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The Sheki Court of Serious Crimes of Azerbaijan began to consider on the merits the criminal case on the riots in Ismailly. On the first day of the court session, journalists were not allowed to enter the courtroom.

A European Union Association Agreement will allow Tbilisi to solve problematic issues with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This was told by Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili to journalists in Vilnius on November 29.

After the interrogation scheduled for December 3, new charges will be filed against Anatoly Serdyukov, ex-Minister of Defence, in connection with the investigation into the case of construction of the "Zhitnoe" Holiday Centre in the Astrakhan Region.

Today, at the House of Journalists in Makhachkala, a rally took place in support of lawyer Murad Musaev, who became a defendant in two criminal cases. The action, coordinated with the authorities, was attended by about 200 people.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has ruled to extend the custody of Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC).

Said Kapiev, a native of Dagestan, who is suspected of beating a female student of the Novosibirsk State Medical University (NSMU), was expelled from the university, the Rector Igor Marinkin has reported today.

On November 26, the authorities of Karabulak began dismantling the building of the former kindergarten "Ryabinka", where 27 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia and Grozny have been living for 20 years and more.

At the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, catering of Muslim athletes will be organized with all the religious requirements. This was stated by Askarbiy Kardanov, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Republic of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory.

Unidentified persons, who in the evening of November 28 shelled and killed a policeman in Makhachkala, stole a car, and all police checkpoints received information about the car. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Kabardino-Balkaria, at the court session on the criminal case of beating and torture of two teenagers, prosecution witnesses gave their testimonies. The court has pronounced the decision on compulsory summoning of the witnesses, who failed to appear at the court. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Khabib Budaikhanov, a Dagestani resident, who was sentenced to imprisonment and the verdict of guilty against whom was cancelled in five years, filed a lawsuit demanding compensation for damages in the amount of 1 million roubles.

Rustam Ibragimbekov, a well-known scenario writer and dramatist has resigned from his post of the Chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan. He has nominated Professor Djamil Gasanli for the post, who participated in the presidential election as a presidential candidate from the NCDF.

Experts doubt the affiliation of the natives of Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow to the grouping of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra". An adept of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra" will not use modern weapons, the observer Orhan Djemal has noted.

Before the New Year, all the Olympic venues should be commissioned; and all non-resident workers should be taken out of the city, Dmitry Kozak, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, said today in Sochi at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin dedicated to preparation for the Olympics.

At the summit of the Eastern Partnership in Vilnius, Georgia has initialled its Association Agreement with the European Union. The Agreement with the EU was signed by David Zalkaliani and Mikhail Djanelidze, Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Economy of Georgia accordingly, the "Tbilisi Week" reports.

On November 26, on the initiative of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), the children's club "Amanat" was inspected, said Zarema Alieva, the club administrator, adding that armed men were involved in the inspection, who exerted psychological pressure on children.

Jamal Magomedov, a resident of the village of Kakhabroso, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was detained by power agents; and his whereabouts are still unknown, said a local resident. In its turn, the on duty unit of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) has not confirmed the detention of Jamal Magomedov.

On November 27, 70 orphans received keys from apartments in one of the new buildings in Grozny. This was announced by an official from the Ministry of Labour of Chechnya. According to him, till the end of the year, the Ministry plans to provide other 70 persons with their own housing.

Today, the MPs of North Ossetia have adopted in the second and final reading by a majority vote a bill to abolish the direct election of the republic's leader and his/her election b y the regional legislative assembly (parliament).

Residents of the premises of the municipal temporary housing fund, who received notifications prescribing to abandon their housing from the Volgograd city administration, demand to amend the law on abolition of categories of people in difficult life situation in their favour.