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This morning, the Poti port resumed its work, the new leaders of the enterprise managed to reach an agreement with the workers on strike. This was reported by Giorgy Kvirikashvili, Minister of Economy.

Armenia holds fundraising for Serob Bozoyan, sentenced to a year of imprisonment for filling balloons with combustible gas methane. The funds are being raised for his medical treatment.

In Sochi, on November 9, Federal Judge Sergey Martynenko extended the detention of Yulia Zhigulina, suspected of the murder of 87-year-old Antonina Mayevskaya, till December 12.

Relatives of Khasan Esmurziev, a resident of Ingushetia, detained by power agents, claim cartridges were planted to his house during the search. They sent Pavel Belyakov, Prosecutor of Ingushetia, a complaint against the actions of policemen, who conducted the search in the house.

Human rights defenders report unlawful detention of three residents of Makhachkala. According to eyewitnesses, the detainees were beaten by law enforces, and weapons were planted to them.

In the evening of November 9, in Moscow, unidentified persons, armed with traumatic weapons, committed two attacks on natives of Northern Caucasus.

Today, the Tbilisi City Court pronounced pre-trial restriction measure for Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of the Internal Affairs and Defence of Georgia, in the form of pre-trial detention for two months.

Today, the judicial district No. 18 in Nazran received a complaint, filed against the decision of the Magistrate Judge Alikhan Tomov with regard to five members of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", arrested for 15 days for disobeying policemen. This was reported by lawyer Sergey Pozhidaev.

Students from Armenian families of Syria, who arrived to Nagorno-Karabakh, can study at local institutions of higher education for free; the programme of assistance is being implemented by means of benefactors. This was reported by Ara Arutyunyan, Prime Minister of the republic.

The Tbilisi Mayoralty promises to fulfil all demands of public transport drivers, who took part in the strike, held on November 8, except for the demand to raise wages.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria appointed additional attorneys to seven defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik committed in October of 2005.

On November, 8, 47 families in Krymsk who lost their dwellings as a result of the flood of July, 6 and 7, were handed keys to new flats. All of them will settle in a nine-storey house in Proletarskaya street in the center of the town which is part of “Nadezhda” (”Hope”) dwelling complex specially built for the victims of the flood.

On November, 8, a Festival of a “wrong” film first opened in Sochi. Six foreign films shot during several last years were included into the program of the festival: “Under sugar powder”, “Lamb wandering”, “Taste of the Mediterranean”, “Chicken with prunes”, “Vampire woman vs. Frankenstein”, “I am not Harry Jenson”.

There has been no deportation of the participants of a mass scuffle among builders of Olympic objects as of the moment. Criminal cases against the participants of the incident have not been referred to court yet, official representatives of the Department of Interior Affairs and the court reported.

On November 8, solo picket of Tamerlan Urusov in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Moscow with a demand "to stop extermination of Circassians in Syria" and to repatriate them to Russia lasted about four hours. The action was held "to encourage the Circassian community to civic engagement." This was told by Tamerlan Urusov to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, within the programme "Grandma online-Grandpa online", Maikop opens the second computer class for seniors. The Adyg State University will present certificates of completion of the courses to the students, who completed the training.

In Moscow and the Moscow Region, FSB staff members conducted numerous detentions and searches at houses of supporters of the Islamic movement "Hizb ut-Tahrir", suspected of violating Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "organization of activity of an extremist organization".

On November 8, the Krasnodar Regional Court completed the formation of a jury to consider the criminal case on the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya. The Court selected 12 principal and 19 additional jurors. Today, the consideration of the case on the merits is to be started, and it will be held in public mode.

Today, the house of Rano Karabekov, a resident of the village of Khutum of the Magaramkent District, was searched, and after that, Rano Karabekov was detained and brought to the local police station. This was reported by Gulnara Rustamova, a representative of the Dagestani regional public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

In Astrakhan, in accordance with the decision of the Kirov District Court, Internet providers Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Vympel-Kommunikatsii" and OJSC "Rostelekom" must restrict access to the film "Innocence of Muslims". This was reported by the Regional Prosecutor's Office.