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On November 25, Cossacks from the city of Anapa smashed the fence erected by builders in the forest of the reserve "Bolshoi Utrish", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the "Ecological Watch in Northern Caucasus".

According to a source in investigatory bodies of the Southern Federal District (SFD), Igor Chernykh, who was detained on charges of mass murder in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was arrested.

On November 25, in the village of Kenzhe, a suburb of Nalchik, at the gate of his house, a local resident Timur Mechukaev, 33, was shot dead; he was a son of Azret Mechukaev, former head of the Republic's Bureau of Forensic-Medical Examination.

Late at night on November 25 unidentified persons threw a grenade into the car of the head of the Kayakent ROVD (District Interior Division) in Dagestan; the militiaman was slightly wounded, as reported by regional law enforcement bodies.

Relatives of Mohammed Shakov and Islam Beshkurov, detained in Kabardino-Balkaria and suspected of illegal possession of ammunition, declare innocence of these guys and demand investigation into their beatings. Their advocate asserts that after arrival of the petition about illegal methods of investigation to the prosecutor's office, filed on November 19, his clients have not yet been interrogated.

In Tbilisi, at the building of the Parliament, another rally of opposition parties is held today; about 500 have gathered for the action.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made a decision on the murder of four young residents of Chechnya in 2000.

An explosive device was triggered tonight in the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, under the bottom of a car; the driver has suffered, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.

International and Armenian public ecological organization demand from city authorities of Yerevan and Armenian leaders to stop construction of dolphinarium in the Komitas Park.

Violations of pupils' rights have been revealed in the state educational institution "Volgograd Children's Home": as punishment, children were placed in mental hospital for forced treatment. This was reported by the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

A group of people who have manufactured and sold forged certificates of employees of State Security Service in Northern Caucasus has been arrested in Moscow. The certificates had been used for committing grave and especially grave crimes, Center of Public Relations of the Department of State Security Service reported on November, 25.

Victor Tsyganov, Chief of Novorossiisk customs suspected of abuse of authority, has been suspended from office. This news came on November, 25.

Fatima Margieva, a human rights activist from South Osetia whose son is currently in prison in Tshkinval, states that although Dmitry Kaloev in connection with the state of his health had already been taken to a resuscitation unit of a hospital she has not yet got a permission to visit him. Margieva is going to appeal to Russian human rights activists for help.

Tonight, an explosion happened in a cafe in the city of Nazran in Ingushetia, located near the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway.

Facts of corruption associated with payment of maternal capital in Dagestan were announced at the meeting of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), by candidate for the newly-created Public Council of the NCFD. Residents of the republic said that a maternal capital certificate can be obtained only after paying a bribe.

The Audit Chamber may sue blogger Alexei Navalny by asserting that the materials published in his blog about multi-billion embezzlements during construction of the pipeline "Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean" (ESPO) were untrue. The "Yabloko" Party demands disclosure of the results of the checks conducted by the Audit Chamber, about which the blogger writes.

Zurab Tsoloev (Tseloev), who was kidnapped on October 29 from his house in Nazran by armed persons in masks and camouflage, was released on November 5 and returned home. As it turned out, he was detained by mistake.

In total, 61.8 percent of the indigenous population of Adygea supports the idea of holding the Winter Olympics in Sochi; however, 25.1 percent are still neutral in their attitude to the Games. Besides, most of respondents find it important to use Adyg symbols during the Olympiad - these are the results of the polling conducted in Adygea from January to August 2010.

The today's session at the Khamovniki Court of Moscow, considering the criminal case against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in connection with his statements about responsibility of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov for the murder of Natalia Estemirova began more than half an hour later, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports, because the judge had been considering another case.

Relatives and advocate of serviceman Manvel Azroyan soldier accused of killing four soldiers in a military unit of Nagorno-Karabakh do not exclude that the soldier's confession was obtained under pressure of law enforcement officials.