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The main topic discussed on November 8 in Gori at the meeting organized by the NGO named GARB (Georgian Association of Regional Broadcasters) was the issue of detention of the persons who cross the border of Georgia with South Ossetia.

Today in the city of Yaroslavl, Abdulmadjid (Arthur) Manukyan, 29, a native of Dagestan and the deputy imam of the central city mosque, was found dead at the door of his own apartment.

Today, Russia and Georgia have signed a bilateral agreement relating to customs administration and monitoring of trade in goods. The document should remove the last obstacle to Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On November 8, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Alexander Starchkov, the former deputy head of the Department of the Federal Migration Service (DFMS) of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory, to one year of imprisonment in a settlement-colony. According to the investigation, Starchkov had hired an employee, allowed him not to work and helped him to get promoted to the rank of a captain of internal troops, said the spokesman from the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.

A special stamp will be put on the inner side of the back part of the cover in the passport of each citizen of South Ossetia who has taken part in the presidential election on November, 13. Members of Central Election Committee consider that this will disallow anyone to vote twice.

In honour of Kurban Bairam holiday Religious Board of Moslems in Kalmykia allotted money for purchase of 50 sheep to poor believers. This was reported by Asludin Kalabegov, Deputy Chairman of Religious Board of Moslems.

One person got injured in the afternoon of October, 8, as a result of an explosion in a flat of a dwelling house in Volgograd, a source in law enforcement bodies of the city reported.

Svetlana Tsarukaeva, a Russian girl from North Ossetia, broke the world record in the spurt at the World Championship in weightlifting currently going on in Paris.

The Public Council of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has called on the managers of non-state media not to disseminate immoral programmes and articles, but to present the audience with a higher-quality content, which could contribute to the "positive image" of Northern Caucasus.

Staff members of the Pyatigorsk area museum have stopped destruction of the ancient mound in the village of Konstantinovskaya of the city of Pyatigorsk, where a developer started construction work and almost damaged graves.

On November 3, sanctions against the airline "Dagestani Airlines", banning flights to the EU, came into force. This was reported by a source in the "Rosaviatsiya" (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency).

Spartak Gogniev, the forwarder of the youth football team "Krasnodar", underwent surgery. At present, the athlete is in hospital.

Policemen detained four top-ranking employees of capital real estate companies suspected of embezzlement of more than one billion roubles, which had been handed out on forged documents to residents of Ingushetia.

In the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia, a local resident affected by explosion of an improvised explosive device planted in a backpack which had been abandoned in the mountains. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement agencies of the region.

Residents of the city of Zverevo of Rostov Region, who held today a regular picket near the building of the city administration, complain that Mayor Alexander Chumakov refuses to start a dialogue and to listen to the protesters' demands. Officials from the city administration state that they are ready to participate in a constructive dialogue and they treat the today's picket as a "little provocation".

Nowhere in Russia, no victims of terror acts have been registered, and the fact that nobody cares of the victims is awful. This was emphasized by the authors of the project "White Book of Terror" at the presentation held at the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).

Investigators have filed a charge against Dmitry Putenikhin, the 21-year-old activist of the Other Russia, who splashed water in prosecutor, of threatening the life of the state official, who administered justice. This was reported today by the lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina.

The Federal Lezghin National and Cultural Autonomy (FLNCA) supported journalist Vladimir Solovyov, who spoke strongly against the Azerbaijani National Airline "AZAL", which had not allowed the Russian citizen Sergey Gyurdjian to enter an aircraft's board because of his Armenian origin.

Prosecutor General's sanctioned the indictment against Dmitry Shavelev, ex-operative inspector of Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia in Southern Federal okrug. He is accused of planting one kilogram heroin into the car belonging to Alexander Afanasiev, Director of OBI store in Volgograd.

In Melnikov street, South-East of Moscow, a modular temple in memory of the victims of terror in the Theatrical Center in Dubrovka which happened nine years ago is being built. The first stone was laid in the foundation of the temple in April, 2011, and the building is expected to be accomplished in 2012.