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Today, the court of Dubai will consider possible release from custody of Makhdi Lorniya, a citizen of Iran and personal horseman of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, and Maksudzhon Ismatov, a native of Tajikistan, accused of organizing the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev on March 28 this year in the United Arab Emirates. In the opinion of relatives of the ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the Russian GRU, this decision, can result in suspects' flight to Chechnya, which will mean a factual end of the process.

The first international air flight from the airport of the capital of Chechnya is planned for November 16. The flight will bring pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

The today's interrogation of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under his criminal case on slandering President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov lasted for four hours.

In 2010, the fines for violations in the ecological sphere in the territory of the Chechen Republic will be essentially raised. In the opinion of local ecologists, such measures should enhance the responsibility of heads of enterprises and organizations for observance of ecological standards.

Hasan Ozdamirov, who was announced as liquidated in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on November 7 in the vicinity of the city of Argun, had been earlier given out to law enforcers by his relatives. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from an Argun resident, who closely knew the casualty.

Mother of Vadim Chugunov, a Russian trooper, who perished in the battle near Ulus-Kert in 2000, believes that the failure of the Russian party to pay her the due compensation for the death of her son in Chechnya is a violation of the provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights.

In Dubai (United Arab Emirates), the judge in charge of the case on the attempt on Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion, was dissatisfied with the proofs gathered by the prosecution party and found them insufficient. On these grounds, the defence advocates plan to move, at the court session on November 16, their petitions asking to release the defendants.

On November 12, in Moscow, at 5:30 p.m., in the Chistoprudny Boulevard, a solidarity picket with Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will start.

As reported by the United Army Grouping in Northern Caucasus, in October this year, in the course of the special operations conducted in the territory of the Chechen Republic, 35 members of the armed underground were liquidated, and 42 militants and their helper were detained. However, human rights activists are sure that power agents put also people who have nothing to do with the armed underground into the lists of their "trophies".

An employee of the Chechen militia will face justice on charges of complicity to a member of separatists' armed formations. The former militiaman is under a threat of several years in prison.

Another incident looking like an attempt on the opponent of Chechen President Isa Yamadaev; situation with human rights and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan; propagation of swine flu in the Caucasus; progress in investigating the murder of well-known advocate Stanislav Markelov; and video complaints of militia major of his bosses to Russian prime minister Putin, which have stirred up the Internet, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of November 2-8 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".