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The case initiated against Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of Moscow, who is accused of murdering the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has been transferred to the court, the Russia's GPO (General Prosecutor's Office) reports.

As stated today by Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance", at a press conference in Moscow, the acquitting verdict passed to Nazir Guliev, a former employee of the Ingush MIA, is illegitimate. According to her version, Guliev should have not been acquitted and released from liability.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has rejected the complaint lodged by Andrei Krasnenkov, the legal representative of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, against the decision of the Tver District Court to refuse to recover from the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" of 500,000 roubles of compensation under the case of defending the honour, dignity and business reputation.

Human rights defenders, who watched the progress of the trial, believe that the verdict of the Karabulak Court on the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, former staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, accused of torture, is indecisive and inconsistent and it causes perplexity.

The police detected a criminal group who within half a year sold up to 12 children from Chechnya and Dagestan to residents of Russia and Turkey, sources in law enforcement bodies reported.

Arrest of Bacho Akhalaya, Georgia's ex-Minister of Defence and Interior; election of the new Mayor of Grozny; start of trial on massacre in Kuschevskaya, first session of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory, and fight of policemen in Tuapse; verdict of guilty to figurant in "Chitigov's case" in Ingushetia; resignation of the minister of construction and architecture of the Stavropol Territory; nomination of candidates for the Mayor of Novocherkassk, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 5-11, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the vicinities of the Tbilisi International Airport, a grave of four Chechens, killed during a special operation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Ministry of Defence of Georgia in August 2012, was found. The killed men were buried in a narrow 9-meter pit. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Umar Idigov, a nephew of Djokhar Dudaev, First Chechen President, a member of the Chechen community in Georgia.

Today, the Moscow City Court completed the interrogation of the defendants on charges of attempt to undermine the passenger train "Sapsan". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by lawyer Abusupyan Gaitaev.

At least 86 people became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus in October, 2012. 47 out of them perished and 39 got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, the Moscow City Court interrogated two out of four defendants in the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan". One of them Khamzhuev pleaded guilty in part, and the second defendant Umaev denied his guilt in full. This was reported by Abusupyan Gaitaev, a representative of the defence.

Till present, general study of the basics of Islam in kindergartens of Grozny, which was planned to be introduced, starting from November 1, has not been introduced. This was reported by the Mayoralty of Grozny. However, according to local residents, some pre-school institutions have been already conducting such studies for a long time.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bashkortostan brought to court the criminal case on the riots in the Zatonsky Market in Ufa, which involved natives of Northern Caucasus and Central Asia.

At the court session of the Moscow City Court on the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan", prosecutors completed presentation of prosecution evidences. This was reported by Abusupyan Gaitaev, a lawyer of one of the defendants.

Today, the Karabulak Court continued sentencing in the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, former staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, accused of torturing detainees. The Court found Ilyas Nalgiev guilty in one of the episodes of the case.