Ilya Shabalkin, a spokesman of the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, reported it.

Over 2,000 displaced persons - 500 of them are children - from the Prigorodny district of North Osetia living in a refugee camp in the village of Maysky still have no electricity and gas.

Adjaria also breaks all the ties with the center as it does not recognize the legitimacy of Acting Georgian President and Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burdjanadze, according to one of the leaders of the parliamentary Revival Party Tsotne Bakuria.

The conference is aimed at discussing those tasks of public organizations and movements fulfillment of which makes for preserving peace and providing stability in the region, informed leader of the Alan movement Sufiyan Beppayev.

Four young people were forcibly taken from their houses by unidentified gunmen in masks.

The symposium was arranged by the Administration of the Rostov region, where the issue of interethnic relations is regarded very seriously.

According to head of Salambek Maigov's election staff Adlan Khasuyev, his deputy, Ibragim Umarkhadzhiyev, was truly detained by security forces in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny.

The other day, the Russian President's adviser General Troshev claimed there was "no war" in Chechnya. He was quoted as saying, "the Russian servicemen were ordered not to conduct sweeps and not to enter private houses in Chechnya."

On November 17, Chechnya's military commandant's office alleged the death of Abu al-Walid, who is called a main financier of the Chechen rebels, in the vicinities of the Neftiyanka settlement, the Vedeno district of the republic.

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.