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Today, near the "Vanguard" Cinema, in the Kirov district of Volgograd, a rally was held against liquidation of the "Khimprom" Factory.

Magomed Aliev, a student of a Stavropol higher school, detained on suspicion of aiding terrorism, has undergone a surgery. Doctors removed a pen out of his eye socket, which was completely inside his head.

Suleiman Zailanabidov, one of the commanders of Aukh militants, acting in the territory of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, after being accused by his supporters of splitting, sworn to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the "Islamic State" (earlier the ISIS), located in Syria and Iraq. Zailanabidov himself told about it in a video posted on the Internet.

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the sentence of the Moscow City Court (MCC) passed for the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo. Thus, the panel of judges on criminal cases of the SC has upheld the conviction of a native of Azerbaijan Orkhan Zeinalov.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has presented a new charge to ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili concerning the murder case of Sandro Girgvliani, an employee of the "United Bank of Georgia". The former country leader is accused of falsifying the criminal case.

The European Court of Human Rights has announced its decision on the complaint filed by Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, about the fact that he was kept in custody during the investigation despite the medical contraindications. The ECtHR has obliged Russia to pay Said Amirov the compensation for moral damages in the amount of 15,000 euros and to cover legal costs.

The name and title of an inspector of the road police (known as GIBDD) shot dead in Magas and the versions of his murder are not revealed in the interests of the investigation. Family members of the deceased GIBDD inspector were promised to be provided with financial assistance.

21-year-old Timirlan Tsatsaev and 22-year-old Aslan Kautarov, natives of the Chechen Republic, are suspected of armed attack on a Moscow policeman. The detainees' family members and advocates note that the detainees have an alibi. Besides, they claim the detainees are being subjected to torture.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started to communicate with the Azerbaijan's government concerning two complaints filed by Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), and by Mukhammed Gurbanov and Nadir Mamedov, residents of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The Azerbaijani authorities have three months to answer the questions posed by the ECtHR.

A resident of the Vedeno District of Chechnya has voluntarily delivered a set of ammunition and a hand grenade to law enforcers, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source in the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The law enforcers initiated an investigation against the man.

It is planned to reopen the Gimry Tunnel for motor traffic on December 1, Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of Dagestan, said today during a live broadcast.

The body of Zarkipli Ramazanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was kidnapped in September, was found in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan; the body was transported to the Makhachkala morgue.

The commission set up to assess the damage caused to locals during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has started working in the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan. The first group of residents could get into Vremenny with the commission, locals report. According to their stories, domestic appliances and furniture in their houses was broken or stolen; even the flooring was taken away.

Erdogan Boz, a Turkish citizen of Circassian origin, who was on his way to Cherkessk to the folklore conference, was detained at the airport of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody).

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has sentenced Khamzat Aldiev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of organizing a terror act against power agents and participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF), to 13 years in prison.

Today, activists of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) have marched through the streets of Baku aiming to attract international attention to the detention and trial of Dilgam Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev, citizens of Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime that was in force for 8 months in the Untsukul District of Dagestan has been lifted.

On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 23 cities of Georgia, including Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Gori, Rustavi, Batumi, Telavi, Akhaltsikhe and Marneuli, held actions "Stop violence against women!"

Relatives of a resident of the village of Gudben, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, report that firearms were planted on him during a search. The Karabudakhkent ROVD (District Interior Division) refused to provide any information about the detainee to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Elchin Namazov, Azerbaijani lawyer and rights defender, has been sentenced by a court to 15 days of administrative arrest, said his brother Akram Namazov, who explained to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on November 25 the Khatai District Court of Baku found Elchin guilty under Article 310.2 (disobedience to the police) of the Code of Administrative Offences.