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Refugees from Abkhazia and South Osetia in Georgia will now be able to sell the dwellings granted to them by the state without paying taxes.

On November, 2, Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defense of Armenia, had a meeting with the parents of the servicemen, fallen soldiers-liberators and reserve officers and promised the parents of fallen servicemen the cases of whose death were under investigation by law enforcement bodies that all those guilty of their death would be punished as strictly as the law permits.

The first criminal case, after the authorities introduced a ban on bride abduction, has been initiated in Chechnya on the fact of abducting a woman with the aim to force her into marriage. However, the case is unusual: a man abducted his ex-wife.

Today, foreign ministers of Georgia and Iran - Grigol Vashadze and Manouchekhr Mottaki - signed a document on introduction of visa-free regime for citizens of both countries.

A resident of the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has suffered from the explosion, triggered today, when a militia car was moving along the federal highway in the Elbrus District.

Today, the Labour Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court in the context of introduction of new rules of paying for communal utilities.

On November 25, the session of the Khamovniki Magistrate Court in Moscow, which considers the criminal lawsuit of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov to Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will hear the defence and so-called "neutral" witnesses, said Genry Reznik, the defendant's advocate.

A ceremony of awarding a prize "For Freedom of Press" 2010 of the Association of Publishes IPA Freedom to Publish Prize was held on November, 2, in Istanbul. The prize was granted to DOSH independent Caucasian journal published in Russia.

Journalist Einulla Fatullayev who is serving his term of imprisonment in Azerbaijan and Elchin Sadygov, his attorney, have submitted to Nasim district court of Baku a lawsuit against Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan. The lawsuit is connected with keeping the journalist in prison in spite of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights of his immediate release.

On November, 4, activists of youth movement "Ara" will have a meeting with the families from Tbilisi who have remained homeless in order to draw up a joint appeal to the Georgian authorities demanding to solve the problems of displaced persons.

A trial on the appeal of Usman Garisov, resident of Dagestan who on June, 19, was sentenced by Kusar district court to four years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for accusation of contraband and use of drugs, was accomplished in the Appellate Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of judge Mubariz Zeinalov.

Violations in the course of the election campaign in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic were reported today during a press conference by three candidates to the Parliament of Azerbaijan from the opposition block "PPFA-Musavat".

In Georgia, the NGO named "House of Free Thought" has moved an initiative to declare November 7 the "Day of Dignity" in memory of the events of 2007, when the authorities dispersed the action of the opposition; and then announced the state of emergency in Georgia.

The first case in Chechnya after introduction of an official ban on bride abduction with the aim to force a girl into marriage may remain without consequences for the kidnappers. It became clear that the 14-year-old schoolgirl figuring in the case herself had asked her husband to abduct her, as reported by a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Government of Kabardino-Balkaria is launching electronic document management. Residents of the republic will now be able to receive state services via Internet, Alii Musukhov, Minister of Economic Development and Commerce, reported on November, 2.

The district court of Krasnogvardeiskoe village has treated as extremist some of the materials in the newspaper "Free Kurdistan", which is published in Moscow and distributed among the members of the Kurdish Diaspora resident in the Krasnogvardeiskiy District. The Diaspora is about 3000 strong, making almost 10 percent of the district population.

On November 1, residents of the Tabasaran District, Dagestan, spoke about inaction of law enforcement bodies in combating corruption. A letter was announced at the rally addressing the authorities of Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Russian Federation and demanding resignation of Nurmagomed Shikhakhmedov, head of the Tabasaran District.

The amendments and additions to the Constitution, under which in 2013 the country will pass over to a new model of state governance, are pending official endorsement by President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov has formed a commission under the President of Dagestan to assist in adapting to peaceful life of those persons who decide to stop their terrorist and extremist activities in the republic.

Today in Moscow, the litigation continued on the criminal case under suit of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". At the request of the prosecutor's office, the judicial investigation has passed over to studying written evidences presented by the prosecution.