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The "Resolute Citizen" Party is demanding information from the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia on whether the suspect of killing a Gyumri resident is still in the Russian military base. If is so, it means that in Armenia Russian laws are given preference over local ones, the "Sasna Tsrer" Party has stated.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has refused to consider seven out of 1500 lawsuits filed against Georgia in connection with the 2008 military conflict, Inal Tasoev, the Ombudsman under the South-Ossetian President, has stated.

Various believers' communities got united in mourning for the residents of Ingushetia killed on December 12 in Nazran. The commemoration held in Magas was jointly conducted by an official of the Ingush Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and the Imam, independent from the Muftiate.

Not all the Ingush MPs are ready to come to the session of the Sharia Court, although defamation of the supporters of the border agreement is not the aim of the trial, said the MP Zakri Mamilov and the Elder Akhmed Barakhoev. The Sharia Court recognizes that the decision of the Parliament is not compliant with the Islam, but it will not be able to enforce its verdict, experts have stated.

The Russian diplomatic mission (Embassy) has failed to react to the murder of Djulietta Gukasyan and to all the earlier crimes committed by Russian militaries in Gyumri, the participants of the picket in Yerevan have stated.

Participants of the mass namaz (prayer) held in the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, in memory of Muslim Khashagulgov and Ilez Khaniev killed on December 12 in Nazran. The funeral of Khaniev, who had no close relatives, is organized by volunteers.

The court has upheld the fine of 1500 US dollars imposed on Ali Kerimli, the leader of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), after action held in Baku.

Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has called Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the lack of funding for Chechnya a declamation normal for the leader of the region, but suggested addressing the issue to the Russian government.

A suspect forced a 24-year-old woman from Malgobek into his car and took her away to some unknown destination, reported investigators. According to a source, the young man intends to marry the woman he has kidnapped.

Ruslan Beretar, a resident of Adygea, suspected of hooliganism after shooting from a car of the wedding cortege, has committed no crime, but followed traditions, his advocate has stated.

A court in Moscow has ruled to arrest six out of seven natives from Northern Caucasus, suspected of financing militants. The seventh detainee-a woman placed under house arrest.

The administrative Dagestani-Chechen border has clear historical background and need no revision, Dagestani historians have stated after the border discussion announced by the heads of the two republics.

The convicts serving their sentences at a correctional facility (colony) in Omsk have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about torture and harassment. There are four natives of Chechnya and two – from Dagestan among them.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed its decision on cases of 11 Azerbaijani citizens who complained about the ban on leaving the country.

A group of bloggers has visited Grozny and met the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The guests admired the architecture of the capital of the republic. Critics in social networks have doubted the need for this visit and suggested the visitors' desire to please Kadyrov.

Summonses to the sitting of the Sharia Court on the issue of the Ingush-Chechen border will be served to the members of the republic's parliament, the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) has announced.

The authorities of Chechnya could have done more for the development of the republic if not for the reduction of funding for the development programme of Chechnya, said the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Guzer Khashukaev, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who had claimed being tortured after his detention, asked Russian authorities for help in the inquiry into his case. According to Khashukaev, the law enforcers, who had tortured him, continue working.

The court has ruled to place a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, suspected of killing a local woman, into custody.

Under a pretext of holding charitable actions, natives of North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) were raising money to finance the "Islamic State" and "Dzhebhat-An-Nusra", recognized as terrorist organizations.