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Two oppositionists have confessed to beating up a resident of the Gurjaani District during a clash with the police on December 16; in total, four activists were detained after the incident, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

The members of the terrorist organization, who were killed today in Stavropol, were not residents of the region, authorities have stated.

The Azerbaijani journalist Khadidja Ismailova said that she received information about the preparation of her arrest from several sources. The bank blocked her account, to which the compensation established by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was transferred; and she noticed spying on herself.

On December 18, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) requested the Russian authorities to submit the information on the state of health and medical treatment of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, his advocate reported.

In Chechnya, after a fatal road traffic accident, reconciliation of blood feud parties usually takes place quickly, but a driver's behaviour is a key, report experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" after a resonant road traffic accident, in which an official, a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov, had been found guilty.

Members of a terrorist organization rendered armed resistance during their detention in Stavropol, reported the FSB. The number of the killed suspects was not reported.

Today, in Yerevan, participants of a rally have demanded to pay them penalties for delaying the wages due to workers of the "Nairit" plant. The protestors have also demanded a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan.

Alaudi Musaev, the advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, intends to appeal against the court judgement not to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to his client, noting that the judge failed to explain the motifs of his ruling to the defence.

The participants in the annual memorial party for the perished journalists in Makhachkala have expressed regret that murders of many Dagestani journalists still remain unsolved.

The detainee is suspected that, together with David Kirkitadze, the leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, he attacked law enforcers in the Gurdjaani District, the Georgian police have stated.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has left Gusein Melik, an activist of the "Movement for Democracy and Prosperity", who had been sentenced to 25 days in jail, in custody. The oppositionist himself said he had been arrested for his posts on the Facebook.

The first in the last five years action of members of the LGBT community in Volgograd was disrupted shortly after the start. In the presence of policemen, Cossacks took away posters from solo picketers, tore them up and threw into a garbage bin, activists have reported.

The lawsuit lodged by the opposition with a demand to annul the totals of the second round of presidential election in Georgia was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The opposition intends to file a complaint on CoA's decision to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The Naur District Court of Chechnya has dismissed the petition of the advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, about his conditional early relief (CER) from the colony.

The dormitory building in Ingushskaya Street in Nalchik has fallen into disrepair: dampness and fungus provoke diseases, and the deficit of shared sanitary facilities deprives residents of household amenities, the tenants have stated.

The appellate instance of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – the Grand Chamber – has reviewed the case of a Chechen native, Zara Murtazalieva, on her initiative, but refused to recognize the violation of her right to a fair trial.

Investigators have put a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) on the international wanted list on suspicion of his participation in the warfare in Syria on the side of militants.

Cases of shelling of the Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were registered from the direction of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports today.

The State Duma of Russia was asked to introduce fines for public agitation and propaganda in order to prevent the rehabilitation of repressed peoples. An appropriate bill was initiated by Ruslan Balbek, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities.

Giorgi Pasiashvili, a prisoner of the Gldani Prison, who was seeking to be released, died after a 40-day hunger strike.