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The husband of one of the two female citizens of Georgia, detained in Malaysia on October 27 and accused of importing pretty plenty of drugs, has surrendered to Georgian police and gave evidence revealing his guilt, reports the press service of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Dagestan, experts and public figures question the effectiveness of the commission established under the republic's leader and aimed to assist in adaptation of pardoned militants.

Experts believe that the totals of the November 2 midterm US Congress elections will be positive for Armenia: more than 90 percent of the candidates supported by Armenian community in the USA were elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate.

On November 7, in the capital of Georgia, near the building of the parliament, a protest action will take place at the initiative of Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights activists.

Today, Nagorno-Karabakh has handed over the bodies of two Azerbaijani soldiers - Mubariz Ibragimov and Farid Akhmedov - to the Azerbaijani party. In return, Karabakh received the body of Gavrosh Arustamyan, 86.

On November 9, the Armenian capital of Yerevan will host an opposition rally demanding to release political prisoners.

On November 5, relatives of the Georgian sailors captured by Somali pirates held picket at the building of Adzharian government. They demanded a meeting with local officials and called on the authorities and diplomatic corps of Georgia to be proactive in their efforts to free the hostages.

The body of Manvel Saribekyan, a citizen of Armenia, who died in Azeri captivity, which was handed over on November 4 by Azerbaijan to the Armenian party, has signs of torture revealed by the examination, said the press service of General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia.

The opposition party of ex-parliament speaker Nino Burdzhanadze - "Democratic Movement-United Georgia" stands against adoption by the Parliament of Georgia in the first hearing of the bill named "The Freedom Charter".

According to preliminary data, in the course of a special operation in Dagestan conducted by power agents in the border of the Karabudakhkent and Kayakent Districts near the city of Izberbash, there are losses on both sides.

According to Zurab Gvenetadze, spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the detainees in a large-scale operation under the code name "Enver", conducted with the aim to identify those recruited by the Russian intelligence service, are in pre-trial custody. According to a competent source in Russian law enforcement agencies, the persons arrested in Georgia on charges of spying for Russia have nothing to do with Russian special agencies.

On November 4 - the National Unity Day - local nationalists made a march along the main street of Krasnodar, despite the ban of the city authorities.

The office of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian President in Northern Caucasus, got interested in the activities of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan. Mr Khloponin's deputy got in touch with the opposition in order to receive information about authorities' malversations.

The participants of the picket, organized today in Vladikavkaz on the initiative of the regional branch of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), told about problems in accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), corruption and environmental issues.

Yesterday, on November 4, the regions of the SFD and NCFD (Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts), as well as throughout Russia, held various celebrations dated to the National Unity Day.

Today the Appellate Court of Baku passed a judgment of selecting a preventive punishment in form of arrest for journalist Einulla Fatullayev who had already been convicted for accusation of illegal storage of drugs and is currently in custody. His attorney called the judgment an "absurd" one.

On November, 4, the personnel of law enforcement bodies in Grozny discovered and defused two homemade explosive devices.

On November 4 - the National Unity Day - local nationalists walked in a march along the central street of Krasnodar.

Today in Tbilisi, family members of Amiran Iobashvili, an activist of the opposition "Georgian Party", were wounded from firearms.

Bodies of two elderly men killed from firearms were found today in this republic.