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Russia can no longer live with the republics of Northern Caucasus in one state - this was stated by Ilya Lazarenko, a co-chair of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and one of the organizers of the picket near the Ostankino TV Centre, sanctioned by Moscow authorities.

Riots with nationalist context continue in the cities of Russia; Geneva discussions on the Caucasus achieve stalemate; Armenian Government sees serious reshuffling, - look these and other events in the review of the week of December 13-19, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the first 11 months of 2010, the Republic of Kalmykia saw about two hundred audits of financial and economic activities of public institutions and federal state unitary enterprises. They revealed financial violations in the sum of 2.135 billion roubles.

On December 20, Oleg Kichikov, the Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia, sent a letter to the Parliament of Dagestan, asking Deputies to deal with the issue of high accident rate with transit buses, driven by drivers from Dagestan, which happen in the territory of Kalmykia.

The criminal case initiated against a Duma Deputy of the Municipality Formation Mikhailovsk, accused of 21 sexual crimes against underage girls, was sent to the court.

Today, on the Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow, an opening ceremony was held of the monument "In Fighting Fascism We Were Together", which is an analogue of the Glory Memorial, exploded in Kutaisi.

The crew of the ship "Vasilios N", sailing under the flag of Georgia, asks for help because of detention of the seamen for several months in Misurata Port in Libya. According to sailors, they have nothing to eat and are on the brink of committing suicide.

In the Astrakhan Region, the prosecutor's check of compliance with the environmental legislation of the "Elitprom" Company, which owns petrochemical production facilities in the Nariman District of the Region, detected many serious violations, which may lead to suspension of the work of the Company.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has fined the Russian Government by 137,500 euros for disappearance of a resident of Chechnya and for ineffective investigation into the death of two children from Chechnya at missile attack.

Tarkhan Ozdoev, a suspect of murdering his cousin and her two daughters confessed of the crime and said that he found the women's behaviour as immoral.

As reported by activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the construction of the Inter-Regional Highway "Cherkessk-Sukhumi" across the territory of the Teberda State Biosphere Reserve is illegal and could cause irreparable harm to the ecosystem of Northern Caucasus.

Law enforcement authorities of Volgograd have stopped an attempt of nationalist-minded youth to hold a march in the city centre on December 18. 193 would-be participants were detained. No retaliatory actions by the members of the Caucasian Diaspora were registered.

Zalim Ulimbashev, one of the figurants in the case dealing with the attack on Nalchik in 2005, was released right in the courtroom under recognizance not to leave because of his health problems.

Operative agents managed to identify the suspect of shooting at passers-by in Moscow on December 17. It was a 26-year-old resident of Derbent, a city in Dagestan.

As a result of an explosion of a homemade explosive device near a trading house in the Dagestani capital Makhachkala, two persons were injured.

The powers of Alexander Yatsenko, Chairman of the Kuschevskiy District Court, have been terminated before term. This was announced today by Alexander Chernov, Chairman of the Krasnodar Territorial Court.

The Investigatory Committee has initiated prosecution of the inspectors, who had decided to release the detainees suspected of the mass brawl, in which Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" Football Club, was shot dead.

The members of the antiterrorist commission of Adygea have stated that the republic's capital will see no organized mass festivities on the New Year night. Residents of the city reacted differently to the decision.

The law enforcement bodies of Georgia are now collecting evidences on abduction of Amiko Gulordava, a resident of Chkadua village, Zugdidi District.

Soon, psychologists and priests, having special training for working with prisoners, will appear in prisons and colonies of the Rostov Region. As stated today by Major-General of Internal Troops Sergey Izmalkov, head of the Rostov Department of the Chief Federal Penitentiary Service (known as "GUFSIN"), the decision was caused by suicides in prisons.