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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.

Today, workers of the mine named after Dzidziguri of the town of Tkibuli held a protest action in front of the administration of the Georgian President, demanding to provide them with fair working conditions and to prevent the closure of the mine.

On November 22, Madash Mislaurova, a resident of Nazran, appealed in the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia with a complaint that her son Bashir Mislaurov, accused of involvement in IAF (illegal armed formation) actions, was tortured during the investigation.

On the ninth anniversary of the "Revolution of Roses", for the first time since 2003, when new government, led by Mikhail Saakashvili, came to power after Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze left his position, Georgia do not hold celebrations.

According to local residents, a state of emergency was tacitly introduced in Nakhichevan. That was caused by distribution in the city of leaflets with threats to regional authorities.

Relatives of Abubakar Udziev, a resident of the village of Gubden of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, claim that on November 20, he was detained by power agents during the special operation; however, at present, they cannot reveal his whereabouts. Investigators told the relatives of Abubakar Udziev that he escaped after being detained.