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Today, the Moscow City Court interrogated two out of four defendants in the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan". One of them Khamzhuev pleaded guilty in part, and the second defendant Umaev denied his guilt in full. This was reported by Abusupyan Gaitaev, a representative of the defence.

In the capital of Dagestan, armed law enforcers have cordoned off the shopping centre "GUM", and they intend to detain all employees of the Department of Islamic products, who wear hijabs. This was stated by Asiya Magomedova, an employee of the shopping centre.

In Sochi, the leaders of the contracting organizations decided to terminate the contracts with workers from Central Asia, who participated in the conflict that occurred on November 5 in the vicinities of Krasnaya Polyana.

Today, the court sentenced Ilyas Nalgiev, the former head of the criminal police of Karabulak, to eight years to be served in the high security colony in the case of torture, used against Zelimkhan Chitigov, a refugee from Chechnya. Nazir Guliev, the former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, who was also the figurant of the case, was acquitted by the court.

Today, at the court session of the case on the incident in the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, military doctor Artak Bayadyan, one of the victims, stated that guard Norair Airapetyan, one of the six defendants, was the organizer of the fight. The victim has expressed his confidence that the beating of him and his friends had been planned in advance by staff members of the Restaurant.

Today, the Rostov Branch of the patriotic movement "Suts Vremeni" (Essence of Time) held a picket-photo exhibition, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the October Revolution. The activists of the movement gathered photos that demonstrated ruined plants, factories, and farms.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, for a year, some residents of the village of Elbrus refuse to pay for water, explaining that "Allah gives the water." Perhaps, the tariffs for utility services should be revised. This was stated by Rasul Tilov, a member of the Public Council, established under the administration of the dwelling settlement to resolve the situation with non-payers.

Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Giorgy Kalandadze, Chief of General Staff, and Zurab Shamatava, Chief of the Fourth Division,were detained in connection with the investigation into the case of beating of six officers in 2011. This was reported by Archil Kbiliashvili, Chief Prosecutor of Georgia.

Till present, general study of the basics of Islam in kindergartens of Grozny, which was planned to be introduced, starting from November 1, has not been introduced. This was reported by the Mayoralty of Grozny. However, according to local residents, some pre-school institutions have been already conducting such studies for a long time.

Ashot Chtrkyan, sentenced for espionage in favour of Azerbaijan, has declared an indefinite hunger strike in the penitentiary institution "Nubarashen", demanding to reconsider the unjust, according to him, verdict.

Today, the Guba District Court held court hearing on the case of riots in the city of Guba in Azerbaijan, which occurred on March 1. AT the court hearing, the defendants denied the charges against them. Lawyers of the defendants, accused in the case of the riots in Guba, complain against biased investigation.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bashkortostan brought to court the criminal case on the riots in the Zatonsky Market in Ufa, which involved natives of Northern Caucasus and Central Asia.

In western Georgia, miners of the Company "Georgian Manganese" stopped their strike after a promise of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to consult with their employers.

In Sochi, about 240 persons were detained by police on suspicion of involvement in a mass fight at the sports and tourist complex "Mountain Carousel" in Krasnaya Polyana.

Valery Zerenkov, Governor of the Stavropol Territory, appealed to the Government of the Russian Federation with a proposal to include the region into the project of creation of the tourism cluster of the south of Russia. This was reported today by the press service of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus".

From tomorrow, the decision of the Tver Court of Moscow to recognize the film "Innocence of Muslims" as extremist enters into force.

In Moscow, Captain Vadim Khoranov, who was seriously wounded in the explosion at the "Chermen" checkpoint on the administrative border between North Ossetia and Ingushetia, was transferred from the resuscitation ward to the neurological surgery ward.

At the court session of the Moscow City Court on the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan", prosecutors completed presentation of prosecution evidences. This was reported by Abusupyan Gaitaev, a lawyer of one of the defendants.

Today, the Karabulak Court continued sentencing in the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, former staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, accused of torturing detainees. The Court found Ilyas Nalgiev guilty in one of the episodes of the case.

In the evening of November, 26, Administration of the port of Poti is going to bring up a suggestion on rising wages, Deputy Chairman of Trade union of workers of Poti port Gocha Cheminava declared.