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The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov against the extension of his arrest by five months. The journalist's defence believes that his rights have been "flagrantly violated".

Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the chair of the Stavropol Committee of NGO "Mothers from Kuma River Area" claims that her prosecution is an attempt to discredit her and to paralyze the activities of the Committee.

The oath sworn by individual militants of "Imarat Kavkaz", which is treated as terrorist organization in Russia, to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called "Islamic State", proclaimed in the territory of Syria and Iraq, does not mean the accession to this structure; therefore, it will not have any serious consequences for the situation in Northern Caucasus, Russian political analysts Alexei Malashenko and Akhmet Yarlykapov believe.

Today in Volgograd, at the trial on the terror acts, the prosecutor demanded 20 years of imprisonment for the defendants Ibragim Magomedov and Alautdin Dadaev each, and 3.5 years – for Batirov brothers, said Said Ibragimov, the defender of Magomedov.

In Baku, Turkhan Kerimov, a staff member of the Azerbaijani "Radio Liberty", whose kidnapping has been reported this morning by his brother, is released. It turned out that the journalist was detained by police and released two hours later.

In the evening on November 27, in Yerevan, unidentified persons attacked Gevork Safaryan, a member of the "Pre-Parliament". The activist was hospitalized with a head injury.

An administrative case initiated against a local woman, accused of distributing extremist materials, has been sent to the Lenin District Court of Grozny. The woman faces an administrative fine in the amount of 1000-3000 roubles or an administrative arrest for up to 15 days.

Residents of the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District of Dagestan cordoned-off in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) state that their houses are severely damaged as a result of the CTO. The Commission to assess the damage is finishing its activities in the village. However, it has not yet announced its findings, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On November 27, the family of the Sochi resident Lyudmila Savelieva, who was evicted from the house in Akatsij Street without provision of any other housing, appealed to the Prosecutor's Office of the Adler District with a request to restore the right of all the family members for housing.

Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the Chair of the Stavropol Committee of the NGO "Mothers from Kuma River Area", is suspected of fraud when obtaining a loan of 100,000 roubles from an individual. According to the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory, this is the second episode of the criminal case earlier initiated against the rights defender.

The uncle of Pakhrudin Magomedov, who disappeared in Makhachkala on November 25, denies his links with the armed underground. Pakhrudin Magomedov's relatives suggest that he could be kidnapped by law enforcers.

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.