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Last night, on December 9, in central Stavropol, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced. The spokesman of FSB's Territorial Department has stated that it was done to prevent a terror act.

Activist Gevorg Safaryan, a supporter of the "Constituent Parliament", accused in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the opposition movement "100th Anniversary without Regime", will remain under arrest by the court decision. Gevorg Safaryan accused the authorities of the prosecution for political reasons.

In September 2017, together with the Chechen pop singer Aza Bataeva, in the Iraqi city of Mosul, her husband and her sister, who came to Iraq to return Aza home, also perished, Bataeva's relatives have stated.

There are no detainees in the territory of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) units stationed in Grozny, says the official letter of its press service, released on December 7.

Employees of power bodies, who checked passports of the believers, who came to their Friday prayer (namaz), detained no one, said the Imam of the mosque in the dwelling settlement of Belorechensky.

Today, a heavy snowfall has interrupted classes in 43 schools of the Khulo District, 28 schools of the Shuakhevi District and in one school of the Keda District. This was reported by Khulo Mayor Gocha Meladze. According to the district administration, 20 kindergartens have also been closed.

Armed law enforcers are verifying IDs of people who came for a Friday prayer to the mosque of the Belorechensky village in Kislovodsk, eyewitnesses reported.

Law enforcers detained Alexander Chekhov, the head of the Tuapse administration, on suspicion of taking bribes. This has been reported today by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

In the morning on December 7, a magnitude 4.9 tremor was registered in the Khiv District of Dagestan.

The Armenian government has completed a programme to provide housing for city families affected by the earthquake of 1988. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tanya Arzumanyan, a member of the Urban Development Committee.

On December 7, members of the Public Oversight Commission visited at the SIZO Anzor Magomadov, accused of preparing a terror act and trying to join militants in Syria. According to their story, Magomadov is now placed in the punishment cell (dungeon). This was preceded by his conflict with a SIZO warder, whom he turned to with complaints about toothache.

In recent months, the situation with the persecution by Azerbaijan of Russian citizens who refuse to serve in the Azerbaijani army has become more acute. This was announced during a press conference held on December 7 in the editors' office of the RIA "Derbent", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT) denied Tatiana Moskalkova's statement that the European delegation found no evidence of executions and extrajudicial killings in Chechnya.

Azerbaijani women, who fell victim to human traffickers, had been subjected to domestic violence in their families, says the Meydan TV's report "Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings. PART ONE: Girls Abandoned to Fate's Mercy" dated December 6, 2017.

The Georgian oppositional party "United National Movement" (UNM) has switched to an emergency working mode in connection with an attempt to detain Mikhail Saakashvili in Kiev, and declared its readiness to protest against his extradition from Ukraine.

In Azerbaijan, Makhbub Zulfugarly, a journalist and activist, sentenced to five months of imprisonment on the charge of defamation, has served his sentence and has been released. He intends to seek his rehabilitation at the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Dagestan and Adygea took the last lines in the rating of the Russian regions in terms of the number of highly-paid employees and the level of the average salary. The rating has been compiled by the RIA "Rating". Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and Kalmykia were also mentioned among the outsiders of the rating.

Today, by a court judgement, Mukhtar Malsyugenov, suspected of killing two people, including an employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) in an Armavir restaurant, was arrested.

In Grozny, a kidnapping of seven persons has resumed the trend which took place during the military campaigns in Chechnya. This opinion has been expressed by civilians who expect the response from international organizations.

A case against a 33-year-old woman from the capital of Dagestan, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) in the territory of a foreign state, has been sent to court.