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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.

Today, near the city of Megri in Armenia, a ceremony of laying the foundation for the construction of the Megri Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) for the capacity of 130 MW and annual electricity yield of about 800 million kWh took place.

Today, the Moscow City Court completed the interrogation of the defendants on charges of attempt to undermine the passenger train "Sapsan". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by lawyer Abusupyan Gaitaev.

Today, in Dagestan, Timur Mirimov, a resident of the village of Sovietskoe of the Magaramkent District, was kidnapped. This was reported by his parents. According to them, the kidnappers were in masks; they forced Timur out of the house and drove him away to some unknown destination.

The Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to the call of the joint mission of the OSCE, Council of Europe and European Union to release journalists and activists, arrested for their statements. However, today, representatives of international organizations were not allowed to visit imprisoned journalists and activists. This was reported by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, at the press conference in Baku.

According to the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream", a temporary waiver of participation in the work of the supreme legislative body of the country, declared by the oppositional "United National Movement" Party, will not affect the activities of the Parliament.

Alexei Peshkov, Judge of the Garrison Military Court of Moscow, found Adil Magomedov, a participant of the incident at the Dagestani wedding party in Moscow, guilty of disobeying the police.

Two Circassian villages in the Golan Heights in Syria are being bombed. According to unofficial information, Circassian refugees from the entire country gathered there.

About twenty persons laid flowers at the memorial to Alexander Pushkin during an action of a non-governmental organization “The Earth is our home”. The action was held in support of closing the Museum of occupation of Georgia, Head of NGO “The Earth is our home” Elgudzba Khodeli declared.

During trial on administrative case of insubordination to the police in Moscow Garrison court Adil Magomedov, participant of the incident at the “Dagestani wedding” in Moscow refused to acknowledge himself guilty. His attorneys Fuad Mirzoev and Victor Malyshev also insist on the defendant’s innocence.

A token strike of municipal bus drivers started in Tbilisi this morning. The drivers of municipal buses of Tbilisi demanded from the administration of the transport company of the city to raise their monthly wages.

Relatives of convicted natives of North Ossetia, who serve their sentences in the penal colony "Salyn IK-1" in Kalmykia, appealed to Taimuraz Mamsurov, the leader of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, asking to take emergency response measures in connection with the current situation at the penitentiary institution and a mass beating of prisoners.

The Armenian Government has responded to the questions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with regard to the complaint, filed by Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the leader of the oppositional Armenian National Congress. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the press service of the Armenian Government.

Today, the Moscow City Court interrogated two out of four defendants in the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan". One of them Khamzhuev pleaded guilty in part, and the second defendant Umaev denied his guilt in full. This was reported by Abusupyan Gaitaev, a representative of the defence.

In the capital of Dagestan, armed law enforcers have cordoned off the shopping centre "GUM", and they intend to detain all employees of the Department of Islamic products, who wear hijabs. This was stated by Asiya Magomedova, an employee of the shopping centre.

In Sochi, the leaders of the contracting organizations decided to terminate the contracts with workers from Central Asia, who participated in the conflict that occurred on November 5 in the vicinities of Krasnaya Polyana.

Today, the court sentenced Ilyas Nalgiev, the former head of the criminal police of Karabulak, to eight years to be served in the high security colony in the case of torture, used against Zelimkhan Chitigov, a refugee from Chechnya. Nazir Guliev, the former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, who was also the figurant of the case, was acquitted by the court.

Today, at the court session of the case on the incident in the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, military doctor Artak Bayadyan, one of the victims, stated that guard Norair Airapetyan, one of the six defendants, was the organizer of the fight. The victim has expressed his confidence that the beating of him and his friends had been planned in advance by staff members of the Restaurant.

Today, the Rostov Branch of the patriotic movement "Suts Vremeni" (Essence of Time) held a picket-photo exhibition, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the October Revolution. The activists of the movement gathered photos that demonstrated ruined plants, factories, and farms.