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November 9 was to be the starting day of the trial in South Ossetia of four Georgian teenagers, detained by local power agents; however, the trial was uncertainly postponed.

Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who told about corruption in law enforcement bodies of Novorossisk, arrived in Moscow in his car, as he was not let to go by air.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov said about resolution of a number of resonant crimes committed in his republic. Among them, according to Mr Evkurov, the attempt on him, the terror act at the building of the ROVD (District Interior Unit) in Nazran and the murder of the Deputy Chair of the republic's Supreme Court.

The judicial panel for criminal cases of the Supreme Court has upheld the verdict of the Stavropol Territorial Court to Igor Sokolov and Abubakar Mezhiev, both aged 39, who took part in the attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995. They will serve their terms at the general regime colony, as the General Prosecutor's Office has reported.

Already former Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who was dismissed for criticizing his Novorossisk colleagues and bosses, denied, at the press conference held in the Independent Press Centre, charges that his revelations had been prepaid by western NGOs.

Citizen of Georgia David Khubunaya, who is waiting for six weeks already for his exclusion from Russia at the special reception centre intended for minor offenders in the city of Archangelsk, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his complaints against long custody had forced the local Prosecutor's Office to initiate a case.

Today, the Chegem District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has announced the verdict of guilty to Aryubat Gemueva, doctor-paediatrician of the local district hospital, accused of non-rendering held to Aslan Kugotov, 13, who subsequently died.

The public statements of Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy were backed up by NGOs funded from abroad, in particular, the US Agency for International Development (USAID). This was stated by a source from the Department of Internal Security (DIS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

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".

Experts have made a psychological portrait of Evgenia Khasis, 25, a suspect on the case of murdering advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. In the opinion of psychologists, Evgenia Khasis is very unbalanced and aggressive. Meanwhile, her friends do not believe in her involvement in the resonant murder.

Grigol Vashadze, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia, has promised that the teenagers detained by power agents of South Ossetia, will be surely released. He told journalists about it today in the break of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova regional co-operation group).

The interrogation of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on the criminal case opened under the claim lodged by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has been postponed till November 12 or 13.