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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.

The Georgian capital is hosting a festival of contemporary Russian-language movies. The event, which was brought to Georgia by famous film director Eldar Ryazanov, comprises about 30 feature films, documentaries and cartoons.

On November 5, the Lithuanian city of Kaunas will present the film called "Three Rooms of Melancholia" to broad public; the idea of the film is to draw public attention to the problem of relations between the Chechens, Russians and Europeans.

The government of Nagorno-Karabakh has passed a statement, according to which people with hearing impairments are allowed to drive a car; earlier it was forbidden.

Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku has announced its ruling on the claim of the convicted journalist Fatullaev against the Baku City Prosecutor's Office. Judge Elnur Gasanov has rejected the claim lodged by the journalist who had stated violation of his presumption of innocence.

Today, Azerbaijan has handed over the body of Manvel Saribekyan, who committed suicide, to the Armenian party, while Armenia has liberated from captivity Eldar Tagiev, a citizen of Azerbaijan, as reported by the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens.

The Mission of European Union in Baku has announced a competition for participation in two programs supporting civil society in Azerbaijan to the sum of 1,9 million euros.

"Armavia" Company, national air carrier of Armenia, has expanded the geography of its flights and established special through rates which will allow it to deliver the passengers to several cities within one flight.

Refugees from Abkhazia and South Osetia in Georgia will now be able to sell the dwellings granted to them by the state without paying taxes.

On November, 2, Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defense of Armenia, had a meeting with the parents of the servicemen, fallen soldiers-liberators and reserve officers and promised the parents of fallen servicemen the cases of whose death were under investigation by law enforcement bodies that all those guilty of their death would be punished as strictly as the law permits.