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On December 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held - in the city of Gudermes (Chechnya) - a meeting attended by federal ministers and heads of the North-Caucasian region, dedicated to the region's development. Local residents report that enhanced security measures were introduced in the city on the occasion.

The Moscow resident Inga Kharitonova, the mother of the student Gleb Kharitonov, who in mid-October participated in a fight in the Moscow metro with immigrants from the Caucasus, has decided to leave Russia. She states that she will go to Latvia, after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin answered her letter during the "hot line".

Today, near the Palace of the President of Georgia in Tbilisi, the Labour Party held a disobedience action named "Let's spoil Mikhail Saakashvili's birthday".

Limitation of financing of the North-Caucasian regions contributes to serious complications of the situation in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and in the entire country, up to a war. This was declared by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, when he commented on the recent increase in nationalistic slogans of "Stop feeding the Caucasus."

Working and ex-Director of one of the state enterprises of Chechnya were sentenced to one and two years of custody for non-payment of wages to their employees.

Yesterday evening, December, 20, Residents of the settlement of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia were cut off power supply once again. Local residents state that such outages now happen in the settlement practically every day. As a result, people cannot use electrical appliances, including heaters, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Last night a thirty-seven-year-old Vadim Djioev, owner of "Регах" restaurant, was shot down in Vladikavkaz. His friend who was nearby got wounded, a source in law enforcement bodies of North Ossetia reported.

On December, 20, supporters of Alla Djioeva, ex-candidate for the Presidency of South Ossetia, held a picket in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in South Ossetia planned earlier. The participants declared that they had come to express their protest against non-fulfilment of the agreements between the authorities of the republic and the opposition and support Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in Russia. No more than 50 people were present at the picket.

Till the end of 2011, 91 families of the militaries who perished in the Karabakh conflict will receive apartments in Stepanakert, said Narine Astsatryan, Minister of Social Care of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The victims of the terror act committed in the Dubrovka Theatre Centre in Moscow will file new lawsuits claiming compensation against Moscow authorities after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said Igor Trunov, the lawyer for the victims.

Today, all the 110 Georgian MPs present at the sitting have voted, in the first reading, for the draft of the new Electoral Code.

In the Moscow Regional Court, at the trial of assistance to terrorism, the prosecution demands to deprive Apti and Aishat Magmadov of freedom for 9 and 5 years respectively. This was announced by Musa Khadisov, the defendants' advocate.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay compensation in the range of 9000-66,000 euros to the victims of the terror act in the Dubrovka Theatre Centre in Moscow, the press service of the ECtHR has reported.

On December 20, Georgian MPs supported the initiative of President Mikhail Saakashvili and voted for sending another Georgian infantry battalion to Afghanistan.

Today, an unsanctioned action of deceived housing stockholders has blocked traffic in Lenin Avenue of Volgograd for half an hour.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has confirmed the information that Islam Uzdenov, regarded by power agents as one of the leaders of the armed underground, Murat Batchaev and Ruslan Kaitov were among the casualties of the special operation conducted on December 19 in the village of Uchkeken, Malokarachay District of the KChR.

From now on, the students of the Chechen State University are forbidden to use their mobile phones during classes. The university bosses believe that cell phones distract students from classes, but some students think that this decision is unjustified.

Human rights defenders managed to cancel the practice of using two regular soldiers for loading-unloading shells at the Ashuluk training range. They return to their military units.

On December 30, the city of Rostov-on-Don starts a charity action "With faith for the best", when during all the Russian New Year holidays volunteer of the organization named "Rostov without drugs" will cook free hot meals for local homeless people and other needy citizens.

The number of deputies of the Parliament in Georgia will not be increased from 150 to 190 persons. This decision was taken during negotiations between representatives of the ruling party “United National Movement” and five oppositional parties.