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In the South-West of Chechnya military aviation of federal forces applied a bombing-missile attack at a woodland in the neighbourhood of one of the settlements. This was reported by representatives of a non-governmental organization. The military neither confirm nor disprove this information.

Vladimir Markin, official representative of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation (CIR), reported that the case of Rashid Atuov, Kemal Yezbeev and Khamidulla Yapov accused of involvement in killing 84 paratroopers from Pskov during battles in Ulus-Kert, Argun canyon of Chechnya, was referred to court.

Today, a journalist and blogger Maria Plieva was detained in Vladikavkaz. She is accused of minor hooliganism and under threat of an administrative penalty.

The winner of the "Junior Eurovision-2011" contest, held on December 3 in Yerevan is the Georgian ensemble "Candy" for performance of the song "Candy Music"." The second and the third places went to young singers from the Netherlands and Belarus.

Today, activists of several youth organizations and youth branches of Azerbaijani oppositional parties have held a protest rally, during which they demanded to investigate the reasons of soldiers' death during peacetime.

On December 3, in Yerevan, in Charles Aznavour Square, an action "Women in Black" was held, organized by the non-governmental women's organization "Society Against Violence". The action was about 30 persons strong; all the women were dressed in black.

Tomorrow, on December 4, the residents of South Ossetia, who also have Russian citizenship, will vote at the elections to the Russian State Duma.

The next court hearing on the appeal complaint lodged by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the acquittal sentence to the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Oleg Orlov will take place on December 5 at 11:00 a.m.

Local activists are distributing white ribbons to passers-by as a sign of support of people with disabilities. The action dated to the International Day of Disabled Persons is organized by social workers, students and schoolchildren.

The Georgian tourist area Anaklia will install the monument to victims of the genocide of the Circassian nation, made by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from Kabardino-Balkaria. His project was selected through an international contest.

In the morning on December 3, the trucks, which had been blocked at the "Verkhni Lars" checkpoint, began moving with the help of the tow cars provided by the Georgian party.

Switzerland has presented Georgia with a list of companies, one of which will be selected for monitoring the goods turnover on the Georgian-Russian border within the framework of the WTO Agreement.

Mamuka Glonti, the founder of the "Maestro" TV Company and one of its stakeholders, has announced his resignation as the general producer of the TV channel.

Law enforcers have identified the casualty of the skirmish in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan as a twenty-year-old Shaikhi Sheikhov, the local MIA reports.

On December 2, Krasnodar hosted a picket with a call to local residents to observe cleanliness and maintain healthy environment.

The Venice Commission has given a positive preliminary conclusion on the draft new Electoral Code of Georgia, said Pavle Kublashvili, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Georgian Parliament.

In Krasnodar, Mikhail Astapov, Rector of the Kuban State University (KubSU), has refuted information that on November 30 there were searches and detentions in university hostels.

As a result of a skirmish one assailant was killed. As reported by a source from Dagestani law enforcement bodies, there were no losses among power agents.

On December 1, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Aflatun Gasymov, completed considering the appeal complaint lodged by Neimat Panakhly, the leader of the Party of National Statehood of Azerbaijan (PNSA).

Today, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decided to pardon the Israeli businessmen Roni Fuchs and Zeev Fraenkel, convicted for bribing a state official, said Manana Mandjgaladze, the spokesperson of the President.