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The inclusion of the Chechen leader in the Magnitsky List will not inflict any damage if Ramzan Kadyrov is not going to visit the United States. Meanwhile, Russian politicians use their inclusion in the sanctions list as an indicator of their loyalty to the Kremlin. This opinion was voiced by the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Sochi, courts pronounced decisions to deport from the country 14 people, citizens of Uzbekistan and Ukraine. However, instead of sending them to a special detention centre, the migrants were left in the unsuitable premises of the court marshal service, with no shower and no toilet. The detainees also do not get food, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On December 21, the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU) hosted a scientific and practical seminar of teachers of the Kabardian language and literature. The event was attended by specialists, philologists, teachers, students of the KBSU's Philological Department, and NGO activists. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the event.

The Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service has expelled five students, who forced another student to apologize for his words about Caucasian girls, a university source has stated.

Participants in the rally in Gori have marked the 138th birthday of Joseph Stalin by the opening of his plaster bust in the central square of the city.

Today, in the city of Gudermes, policemen were searching for persons from the wanted list, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya has stated.

Vyacheslav Prudnikov, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", received gunshot wounds at an armed attack in the Rostov Region. He was operated on, and associates the attack with his professional work for the "Caucasian Knot".

400 fighters of a unit controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov assault the Yamadaev family's house in Gudermes, the "Rosbalt" reports.

The Baku railway station, closed today for verification after a report on a bomb, has resumed its usual work.

Junior Lieutenant Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, appointed in November the chief of the Grozny Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), "put an end to the drug business in Chechnya" when he headed the Drugs Control Department. This has been stated today by Zhambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy.

Today, delegates of the Legislative Assembly for the Krasnodar Territory have unanimously voted to ban journalists of US editions recognized as foreign agents from attending sessions of the Krasnodar Legislative Assembly.

Today, after the General Prosecutor's Office request, the Court of the Astrakhan Region has once again considered the complaints filed by advocates of activist Igor Stenin. The verdict to the activist has been upheld. The court hearing has taken place against the background of a picket in defence of Igor Stenin.

On December 20, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported the information about an explosive device found in an apartment of a suspected killed in the Stavropol special operation is false.

On December 20, the child found in Iraq, whose parents had perished, was brought to Grozny and handed over to her relatives.

Victor Chirikov, a Krasnodar activist, was detained at his home in the village of Poltavskaya on December 19. A court in Krasnodar found him guilty of non-obeying policemen and arrested him for five days. At the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), he went on a hunger strike.

Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who has liberated from colony in Chechnya, said he was not afraid of persecutions and intended to get back into Russian political life after the expiry of the term of his administrative supervision.

The murder of the man who triggered an explosion in Stavropol, reports on explosion threats in the city and the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Karachay-Cherkessia are linked, said Vasily Balditsyn, the Chairman of the Union of Journalists of the Stavropol Territory.

In front of the FSB building in Astrakhan, activists have held two solo pickets demanding to stop politically motivated persecutions and respect the Constitution's article on the freedom of assembly.

The US Department of the Treasury has put Ramzan Kadyrov on the "Magnitsky" sanctions list, calling him responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and other human rights violations in Chechnya.

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova reported she had to leave the Baku theatre building after the threats to cancel the performance if she stayed among spectators.