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The authorities of South Ossetia have fined three residents of Georgia for crossing the border; they were detained during firewood logging; and on December 10, they were handed over to the Georgian party.

Vladimir Putin sees no discord in the facts that the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the Pskov paratroopers, who died in the battle with Basaev's militants, have the title of Heroes of Russia at the same time.

By his own words about the "bloody man" Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, Russian President Vladimir Putin has completely rejected the version of involvement of Russian special services in the murder committed in Berlin, experts believe. Bloggers and journalists saw in Putin's words an attempt to justify the murder.

The USA has imposed sanctions on Aslan Iraskhanov, the head of the Grozny Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), believing him involved in gross human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions.

Two pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, held on December 9 in Moscow, attracted attention of only a few passers-by already familiar with the journalist's case.

The Czech Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has approved the request of Armenia to extradite Narek Sargsyan, accused of possessing drugs and weapons. This was reported by Arevik Khachatryan, the press secretary of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has satisfied the advocate's complaint and released Sargis Ogandjanyan, a supporter of the second president of Armenia, accused of disrespect of the court. This was reported on the Facebook by Aram Vardevanyan, his advocate.

The Geidar Aliev Fund has extended the funding of the treatment of the human rights defender, Ogtai Gyulyalyev, in an Istanbul clinic. If the Fund stops allocating money, the treatment will continue at the expense of international human rights organizations, the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture has stated. Mr Gyulyalyev is still in coma.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was shot dead in Germany, was one of the organizers of the explosions in Moscow metro, Vladimir Putin has stated.

Chechen law enforcers have rebuked, on air of the "Grozny" TV Channel, Adam Yakhyaev for his reckless driving. Residents of the republic have treated the young driver's public repentance as excessive.

Resonant cases of female violence against children in Dagestan and Ingushetia are linked with the general obduracy of the society, family reformatting  and the practice of sending children to fathers' families after divorce, experts believe.

In South Ossetia, border guards have detained four Georgian citizens engaged in firewood logging for violating the border regime.

The staff of the Murmansk colony is worsening the custody conditions of Albek Dakhtaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted for links with militants, said his advocates, explaining that harassment in the colony intensified after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanded to cancel the verdict to Albek Dakhtaev.

The judge agreed with the motion of the prosecutor, who has doubted his impartiality, and refused to consider the complaint lodged by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, against the extension of his arrest.

The wife of one of the Kurbanov brothers, accused of links with militants, has explained how she lived with him in Egypt and Dagestan. The woman is sure that her husband could not go to Syria to participate in the warfare there.

At their action held at the village administration, relatives and friends of Musa Aliev, a resident of the Dagestani village of Mutsalaul, arrested on suspicion of rape, who has stated that he was tortured, demanded to release him from custody.

Zurab Khangoshvili, a brother of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was shot dead in Berlin, has received information about the threat to his life. Fears for his life were also expressed by his sister.

The Batumi authorities have refused to treat their refusal to a group of Muslims to build a mosque in their own land plot as discrimination. The Mayoralty had no offered an alternative land plot. Human rights defenders have noted a high level of domestic xenophobia in Batumi.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" Dagestani weekly, has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about his unjustified arrest and prosecution for his professional activities.

Islam Nukhanov was detained and accused, after beating up, of storing rounds of ammunition after trying to make public the luxurious living conditions of Chechen officials, the "Novaya Gazeta" has reported.