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A petition has been sent to Yerevan Mayor about a start of administrative proceedings against the leaders of the oppositional Front "New Armenia" Zhirayr Sefilyan, Raffi Ovannisyan and Varuzhan Avetisyan.

The fine for failure to pay the toll for using federal highways by heavy-duty trucks has been set as 5000 roubles for drivers and truck owners; a repeated violation will entail a fine of 10,000 roubles. This decision was made by the Russian State Duma at the background of mass truckers' protests.

Khadis Bottaev, the Chief Physician of the Republic's Clinical Hospital, who was shot dead today in the Kabardino-Balkarian village of Khasanya, was an acting member of the regional parliament.

The decision of the Supreme Court of Dagestan that declared illegal the criminal case against Eduard Khidirov, an MP of the National Assembly of Dagestan and the former head of the regional branch of the "Patriots of Russia" Party, relates the fraud case and illegal banking activities.

The village of Nardaran is notable for its strong religious tradition; however, there was no threat of overthrowing the constitutional order demonstrated by the villagers. The aim of the power operation was to defeat the movement "Muslim Unity" and arrest its leader Talekh Bagirzade, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Azerbaijan, the bodies of those killed during a special operation in the village of Nardaran have been given out to relatives, who buried them into the local cemetery.

In Dagestan, drivers of about 200 heavy vehicles continue their strike near the city of Khasavyurt. Their departure for participation in protests in Moscow was postponed till December 6.

Magomed Khasiev, who was executed by militants of the "Islamic State" (IS) was not on the list of militants wanted in Syria, said a source from power bodies of Chechnya. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the alleged killer of Khasiev is a resident of the city of Noyabrsk.

An attempt of supporters of the "New Armenia" to set up a tent in Freedom Square in Yerevan turned into clashes with policemen.

The conflicting statements about the "Platon" system made by Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, and Maxim Sokolov, Transport Minister, indicate the shortages of power system in Russia. This opinion was expressed by political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.

The deputies of Dagestan have introduced to the Russian State Duma a draft law to deprive of the Russian citizenship those persons who are involved in terrorist activities abroad.

The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation has received a complaint from truck drivers, in which they accuse policemen of obstructing their movement to Moscow and ask to assist in the abolition of the "Platon" system.

Members of the Circassian community in Turkey have addressed to the Rector of the Adyg State University (ASU) a petition, in which they have expressed their concern about the ASU's decision to unilaterally terminate the cooperation with Turkish institutions of higher education.

The chiefs of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) have taken the control over the course of the investigation into the criminal case on the murder of Imam of a Salafi mosque in Khasavyurt.

The Committee to Protect Civil Society has called on to start a dialogue between the Azerbaijani authorities and the community of the village of Nardaran. A member of the community has claimed that the authorities are not going to start a dialogue.

Despite the proposal of deputies of the Russian State Duma to introduce responsibility for denying of the Armenian Genocide, Turkey will not initiate a similar draft law on the genocide of Circassians in the Russian Empire. This opinion was expressed by Russian and Turkish experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Russia, with the introduction of the "Platon" system, profit of truck owners has fallen significantly. Meanwhile, the new toll has already caused a sharp growth of food prices in the stores in the Volgograd Region. This was reported by participant of the protest action held in the Moscow Region.

The advocates of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko have critically assessed the evidence presented by the prosecution and the results of examinations, saying that most of them had been obtained in violation of the procedural legislation.

Investigators have completed the investigation into the criminal case against two residents of Ingushetia. According to the police, they were members of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

In Taganrog, the pronouncement by the court of tougher verdict in the reconsideration of the case against sixteen Jehovah's Witnesses indicates the increase of persecution of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization in Russia. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".