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Relatives believe that law enforcers were involved in disappearance of a Chechen teenager, whose brother went to Syria. Social groups associated with the police report that the teenager is involved in preparing terror acts.

Policemen have killed a man who opened fire on them, a law enforcement source of Kabardino-Balkaria has reported.

Aza Bataeva, a singer from Chechnya, who has presumably perished in Iraq, wanted to return to her homeland, her acquaintance has told.

The judge refused to grant the motion of the defence of the former Makhachkala Mayor to release him from colony for health reasons.

On December 14-15, Armenian servicemen used large-calibre machine guns during shelling, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

More than 200 artillerymen took part in combat firing on conditional terrorists in the mountainous part of Dagestan.

The opening of election officers in Dagestan and Ingushetia has not taken place and is not planned, the Moscow's office of Ksenia Sobchak has reported. No information about any plans to open offices in these republics has been received, said Anastasia Shevchenko, the head of the Sobchak's office in Rostov-on-Don.

Prison doctors have concluded that Said Amirov can stay in colony, his advocate Vladimir Postanyuk reports. On the eve of the fateful judgment for Amirov, the "Caucasian Knot" has audited his former empire.

Top performers of the TNT TV Channel have recorded a video, in which they apologize to Ingush people for the fourth time for their sketch in the Comedy Woman programme.

The head of Chechnya should continue working towards returning Russian women and children from Syria, said Vladimir Putin. The authorities of Chechnya plan to return 150 Russian citizens more from Syria and Iraq.

The Sol-Iletsk District Court has dismissed the motion on releasing Said Amirov from the colony for health reasons.

Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, has unsuccessfully invested up to 200 million US dollars into the Snapchat messenger, the Bell Company reports citing top managers of investment funds and businessman's acquaintances.

Natives of Northern Caucasus would arouse confidence in residents of Syria, both as Russian militaries, and as Sunnis, Vladimir Putin suggested at his press conference.

In the Tarumovka, Kizlyar and Lak Districts of Dagestan, shooting of wolves is underway after mass complaints of farmers.

The publication of a video with a young woman dancing in a hijab has provoked sharp critical posts of social network users.

In Saint Petersburg, the court has awarded a local woman with compensation for damage in the amount of 50,000 roubles. Her apartment was damaged during a special operation to detain militants from Kabardino-Balkaria. The plaintiff asked to pay her 325,967 roubles.

The number of foreign tourists who have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in 2017 went up by 40% against 2016, making over 20,000.

The practice of public apologies that has spread in Russia has nothing to do with Caucasian and Islamic traditions, rights defenders Tatiana Lokshina and Vadim Mukhanov have stated. According to their version, young people of the Caucasus are using it because of the Chechen authorities' impunity for humiliating residents of the region.

Pavel Ardzinba, suspected of an assassination attempt on the former Abkhazian President Alexander Ankvab, was killed assassinated in the Sukhumi-Psou Highway. His acquaintance Dmitry Khagba was shot dead together with him, the Abkhaz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

The man was hospitalized after a shootout in the centre of the capital of Georgia.