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Throughout 2016, foodstuff prices in Sochi continued growing; and on the New Year's Eve citizens report that they have to economize in order to lay the holiday table. The traders, engaged at local fairs and marketplaces say that they have less and less buyers.

A ready-to-use improvised explosive device (IED) and firearms were found in the place of the shootout, in which Ibragim Amirov, known as the leader of the "Shamil" grouping of militants in Dagestan, was killed, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has announced.

According to law enforcement bodies, the militants shot dead tonight in the outskirt of the village of Teletl were Ibragim Amirov, the leader of Shamil militants, and his subordinate Gamzatapandi Magomedov, a law enforcement source has reported.

A shootout of law enforcers with the alleged militants occurred in the outskirt of the village of Teletl; two people were killed.

A resident of Georgievsk, accused of illegal possession of weapons, has told at the trial that he had received money from policemen for falsifying his case with the aim to improve their operative statistics. An investigation has been started in relation to the policemen.

Yesterday, during the traditional big annual press conference of Vladimir Putin, Alexei Solomin, a correspondent of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, asked the President about the murder case of the politician Boris Nemtsov.

Today, the court of the city of Bruges has sentenced 12 natives of Chechnya to prison terms ranging from 15 months to ten years, after finding them guilty of recruiting militants for taking part in the warfare in Syria.

In Khasavyurt, a policeman asked a passerby to stop and present documents, but he opened fire and was killed by return fire, said the spokesman of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

After the action of forced migrants in the Bilasuvar District of Azerbaijan, the power supply to their houses was restored; while the authorities have postponed the repayment of their debts.

On December 22, an action of forced migrants from Jabrayil District grew into riots; and nine policemen suffered at dispersal thereof.

Oksana Sevastidi, a resident of Sochi, convicted of treason after sending an SMS message about movement of military equipment, had hardly disclosed any state secrets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested today, promising to sort out the details of her case.

Today, the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia has made a decision to reduce electricity tariffs for all consumer groups, including by 2.6% for the population. The new tariffs will take effect from February 1, 2017.

Relatives and friends of the suspected militants killed in Grozny on December 17-18 have reported new detentions of their family members on December 20 to 22. Meanwhile, according to them, the police do not file any charges against the detainees.

Oganes Arutyunyan, arrested in the case on the seizure of the building of the patrol-and post police service in Yerevan, was unable to appear at the recent three court hearings, since he did not realize the situation. On December 21, the court extended for two months the arrest of Oganes Arutyunyan without his presence. This was reported by Ayarpi Sargsyan, an advocate of the defendant.

The candidacy of the 63-year-old Vakha Nasukhanov for the position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Chechen Republic has been proposed by the leader of Chechnya. Local MPs have unanimously supported the appointment of Vakha Nasukhanov.

At the trial in the case against Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities, his advocate has filed a motion to return the case to the prosecutor "to eliminate the violations, preventing its consideration at court."

In the village of Pervomaiskoe of the Kayakent District, Shamil Aliev, a son of Magomed Aliev, the former head of the village, was elected the new head of the village despite the protests of local residents.

Miners of the "Kingcoal" group of companies, seeking payment of wage debts, are not allowed, for the fourth day already, to leave for Moscow to meet the MP Valery Rashkin, the protesters in the town of Gukovo have stated, demanding to respect their right to free travel.

One of the persons killed by power agents in a shootout near the settlement of Manas has been pre-identified as Kerim Khaibulaev; the second casualty cannot be identified without a DNA testing.

Several dozens of private households in the settlement of Bina, a part of the Khazar District of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, have been flooded after prolonged rains.