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The death of the contract soldier, Gor Sarkisyan, in one of the military units of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being investigated as a case of bringing to suicide, the Investigative Committee of Armenia has stated.

Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has found Pyotr Gnipel, a 19-year-old native of the Giaginskaya village, guilty of acquiring components for an explosive device, which he was supposed to hand over to supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS, earlier – ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

The Tbilisi City Court has stopped considering the claim lodged by Zaza Saralidze, who demanded to cancel the police's ban to set up tents in Rustaveli Avenue. Tents were set up, despite the ban; and the consideration of the lawsuit is senseless, the judge has explained.

Today, Arthur Davtyan, the Public Prosecutor General of Armenia, has submitted a petition to the Parliament asking to give consent to the initiation of a criminal case against Aram Arutyunyan, an MP from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), a source from the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 30 times during the last 24 hours; the militaries' positions stationed in the village of Agdam of the Tovuz District came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

In the capital of Georgia, law enforcers have detained six citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Georgia; weapons and ammunition were found on them during a search, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported on December 2.

In one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), a contract serviceman was killed in his combat position. A criminal case has been initiated.

Several activists held solo pickets in Volgograd on December 2 demanding that the Russian authorities end the conflict with Ukraine because of the incident in the Kerch Strait and condemning the annexation of the Crimea.

If the authorities refuse to negotiate, on December 16, the inauguration day of the newly elected President of Georgia, the opposition will stage a mass rally, members of the Alliance "Strength in Unity" stated at an action in Tbilisi on December 2.

Investigators have stated that fire at "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) servicemen was opened by a resident of Krasnodar.

Many of Yerevan residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have not decided who to vote for at the parliamentary elections to be held in Armenia on December 9. Political forces did not focus on victory, but set a goal to go to the parliament, note political analysts.

The Georgian alliance "Strength in Unity" assures that its members do not intend to organize a revolution because of disagreement with the result of the elections. However, the authorities warn that they will not allow revolutionary scenarios and unrest.

In Tbilisi, on the anniversary of the murder of two schoolchildren, Zaza Saralidze, a father of one of them, has promised to continue the protests until all guilty persons are punished. The office of the Georgian Ombudsperson declared an ineffective investigation into the murder.

In the period from November 25 to December 1, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

Children's Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova referred the issue of female circumcision to the medical field. That has provoked indignation of social network users who insist that mutilations are unacceptable.

The issue for giving out the body of Karina Spiridonova, who blew herself up in Grozny, is regulated by the law on burial of terrorists without notifying relatives, reported advocates. They recommended relatives to go to court.

Yevgeny Bunin, a resident of the Tuapse District, has complained about torture and reported the deterioration in his health state after beating by law enforcers.

The Prosecutor's Office has charged Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the opposition publication "bastainfo.com", with public appeals against the state, abuse of office, and forgery. Mustafa Gadjibeili pleaded not guilty.

A court hearing on the lawsuit filed by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" against investigators who refused to institute a criminal case on the extrajudicial execution of 27 residents of Chechnya was postponed due to the lack of materials for inspections. A representative of the plaintiffs announced the delay in the trial.

In the period from 2014 to 2018, horses officially owned by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov brought him more than 98 million roubles in prize money, the "Transparency International Russia" reported. All information about incomes is reflected in the Ramzan Kadyrov's tax declaration, reports Alvi Karimov, the press secretary for the leader of Chechnya.