According to the Russian command, militants get shelter in the villages supported by locals who sympathize with them openly or secretly.

It is most like connected with the opinion of official Baku that Russia has too close contacts with Armenia in the military field.

On November 29, Saturday, a presentation of books by the Memorial Society will take place at the press center of the Central House of Painters. There will also be a discussion devoted to the problems of historical memory and human rights in today's Russia.

"The longer Armenia holds occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the higher the chances of war resumption," said Colonel-General Safar Abiyev.

The European Commission says in its statement that the decision of the ex-leader of Georgia, which allowed to refrain from violence, "opens the way to restoration of constitutional law and order" in the country.

"The cans of stewed beef and condensed milk we have been given are inflated, as their expiry date was over a month ago. We can't eat that stuff, just have to throw them away," Kosum Israilov, a local man of the Samashki village, says.

Aslan Abashidze motivated his decision on the introduction of the state of emergency by the fact that the autonomy's authorities gained information armed units were possible to be brought into Adjaria against a background of developments in Georgia.

Eduard Shevardnadze resigned after talks with Mikhail Saakashvili and Zurab Zhvania, key opposition leaders, at 8:30 p.m. on November 23.

On November 20, after a five-day break, daily opposition newspapers "Azadlyg", "Yeni Musavat", "Baki Khabar", "Khurriyet", "New Time", "Yeni Zaman" and some others appeared in print again.

Board Chairman of the Novorossiysk City Public Historical and Educational Organization "Memorial" Gennady Goncharov told the Caucasian Knot correspondent about the unveiling of the memorial to the victims of political repressions in Novorossiysk.

"Pre-term elections may be a subject matter for discussion by the parliament elected on November 2 if this discussion becomes a basis for making a compromise with the opposition," stated Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, the vice speaker of the parliament and leader of the Socialist Party, which is in the pro-presidential For New Georgia bloc.

On November 21, President Eduard Shevardnadze set the first session of the new parliament. It is to be held today, November 22, at 16:00 Moscow time. Opposition deputies state they will ignore it.

The rally is to start in Svoboda Square in downtown Tbilisi at 12:00 Moscow time. After that, the protesters will move to the building of the State Chancellery, Shevardnadze's working residence.

The court decision became the first one beyond the bounds of Russia touching upon the most important aspects of the present situation in the country and holding some ascertainings.

Thousands of citizens of Grozny who lost their homes as a result of a freshet last year have not gotten new flats so far. The people have to take shelter in ordinary tents even in the cold time of the year.

"The investigation is under way. It will reveal law-enforcement agents who broke the law. The law is one for all citizens," announced chief of the president's staff section to work with law-enforcement agencies Fuad Alekserov.

Leader of the National Movement Mikhail Saakashvili announced the opposition had collected one million signatures under the demand for Eduard Shevardnadze's dismissal. "Georgian people have never stood in lines with such heat before," he said on November 18, being on the air of Green Wave Radio.

Ibragim Umarkhadzhiyev, head of Salambek Maigov's election staff, who was kidnapped Wednesday in Grozny, has been freed, as told by Maigov's staff to the correspondent of Prague Watchdog.

The appeal by the Memorial Society's Board to the regional organizations.

In the morning of November 19, an officer of the Chechen police was wounded by unknown people in Grozny's Leninsky district.