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Arthur Sargsyan, arrested for assisting rebels, is nominated for the annual Aurora Prize. He broke through a police cordon and delivered food to people who on July 17 seized the building of the regiment of the patrol-and-post police service in Yerevan.

According to former workers of the "Nairit" Factory, the fact that their chemical plant is recognized as a bankrupt casts doubt on a tender for the restart of the company.

In the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov, an advocate who represents the interests of the victim party has criticized the judge's decision to limit the range of questions to be addressed to prosecution witnesses Ilya Yashin and Alexander Ryklin in the presence of the jury.

On November 30, at a hearing in the case against of Varvara Karaulova, a former student of the Moscow State University (MSU), the Moscow District Military Court considered the claim of the defendant. With reference to advocate Sergey Badamshin, Varvara Karaulova reported to the Court that her advocate faced obstacles while trying to visit her at a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In Chechnya, all the 14 owners of shops selling alcoholic beverages have shopped their activities under the demand of the republic's leadership and against the failed authorities’ struggle with "drunken" road accident.

The court has found Koba Antiya and Onis Lagvilava, employees of the prison in Zugdidi, guilty of beating and humiliating inmates and sentenced each of them to 3.5 years of imprisonment.

In the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted November 26-28 in three districts of Dagestan, a summer militants’ camp was found near the village of Endirey, said a local law enforcement source.

Prior to his murder, the politician Boris Nemtsov regularly received threats; and he turned on the occasion to law enforcement bodies, Ilya Yashin, Deputy Chairman of the PARNAS Party, said at the today’s court session. He also pointed out that Boris Nemtsov mentioned his possible shadowing.

Oleg Melnikov, who as a single-mandate candidate got a seat to the State Duma on the Northern single-mandate district of Dagestan, filed to the court a claim to the Kirov District Court of Makhachkala for cancellation of the results of the elections at three polling stations held on September 18.

On November 29, the National Assembly of Azerbaijan adopted draft amendments to the Criminal Code, providing for tougher penalties for insulting the President and liability for slander on the Internet. Civil society activists believe that the amendments are directed against those who criticize the authorities.

Darya Polyudova, an opposition activist, who is serving her sentence in a settlement-colony in Novorossiysk on the charge of extremism, has appealed to the court with a request to change her sentence. Darya Polyudova asks to replace the remaining sentence with restraint of liberty.

Investigators have completed an investigation into the criminal case on beating of inmates of the Belorechensk juvenile correctional facility, one of whom died. The final indictment is drawn up against 10 former employees of the correctional facility. This was reported by representatives of the victim party.

In his Decree "On some measures to further strengthen the public morality in the Republic of Dagestan", Ramazan Abdulatipov encourages local officials to reduce the number of celebrations financed from the budget and give up "all sorts of excesses."

In Saudi Arabia, members of the ruling family mark the name of Ramzan Kadyrov among the heads of other subordinate entities of the Russian Federation; however, they do not treat him as the leader of Muslims of Russia. This opinion was voiced by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The case of Andrei Rudomakha and Dmitri Shevchenko, the leaders of the "Ecological Watch on Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), suspected of slandering the former vice-governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Remezkov, has been sent to an official check in the context of violations, admitted at conducting searches.

The revision of tariffs on electricity and natural gas in Azerbaijan will inevitably lead price rise on goods and services, said the economists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". This will negatively impact the population, oppositionists have added.

On November 28, employees of the Baku Chief Police Department summoned Zamin Gadji, the columnist of the "Yeni Musavat" newspaper, for questioning. Policemen were alarmed with his publication on his page in the Facebook, in which he protested against the absence of the inquiry into resonant crimes. This was told by Gadji himself to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Anzor Mamaev, a native of Chechnya, was beaten up in Colony No. 7 (known as IK-7), located in the town of Segezh, after his meeting with the Russia’s Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova, Kameta Saidullaeva, Mamaev’s wife reported on November 28. Her statement came after the information of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) that facts of torture in the colony were not confirmed.

All the men of the family of Alam Khadjaev, whom investigators believe to be a person guilty of a large-scale road traffic accident in Chechnya, have left their village. This was reported by local residents, who pointed out to the fact that the road traffic accident could provoke a case of blood feud.

On November 28, the Kirov District Court of Makhachkala pronounced the decision to leave without consideration the claim for compensation for moral damages filed by Burliyat Tokbolatova, Dagestani Minister for Press and Information, against the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).