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Verdict in the case against the gang of Rostov Amazons; special operation in Stavropol; detention of Mikhail Saakashvili in Ukraine; opening of a new airport near Rostov-on-Don; detention of Tuapse Mayor Alexander Chekhov, –see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 4-10, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Starting from 2018, the Ingush Ministry for Public Health plans to oblige people before getting married to get be tested on the presence or absence of HIV. This was reported by Marem Arpakhanova, Ingush Minister for Public Health.

During the week of December 4-10, 2017, at least three persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Azerbaijan has failed so far to show any progress in ensuring democratic freedoms, activists said on the International Human Rights Day. They pointed to a large number of political prisoners and absence of reforms in the judicial system.

Detentions of natives from the republics of Northern Caucasus were held in Istanbul and a number of other cities of Turkey. It is known at least about 22 detainees, but they are under no threat of extradition to Russia, Ali Viskhadjiev, the head of the organization "Kavkazder", has stated.

A Russian boxer Misha Aloyan, a native of Armenia, has won the world champion title of the WBA International in bantamweight.

Traffickers in human beings pay recruiters in Azerbaijan for luring their acquaintances abroad with promises of good employment. Both women and men fall victim to such trafficking, the Meydan TV reports.

The residents of Stavropol, evacuated for the time the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was conducted, could then return to their homes after all the activities were over.

In Stavropol, two suspects tried to escape and were killed by law enforcers, and another man was killed in a bomb explosion, reported a source from the law enforcement bodies. The killed suspects were identified as natives of Chechnya, Dagestan and the Stavropol Territory.

The court sessions that consider the liberation of Said Amirov, a former Mayor of Makhachkala, from colony are not covered by Dagestani TV channels; people have to take all the information from the Internet, the Makhachkala residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

In the case against Mardiros Demerchyan, accused of theft and false denunciation of policemen, the period of limitation has expired. The defendant insists that the court should fully acquit him.

The Khasavyurt City Court will resume the trial on the lawsuit filed by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova, who was accused of using violence and insulting policemen, to compensate for her illegal criminal prosecution.

Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia and the leader of the Ukrainian "Movement of New Forces" Party, went on hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was reported by his advocate Ruslan Chernolutsky. The opposition politician called on his supporters to continue the action for impeachment to the President of Ukraine.

In Stavropol, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been lifted after the completion of a special operation.

After Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, had returned with her daughter from Syria, she was detained by law enforcers on suspicion of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). This has been reported by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

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.