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As reported by the bosses of the mining company "Base Metals", for the villagers of Vardadzor, whose houses get into the sanitary zone of a new mine, a new block of houses will be built. As to residents themselves, they still believe that in any case the mine will be ecologically harmful for the area.

Activists of non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan announced the start of a human rights campaign “Art for the sake of democracy”.

Law enforcement officers in Kabardino-Balkaria have been seeking for Zeitun Boziev, supposed murderer of TV journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, for suspicion of participation in a paramilitary group. His distinguishing marks and a photo were placed at the web-site of the Ministry. After the death of leaders of local armed underground Boziev was one of the main candidates to replace them”, “Commersant” reports referring to its own sources.

All the participants of an unauthorized action of the Azerbaijani opposition in Fontanov square of Baku detained and delivered to police departments were released. None of them was brought before the court, Giulaga Aslanly, Secretary of Civil movement for democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC), Deputy Chairman of “Musavat” party, reported.

The sufferers on the case of murder of ”Novaya Gazeta” observer Anna Politkovskaya are going to enter a motion of abrogation of defendant Dmitry Pavliuchenkov’s plea bargain in Moscow city court, lawyer Anna Stavitskaya reports.

About two hundred people took part in a meeting with Mayor of the city Anatoly Pakhomov held in the courtyard of house No 40, Chebrikov street, that burnt down. During the meeting Mayor of the city promised to repair the damaged flats and façade of the house and pay the sufferers 5 to 50 thousand rubles compensation.

The administration of the city of Astrakhan has notified the Astrakhan Regional Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Society of Invalids" about termination of leasing contracts on five rooms. In response, the Society has accused bureaucrats of ignoring the laws of the Russian Federation.

The court that is considering the case about the attack on Nalchik in 2005 has appointed additional advocates to defendants Murat Kashirgov and Zaur Sokmyshev, because the advocate Rita Gilyaeva, who had earlier defended them, fell ill and was hospitalized.

At the trial on the murder of former Colonel Yuri Budanov, who was shot dead on June 10, 2011, conducted by the Moscow City Court, three witnesses have testified, including the driver who brought Budanov to the notary office.

On December 10 and 11, the KrasnodarTerritory hosted a series of solo pickets of activists of the party "Communists of Russia", who raised the issue of deprivation of Russians in Finland of their parental rights, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A special operation conducted on December 8 in the Untsukul and Gumbetov Districts of Dagestan resulted in detention of three persons-organizers of the terror act against Sheikh Said Afandi; they all gave confessions, the Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) reports today.

Today trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder was continued in Moscow city court. During the session one of the witnesses declared that he knew the defendant under the name of Magomed Suleimanov.

Today the police in Baku hindered the supporters of the opposition from holding an unauthorized action of protest with the demand that the authorities should respect human rights. The action organized by Civil movement for democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC) was timed to the International Human Rights Day which is celebrated on December, 10.

A mass action of oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) timed to Human Rights Day was held in Svobody (Freedom) square today.

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a statement running that Russia suspended the use of radar station (RS) in Gabala. The countries did not come to an agreement about the sum of rental, the Ministry reports.

On December, 8, unidentified masked and camouflaged people in the settlement of Chontaul, Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, attempted to burn down Salimat Gadjieva’s family consisting of seven persons. This was reported by the woman herself.

According to preliminary data, today in Ingushetia during a skirmish in the village of Dolakovo, Suleiman Shankhoev, the coordinator of the team of suicide bombers "Riyad al-Saliheen", banned in Russia, was killed, said the press service of the FSB Department for Ingushetia.

As reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the suspect in the murder on December 5 inNalchik of journalist Kazbek Gekkiev was established as Zeitun Boziev, 30.

In the course of their meeting with Irakli Garibashvili, the head of the Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), residents of Pankisi Gorge acquainted him with their versions of what had happened during the special operation in Lopota Gorge. The Minister promised to run an impartial investigation into the incident, the press service of the MIA reports.

In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Ilgar Nasibov, a correspondent of the online edition "contact.az", and Elman Abbasov, an employee of the portal "nakhchivanhumanrights.org", report about their illegal detention on December 8 at the customs point "Sadarak" on the Azerbaijani-Turkish border.