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The unlawfully acquired apartment of Ivan Gerter, the former head of Kabardino-Balkarian Government, who is suspected of fraud, was arrested. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Today, Makhachkala hosted a rally against the arbitrariness of law enforcement agencies. The protest action was attended by 30 relatives of the kidnapped residents of Dagestan. At the end of the protest action, they have adopted a resolution that calls for the protection of their rights.

Ex-Deputy Chief of Volgo-Caspian territorial Department (VCTD) of "Rosrybolovstvo" Peter Kodyakov who not long before his disappearance promised the journalists to make public an information about the schemes of theft of money allotted on reproduction of fish resources disappeared in Astrakhan.

A district police officer of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Maikop and three other unidentified policemen are suspected of extortion of a bribe to a sum of 30 thousand roubles from a local woman, Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation (CIR) in Adygeya reports.

Public Prosecutor's office of Volgograd region achieved cancellation of a direction of awarding Vladimir Sobakar acting as Head of Administration of Volgograd, Press Service of the office reported.

Today, in Stavropol, a policeman hit down with his car two pedestrians. A service check is underway, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Stavropol Territory reports.

In the evening of November 24, in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, a conflict, involving at least 20 persons, occurred near the "Fazenda" cafe. Several persons were injured and two were killed in the conflict. Moreover, a policeman was among the victims of the conflict. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia reopened the investigation into the death of Zurab Zhvaniya, ex-Prime Minister, which occurred in February 2005. This was reported today by his brother Georgy Zhvaniya.

The defence of Rasul Mirzaev will not challenge the decision of the court, which found him guilty of causing by negligence the death of Ivan Agafonov, and will not seek compensation for the excessive length of stay in detention. This was announced by Alexei Grebenskoy, the lawyer of Rasul Mirzaev.

In Dagestan, a 14-year-old Natalia Melnikova, who on November 7 disappeared in the town of Zernograd of the Rostov Region, was found. The girl left her home to convert to Islam in Dagestan. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) collected from the Armenian authorities 124,000 euros in favour of representatives the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses, who challenged at the European Court their imprisonment for refusing the alternative military service.

Today, the Krasnoarmeisk District of Volgograd held opening of the monument, dedicated to the victims of the first bombings of the southern vicinities of Stalingrad in July-August 1942. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 200 persons.

Today, in Rostov-on-Don, Ivan Bykadorov and Dmitry Eremenko, two defendants in the criminal case of vandalism at the North Cemetery, stated at the court session that they were forced to write confessions under psychological and physical pressure from law enforcers.

Today miners in Tkibuli, Georgia, broke off their strike and started full-fledged work, one of the directors of "Georgian Industrial Group" Natia Turnava reported.

A local resident kidnapped by unknown people in Kizilyurt was released and was able to get home by himself, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

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.