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Rashad Agaaddin (Ramazanov), an active user of social networks, accused of drug trafficking, was sentenced in Azerbaijan to 9 years in prison. Agaaddin himself has rejected the accusation and said that he is persecuted for his writings in the Facebook social network. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict.

Mikhail Stolyarov, the Mayor of Astrakhan, suspected of receiving a large bribe, has been convoyed by plane to Moscow, said a source from regional law enforcement bodies.

Residents of Derbent are suspected of abducting a 16-year-old girl with the aim of marriage to one of them, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported today. Now, the girl is back with her parents, while the kidnappers are under threat of up to 12 years in prison.

The Kirov District Court of Volgograd has refused to annul the results of the elections to the Volgograd City Duma, as demanded by the lawsuit, lodged by the Stalingrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the press service of the Committee reports.

At the embankment of the city of Sochi, a picket was held against the extraction of oil from the Black Sea and in support of the arrested Greenpeace activists, who protested against extraction of hydrocarbons from the Arctic shelf. The event was timed to coincide with the six-year anniversary of the ecological disaster in the Kerch Strait.

Altai Geyushov, Professor of History, has been dismissed from the Baku State University for "activity in social networks." This was stated by the scientist himself.

The planned meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group will not lead to a breakthrough in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This opinion was voiced by Armenian political analysts.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation is carrying out the investigation into reports on torture of Ruslan Makoev, a resident of North Ossetia, accused of the Deputy Prosecutor's murder. Relatives of Ruslan Makoev claim that he got fourth-degree burns.

Six Vietnamese nationals, who illegally stayed and worked in the territory of Chechnya, were deported from the republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" at the local department of the Federal Bailiffs' Service (FBS).

On November 12, at the trial in the case against Yadigyar Sadygov, Adviser to the Chairman of the "Musavat" Party, Judge Elchin Kyazimov dismissed all motions filed by the defence, including the motion to disqualify the judge. This was reported by Khalid Bagirov, the defendant's advocate.

Mugdin Chermit, a former MP of Adygea, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association and an Honorary Academician of the Adyg International Academy of Sciences, has taken the office of the deputy head of the department of home policy of the Krasnodar Territory, the Governor's administration has reported.

Today, about 200 persons – relatives and friends of businessman Ruslan Makoev, detained on suspicion of killing Oleg Oziev, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Promyshlenny District Vladikavkaz, – held an unsanctioned protest rally near the building of the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department), earlier convicted for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", and now a witness at another trial on the case, has reported to the court about received threats.

Today, at the session of the Abkhazian Parliament, the MP Nodik Kvitsiniya, a suspect in the murder of Russian businessman Sergey Klemantovich and his girlfriend Oksana Skarednova, has stated his complete innocence and added that the proofs presented to parliamentarians are invalid and have no relation to him.

Today, the defence of the defendants accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya has demanded to disqualify Prosecutor Maria Semenenko from the trial, accusing her of using inadmissible evidence and personal interest in the outcome of the case. The Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the defence's motion.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has claimed that his statements about taking measures to prevent terror acts in Northern Caucasus, made during the TV show "Duel", were misunderstood by part of the society.

More than 70 persons attended the rally against the decisions of the courts of Karachay-Cherkessia that acquitted the policemen accused of killing detainees. The rally was held on the Square "Friendship of Peoples" of the city of Cherkessk. The protest action was attended by relatives of deceased Dakhir Djankezov and Nikos Mikhailidi.

Makhmud Aliev, Gamzat Mutalimov, and Abumuslim Gasanov are suspected of the bombing of the store "24 Hours" in Makhachkala. This was reported by the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan.

A resident of the Gudermes District of Chechnya has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a colony-settlement for aiding a member of the armed underground. On November 11, the verdict against the former accomplice of the militant entered into force.

By joining the Customs Union (CU), Armenia will solve a number of problems, in the first place, of its own interests, the participants of the videoconference "Armenia and CU: Public Dimension of Eurasian Integration" held on November 8 believe.