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November 29, 2011 17:00

• Experts do not rule out Russia's military intervention in situation in South Ossetia

  Mass protests in Tskhinvali may cause Russia's military intervention to settle the situation, according to Ivan Sukhov, a columnist for "The Time of News", and Alan Parastaev, an employee for the project of Radio Liberty "Echo of the Caucasus".

November 29, 2011 16:00

• International footballers' posts video of incident in the match "Terek" vs. "Krasnodar"

  A video showing the incident in Grozny during the football match of the "Terek" FC against "Krasnodar" FC, where the guest striker Spartak Gogniev was beaten, is available on the website of the International Union of Professional Footballers.

November 29, 2011 14:00

• Georgia holds protest action "I read papers"

  Today, at the Mayoralty of Tbilisi, activists of NGOs and public organizations, media and oppositional parties have held a silent action under the slogan "I read papers" against replacement of old newspaper stalls for new ones.

November 29, 2011 13:00

• Georgia declares termination of its commitments under CFE Treaty in relation to Russia

  Georgia terminates its obligations with regard to Russia, undertaken within the framework of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), runs the statement the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

November 29, 2011 12:00

• Georgia: participants of an action of protest demanded to stop deforestation

  On November, 28, representatives of Georgian community came out in opposition against cutting down green plantations in the territory of the hippodrome in Tbilisi.

November 29, 2011 11:00

• Theologian Masim Novruzov convicted in Azerbaijan

  Masim Novruzov, head of community of “Imam Khomeini” mosque in the settlement of Biulbiulia, was arrested and convicted in Baku.

November 29, 2011 10:00

• A meeting with a demand of honest election passed off in Sochi

  On November, 28, members of non-governmental organization “People’s Council”, political parties “Fair Russia”, “Yabloko” and LDPR held a meeting in Sochi in order to draw public attention to the forthcoming election of State Duma.

November 29, 2011 09:00

• A three-kilometer’s traffic jam emerged in North Ossetia

  A three-kilometer’s queue of cargo transport emerged in the Russian-Georgian border, in the neighbourhood of the settlement of Chmi.

November 28, 2011 23:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 21-27

  The second round of presidential election in South Ossetia, where no preliminary outcomes were not announced as of 9:00 a.m. on November 28; death in Baku of writer-publicist Tagi after he was attacked by unidentified persons; rallies in the capital of Dagestan against lawlessness of power agents; sentence to Belarusian rights defender Ales Bialiatski and related protests in South-Caucasian countries and Russia; Armenian-Turkish business forum in Yerevan; protest in SFD regions, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 21-27, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 28, 2011 23:00

• Patriarch of Georgia asks Russia to give out remains of Georgian kings for reburial

  The Catholicos of Georgia Elias II has appealed to Russian leaders asking them to give out the remains of two Georgian kings, whose tombs are in Astrakhan, for reburial.

November 28, 2011 22:00

• Astrakhan Region: court obliges authorities to demolish emergency hostels in Molodyozhny

  The Krasnoyarsk District Court of the Astrakhan Region has set up a deadline of three months for demolition of all the hostels in the state of emergency, located in the township of Aksaraiski (Molodyozhny) near Astrakhan, said the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

November 28, 2011 21:00

• Hackers crack over 100 Armenian websites

  Over the weekend, on November 27-28, unidentified hackers cracked more than 100 Armenian websites, by dating the attack to "the 20th anniversary of Baku events". The hackers did not specify what particular events they had in mind.

November 28, 2011 20:00

• In Adygea, over thousand visually impaired persons take part in "White Stick" action

  In the traditional action named "White Stick", organized by the Adygea Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization of Invalids "All-Russian Society of the Blind" (ARSB), was attended by more than a thousand visually impaired invalids.

November 28, 2011 19:00

• New Muslim leader of South of Dagestan rejects information about confrontation of religious communities in the region

  Isamudin Saidov, also known as Sheikh Al-Derbendi, has assumed the leadership of the organization "Bab-ul-Abvab", which has high influence among Sufi Muslims of the South of Dagestan. He took the place of Sirazhudin Khurikskiy, killed in late October.

November 28, 2011 17:00

• Pyatigorsk authorities ban action "Stop cutting Mashuk!"

  The authorities of the city of Pyatigorsk have banned the protest action "Stop cutting Mashuk!" that was to be held on November 27. As a result, the people who gathered in front of the city administration held a meeting and adopted an open letter to Russian President, where they ask to prohibit the launched construction works and stop further destruction of the nature on Mount Mashuk.

November 28, 2011 15:00

• Chechnya marks Muslim New Year with mass march

  On November 27, in Grozny, youth activists held a celebratory march on the occasion of the coming the 1433rd New Year according to Hijri. The Muslim lunar calendar started in 622 of the Christian era – the year when Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina.

November 28, 2011 12:00

• Maksharip Aushev’s father directed a statement to President of Russia

  Magomed-Khaji, father of killed Ingush human rights activist Maksharip Aushev, sent an open letter to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. The reason for this appeal was unsanctioned searches which, according to Magomed-Khaji Aushev, started since September, this year.

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.