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November 28, 2011 11:00

• Tagi’s relatives and colleagues assign responsibility for his death to physicians and the authorities

  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev took over personal control of investigation of the murder of Rafik Tagi. The journalists demand a thorough investigation of the writer’s death.

November 28, 2011 10:00

• Interrogation of the organizers of a mass meeting started in Dagestan

  On November, 27, the personnel of Center of Counteraction to extremism of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan tried to summon for interrogation all the organizers of the meeting against arbitrary rule of law enforcement bodies held on November, 25, in Makhachkala. The “Caucasian Knot” correspondent received this information from representatives of organizing committee of the action.

November 28, 2011 08:00

• Residents of the settlement of Dzau expect solution of social problems from the new Head of South Ossetia

  The new President of the Republic of South Ossetia must concentrate on settling a lot of social problems of the republic. This was declared by residents of the settlement of Dzau at the exit of the polling station.

November 28, 2011 06:00

• Foundation of Circassian culture “The Adygeis” presented in Moscow

  On November, 27, presentation of Foundation of Circassian culture “The Adygeis” named after Yury Kalmykov was held in the Cinema Center of Moscow. About two thousand people took part in it: natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus, businessman, workers of culture of the capital.

November 26, 2011 23:00

• CEC members of South Ossetia complain about threats

  As reported by Bella Plieva, Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia, threats from unidentified persons arrive in the CEC. She believes that the threats are associated with the second round of the presidential election to take part tomorrow.

November 26, 2011 22:00

• Sochi hosts action demanding to put courts under public control

  On November 26, about 30 Sochi residents, who had been deprived of their property under court decisions, held a two-hour-long picket.

November 26, 2011 21:00

• Snowfall provokes landslides in Southern Azerbaijan

  A heavy snowfall in the southern areas of Azerbaijan has led to landslides in seven villages.

November 26, 2011 20:00

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling its positions

  The units of the Armenian Armed Forces have broken the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in two directions, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

November 26, 2011 19:00

• In Pyatigorsk, activists of "Stop cutting Mashuk!" to picket city Mayoralty

  The protest action "Stop cutting Mashuk!" will be held on November 27 in front of the administration of the city of Pyatigorsk by the members of the city initiative group "Solar Patrol".

November 26, 2011 18:00

• Chechen mosques urge believers to take part in elections

  In Chechnya, in the local mosques, believers are explained the importance of participating in the upcoming December 4 elections to the Russian State Duma and municipal power bodies.

November 26, 2011 17:00

• South Ossetia ratifies customs agreement with Russia

  On November 25, the MPs of South Ossetia ratified the agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters.

November 26, 2011 15:00

• Tourist groups in Adygea will be controlled by GLONASS

  In February 2012, at the suggestion of the Regional Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for Adygea, the Moscow Institute of Communications plans to test the work of the digital communication system for controlling tourist groups.

November 26, 2011 14:00

• Tbilisi starts the project "One thousand kiosks"

  The new project "One thousand kiosks" was launched by the Tbilisi Mayoralty with the aim to promote small and medium businesses. According to the project, newspaper kiosks in the capital of Georgia will increase in number, and old and ugly ones will be replaced by new and modern kiosks.

November 26, 2011 07:00

• New analytical resource "Caucasian Politics" launched on the Internet

  A powerful analytical resource named "Caucasian Politics", where scientists dealing with the Caucasus, politicians and public leaders will be engage in the "global analytical work on the Caucasus", is available online at the kavpolit.com, Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the new portal told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 25, 2011 23:00

• Rally against family violence held in Armenia

  On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a rally in support of women's rights was held in Northern Avenue in Yerevan.

November 25, 2011 22:00

• Armenia hosts rally in support of human rights defender convicted in Belarus

  In Yerevan, NGOs' representatives held a rally in support of Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" (Spring), who had been sentenced to imprisonment by the Belarusian authorities.

November 25, 2011 21:00

• Georgia completes acceptance of applications for creation of memorial to victims of Circassian nation's genocide

  Today, the Office of the Georgian State Minister for Diaspora Affairs completed acceptance of projects for the memorial. 26 persons take part in the contest.

November 25, 2011 20:00

• Dmitry Putenikhin asks court to re-qualify his offence into hooliganism

  At court session of the Moscow City Court, Dmitry Putenikhin, the activist of the Other Russia, has acknowledged the fact that he had splashed water in face of the prosecutor, who represented the public prosecution in the trial on the case of the riots in Manege Square. However, he asked the court to classify his act not as threatening the life of the state official, but as hooliganism. The Moscow City Court left Dmitry Putenikhin in custody.

November 25, 2011 19:00

• Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria reports on her son's kidnapping

  Zareta Sokurova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, appealed to human rights defenders asking to help find her son Astemir Sokurov, who had disappeared on November 22. According to the women, power agents are involved in the kidnapping. Zareta Sokurova also reported on plundering and undermining of her house.

November 25, 2011 18:00

• In Makhachkala, Rizvan Kurbanov speaks at rally against kidnappings and arbitrariness of power agents

  In Dagestan, rally against kidnappings and arbitrariness of power agents was held. According to various estimates, it was attended by 2500-3000 people.