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In Georgia, full pardon on the occasion of St George's Day ("Giorgoba") was granted to 182 inmates; 32 other prisoners had their sentences halved; three others have their terms reduced; and for three more the conditional imprisonment was replaced by public works.

By November 22, practically all the regions of Russia's South, as well as the rest of the country, opened reception offices of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The only exception is the Chechen Republic, where the building, appointed for the reception office, has not been repaired yet.

Speaking to the session of European Parliament, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has stated that his country will no longer try returning Abkhazia and South Ossetia by using military force, and asked the European Union (EU) to recognize occupation of his country by Russia.

In near future, ecological organizations plan to go to court in order to challenge the decision of Armenian government about exploration of uranium ore in the Syunik Region. Now they gather the necessary documents for filing a collective lawsuit.

In the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, a special office for investigating grave and especially grave crimes has resumed inquiry of 12 criminal cases of past years. The Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia reports that the inquiry has already reached positive results.

A military range located to Kurs district of Stavropol region where an active process of utilization of ammunition has been going on latterly causes serious problems for the residents of Nadterechny and Naur districts of Chechen Republic. Residents of these districts have already submitted the respective statement to the authorities of the republic. A delegation of the republican Parliament has visited these districts to familiarize with the situation.

A resident of Grozny died on November, 22, from a heart attack after a quarrel with the personnel of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate who ordered the elderly man to remove the tinting from his car glasses immediately. This news came from a non-governmental organization UNO (Union of Non-governmental Organizations) of Chechen Republic.

European Court of Human Rights has put two questions to the Russian Federation on the case of Zara Murtazaliyeva, native of Chechnya sentenced to 8,5 years of custody and serving her penalty in a prison camp of Mordovia, concerning observation of clause 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This news was reported by Kirill Koroteyev, Zara Murtazaliyeva's attorney.

At night of November 22, an unidentified person made a grenade launcher shot at the roof of the church in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia.

On November 21, in Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, the second pre-planned picket was held in support of the Balkars, who continue their protest action for many days already in Manezh Square.

Said Magomedov, head of the FSB Department for the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, who was wounded this morning in an explosion, died in hospital without regaining consciousness. The inquiry bodies of the Republic of Dagestan have initiated a criminal case on the fact.

Residents of Dagestan express their concern that their houses and shops may be demolished in the process of construction of the resort town-satellite "Lazurny Bereg" (Cote d'Azur) near Makhachkala.

A resident of Grozny, father of one of the participants of the armed clash, which burst out at night on November 14 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, where a Chechen militia officer was shot dead, was captured by militiamen and kept in custody for about 24 hours.

Two more suspects have appeared in the murder case of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory. They have been put on the international wanted list. Let us remind you that at the moment the number of arrested suspects is eight.

On the fact of violent beating on November 8 by employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) of Murtazali Adukhov, a resident of Khasavyurt, a criminal case was initiated and is now investigated. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it today by Shamil Adukhov, Murtazali's brother.

The two local residents of the republic suspected of illegal possession of ammunition and explosives, the butcher-seller Mohammed Shakov and his master Islam Beshkurov, were detained with numerous procedural violations and tortured. This was stated by lawyer Magamed Abubakarov.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) refused to change the journalist Fatullaev's freedom restriction measure - arrest - for release on bail or home arrest.

Tonight in Nazran unidentified criminal opened automatic fire on the car of Khusen Shadiev, editor-in-chief of the nationwide newspaper Ingushetia "Serdalo".

Today, the Independent Press Centre in Moscow hosted a press conference "Kuban, venue of 2014 Olympics, is the area of systemic human rights violations: raiders' attacks, corruption and falsification of criminal cases" with participation of residents of the Krasnodar Territory. After the press conference, activists held a picket with a demand of resignation of the leaders of the Krasnodar Territory.

In spite of the measures taken Nubarashen mortuary of pesticides in Armenia is a great threat for the residents and the environment. The danger will get even more severe in spring, first of all because of the fact that the mortuary is located in a landslide zone, the experts of the Word Bank declared.