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European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has fined Russia to an unprecedented sum of 1,72 million euros for a loss of 24 residents of Chechnya during bombings in Achkhoy-Martan district in February, 2000. The plaintiffs were 29 residents of Chechnya who had failed to obtain the desired results in the Russian juridical instances.

Sergey Tsapok, accused of committing the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, started telling investigators about the crimes of his gang. While actively cooperating with the investigation, Tsapok stressed that he personally was not involved in the killings that he is talking about.

Dagestan, which is among sad leaders in Southern Russia by the number of HIV-infected patients, has increased the score still more, the local "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency on Consumer Supervision) branch reports.

The programme of the Seventh International Film Festival "Woman", held in Yerevan on December 1-5, includes 55 films from 18 countries.

Members of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia and other Armenian scholars have signed a statement calling the authorities to consider a possibility to release Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak".

On December 1, in Vladikavkaz, the action "Safeguard Your Future", dated to the World AIDS Fighting Day was held.

The Izobilnoe District Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Oleg Dunis, accused of a fraudulent embezzlement of another person's company, which caused a more than 19-million-rouble-worth damage to the victim, to three years of freedom deprivation, the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has reported today.

Tbilisi scared by night blasts; Stavropol Territory seeks roots of conflict between Cossacks and Chechens; "high water" attacks Krasnodar Territory again, - look these and other events in the review of the week of November 22-28, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Tonight in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons shot a judge of the Cherek District Court.

On November 29, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Adygea passed a warning to Zaur Dzeukozhev, an activist of the Adyg public movement "Circassian Congress", about inadmissibility of extremist activities. The Office found Dzeukozhev's alleged extremist expressions while monitoring local media and Internet resources.

The local prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case under the article of "inciting hatred or hostility, and dignity humiliation" against a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the investigation, had promulgated extremist leaflets in the settlement named Artesian.

Nikol Pashinyan, a convicted opposition activist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", was moved from prison "Kosh" to prison "Artik" because of his numerous malicious violations of prison regulations. This was stated by Arsen Babayan, press secretary of the Criminal Executive Department of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia.

Basir Salakhgereyev, 35, Imam at one of Khasavyurt city mosques, who was killed on November 1, was non-conflict person and had not received any threats. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Idris Zagalov, a resident of Khasavyurt.

Within the next two weeks, the parliamentary inquiry commission, which has investigated the circumstances of the death of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, will publish the final report on its work.

Inspectors would not allow private advocate Aza Yandieva to her clients - Islam Khashagulgov and Yusup Dzangiev, suspected of terrorist activities and currently kept in Vladikavkaz at the temporary isolation facility (known as "IVS") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The advocate is sure that her clients are under pressure.

Director of the state educational institution "Children's Home of Volgograd" where facts of compulsory psychiatric treatment of inmates were discovered has been suspended from office, Press Service of Volgograd regional administration reports. Alevtina Krapivina herself denies all the accusations saying that the inmates have slandered her.

Department of State Security Service in Krasnodar region is carrying out an examination of the book "Status of Citizens of the Former USSR in the Territory of Krasnodar Region" issued by "Memorial" Human Rights Center and a youth group for tolerance "ETnICA" on signs of fomentation of hatred and animosity (clause 282 of the Criminal code of Russia).

On December, 1, Chechnya celebrated the World day of struggle against AIDS with a great action. It was carried out by activists of youth patriotic club "Ramzan", Informational and publishing center "Put'" and the regional department of Voluntary Association of assistance to the army, military aviation and navy.

On November 29, within the session of the "Government's Hour", the North-Ossetian Parliament addresses the state of road safety. Before that, a commission set up from among MPs, raided the streets of Vladikavkaz and republic's districts and examined the work of drivers' schools, safety of passenger transportation, work of traffic militiamen and drivers' medical examination centres.

Residents of the Dagestani village of Tsibari, where 80 houses out of 95 burnt down, were evacuated to nearby villages - Mamok and Shauri.