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As a result of two explosions, which occurred today in a bank in the village of Shamilkala of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, three persons were killed and one was injured. This was reported today by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan.

At the trial in the Baku Court on Grave Crimes on the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", at the court sessions, held on November 20-21, the journalist gave testimony, in which he denied all the charges.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, four policemen face trial for abuse of power: they are accused of torturing a detainee to knock out a confession. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Karachay-Cherkessia.

During the today's court session in the case against Irakli Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, judge granted the defence's motion to postpone the trial till December 3. Irakli Okruashvili is accused of organizing an illegal armed formation and its leading. This was reported by lawyer Zviad Kordzadze.

Nasimi district court of Baku under the chairmanship of judge Shahin Abdullaev passed a judgment of prolonging the term of arrest to Nidzhat Aliev, Editor-in-Chief of online media Аzadxeber.org, mostly religious by contents, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

During the week from November 12 to 18, 2012, at least 20 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 people perished and eight others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested the protocols of the court session on the first case about mass riots in Manezh Square in December 2010.

Today, the defence of Zurab Ramazanov and Ruslan Mamedrzaev, the shooters at the "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow, has filed a complaint against the decision of the magistrate judge to arrest each of them for five days each, said Fuad Mirzoev, the advocate of both of them.

Protest action of opposition in Baku demanding to dissolve the parliament; detention of more than a dozen former senior MIA officials in Georgia; end of debates at Mirzaev's trial; rapist of a child in the hospital in Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory, sentenced; start of trial on massacre in Kuschevskaya and population of new district in Krymsk heavily hit by flood in July; approval of government heads by parliamentarians of Kalmykia and Karachay-Cherkessia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 12-18, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has opened a criminal case against Siyavush Mamed-Zade, Director General of the Turkish construction company "Penta-Stroy" on the fact of non-payment of wages to company employees. The current whereabouts of Mamed-Zade, who, according to Chechen authorities, disappeared in December 2011 outside the republic, is unknown.

The Krymsk Court has sentenced a local resident, accused of trying to illegally obtain compensation due to flood victims, to six months of corrective labour. In total, to date, eight such criminal cases have been opened, as reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory.

During the check conducted in Dagestani schools, prosecutors revealed 74 teachers who worked on fake diplomas. The check goes on, said a source from the Prosecutor's Office.

On November 16, Artak Abramyan, an inmate kept in "Nubarashen" prison in Armenia, sewed up his mouth and went on hunger strike, claiming harassment by colony personnel.

On November 15 in Baku, the Court of Grave Crimes began trying four Azerbaijani citizens accused of preparing terror acts during the international song contest "Eurovision-2012".

The Prosecutor's Office has appealed against the decision of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow, which declared illegal the refusal to open a criminal case on the hostage liberation operation at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002.