Region.

As reported by Elina Marzoeva, the spokespersons of Djambolat Tedeev's office, three supporters of Alla Djioeva were attacked in South Ossetia.

The founder and editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper Avaz Zeinalov has faced additional charges. He is accused of repeatedly taking bribes.

On November 4, one year after the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, the villagers held a mourning rally and paid tribute to perished families.

On November 4, over a thousand people took part in the "Russian March" in Volgograd. The police detained a participant who glorified Hitler.

Parliamentarians of North Ossetia offer to toughen sanctions for spreading false information on the Internet. This was discussed at the sitting of the Board of the Parliament on November 3.