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Victor Zhdanov, Head of Department for prevention of emergencies and civil defense of Krymsk district, who became a defendant on the case of flood in Krymsk is accused of putting his family on the list of victims of flood in Krymsk while his housing estate was not even located in the zone of submergence, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reports.

Resident of Sunzha district Lema Sigauri born in 1984 disappeared in Chechnya. His mother Rovzan Sigauri appealed to human rights organizations reporting his disappearance, leader of "MASHR" Magomed Multsogov wrote in his blog on the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, at the trial in the case against Evgeny Aidarkin, Pro-Rector of the Southern Federal University (SFU), the defence claimed pressure from the Prosecutor's Office and the Division for Combating Economic Crime (the so-called OBEP).

Today, the Nasimi District Court in Baku granted the motion, filed by the defence of Dayanat Babaev, an activist of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of hooliganism and released him from custody. The investigation into the criminal case against the activist is underway.

In its report on the situation with human rights in Russia, the UN Committee Against Torture criticizes the recently adopted laws on public associations and treason, points out to the failures in the investigation into well-known cases of violence against citizens, and calls on the Russian authorities to investigate and punish the persons, responsible for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.

The website of state procurement published a bid of the Ministry of National Policy, Religious Affairs and External Relations of Dagestan for purchasing an Audi car, worth for 5 million roubles, for the needs of the Republic's Permanent Mission under the Russian President.

During the week of November 19-25, 2012, at least 16 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 11 persons were killed and 5 wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

About one thousand workers of "Naiyrit" chemical plant in Yerevan gathered near the residence of the President of Armenia demanding to pay off wage arrears for the last 11 months.

Convoy Djambul Khosharauli aged 48 perished during a scuffle among convicts in the Clinic named after Gudushauri in Tbilisi. The participants of the scuffle will be punished, Minister of Execution of punishments, probation and legal aid of Georgia Sozar Subari declared.

Investigative bodies of Chechnya detained two women employees of medical centers. They are suspected of organizing a network for trafficking of children in the republic, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reported.

Moscow city court prolonged the term of arrest to native of Chechnya Rustam Mahmudov accused of murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of "Novaya Gazeta", till March, 7.

Unidentified masked people in Kizilyurt kidnapped a local resident, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

As a result of a shootout of taxi drivers in the Dagestani village of Tagerkent, two persons were killed and two others were brought to hospital with wounds. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

Today, in Moscow, a series of solo pickets was held within the worldwide action of solidarity with Syrian Circassians. One after another, participants in the action came to the building of the presidential administration and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

On November 23, during a protest action in front of the presidential palace in Tbilisi, Tkibuli miners demanded to stop the closure of the mine named after Dzidziguri and modify the provisions of the Labour Code of Georgia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Adzharia, the medical staff of the Shuakhevi medical centre went on strike and stopped taking patients. Earlier, the protest action was held by staff members of the Kobuleti District Hospital.

On November 23 and 24, the capital of Adygea hosted solo pickets in solidarity with the Syrian Circassians. The pickets were held without incidents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Today, during the Congress of Muslims of the Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory, Askarby Kardanov was elected new Mufti of two regions.

In Sochi, representatives of veteran organizations appealed to the local branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) with a complaint against the initiative of the Department of Culture to remove the Lenin monument from Soviet Square. According to Ruzanna Barsigyan, Chief of the Department of Culture, a fountain can be constructed on the place of the monument.

The "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) is preparing a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court of Armenia to determine whether the boycott of the extraordinary session of the National Assembly by the parliamentary majority was a violation of the Constitution, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.