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A militiaman perished, a local woman and from four to five militiamen by different data sources got wounded during fire upon a militia squad committed by unidentified people last night in Kizlyar district of Dagestan.

A homemade bomb was activated in the evening of November, 9, not far from the village of Inchkhe, Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported. As a result of the explosion a serviceman got wounded.

Next in turn hearings of the case of ex-judge Dmitry Novikov accused of fraud with 17 land estates in Khosta district court of the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar region, were held on November, 8 and 9.

A serviceman of Inner troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia perished on November, 9, in the piedmont Urus-Martan district of Chechnya as a result of an explosion of a fougasse.

The organizers of the First Russian Film Festival, which ended in Tbilisi on November 8, said that the results surpassed all their expectations.

The Republic's Anti-Terrorism Committee of North Ossetia has issued a statement about a possible terror act in Vladikavkaz with use of trucks. The statement caused extreme concern in residents of the North-Ossetian capital.

Unidentified persons tried to blow up a militiaman's car. On November 8, a fighter from a special combat group of the Kazbek ROVD detected a self-made explosive device, when he was washing his car, said a source from local law enforcement bodies.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the consideration of the complaint lodged by lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten by militia on June 17 in GOVD (City Interior Department) of Khasavyurt, appointed on November 8, was reappointed for November 10.

Today, on November 9, the Tushino District Court of Moscow started considering the criminal case against four militiamen of OVD (Interior Divisions) "Mitino" accused of exceeding their powers and applying violence to a state official. We remind you that the militiamen tried to suppress an ethnic brawl in a Moscow cafe.

A group of unknown hooligans attacked the students who came tonight to the Novosibirsk State University to watch the documentary about the murder of Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", said Sergey Akimov, the organizer of the demonstration.

On November 8, a rally was initiated and organized by the local department of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as GIBDD) of the MIA of the Republic of Adygea.

In Yerevan, the four young oppositionists, who were detained this morning by the police, came to the populous rally of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), which began at about 7:30 p.m. local time.

The first hearing on the case of inflicting grave harm to human health causing death of Bella Ksalova, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was held on November 8. Ten persons were present - relatives of our deceased colleague, and three friends of the defendant. It became clear at the session that the accused Arsen Abaikhanov was registered at the narcological dispensary since 2007.

Shamil Adukhov, a resident of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, reports that on November 8 his brother Murtazali Adukhov, who lives in the Yubileiny District of Khasavyurt, was beaten by militiamen from the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division). Now, the victim is in the trauma ward of the central city hospital.

On November 8, Sergey Basmanov, director of the human rights organization "Defence of Citizens' Rights and Interests", again filed an application to the Khosta UVD (Interior Division) of Sochi about the threats that continue to arrive to him as SMS messages. He did not rule out that the persons who intimidate him may be connected with the militia.

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is ready to dismiss the heads of those republics of Northern Caucasus who are unable to put their law enforcement sphere in order. The President made this statement on November, 8, at the meeting with Alexander Khloponin, his plenipotentiary in North-Caucasian Federal district, Vice-premier of the Russian Federation.

On November, 25, an action of protest in memory of a twenty-year old Zaruii Petrosyan who died in the town of Masis on October, 1, from her husband's beating will be held in Yerevan. The participants will demand an impartial investigation of the murder.

An assault on Magomed Khanmagomedov, journalist of "Chernovik" ("Draft") weekly who had come at the Mayor's appointment was committed today in the office of municipal administration of the town of Dagestanskiye Ogni.

The November 7 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were held in calm atmosphere with all the opposition parties involved; however, they demonstrated lack of significant progress in the democratic development of the country. This is said in today's joint statement spread in Baku by the international observer missions of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE, PACE and the European Parliament.

As reported today by Sergey Lebedev, head of the CIS observation mission and Secretary of the CIS Executive Committee, the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were transparent and democratic. The GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova Regional Cooperation Group) observation mission has also treated the above elections as were free and fair.