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Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" mosque, sentenced for preaching about a Dagestani religious figure, has been hospitalized because of his complaints of dizziness, pain in his legs and high blood pressure. This has been reported today by advocate Dagir Khasavov.

A hiding with weapons discovered in a forest was arranged by suspected terrorists, and its location was revealed due to confession of a man detained during a special operation in Tbilisi. This has been reported today by the chief of the State Security Service of Georgia.

Today, at the initiative of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, law enforcers have started to search an apartment of Mikhail Saakashvili in the case of an attempted coup d'état.

Investigators suggest that Telman Ismailov, the former owner of the Cherkizovo marketplace, organized the killing of two entrepreneurs in 2016, when Mekhman Kerimov acted as an actual perpetrator. Telman Ismailov is on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has refused to send the complaint of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against the verdict in his case on illegal drug dealing, to the cassation.

Russian Senator Suleiman Kerimov, accused by French authorities of tax evasion and money laundering, has imported to France from 500 million to 750 million US dollars, said Jean-Michel Prêtre, the prosecutor of the city of Nice.

During the week from November 27 to December 3, 2017, no casualties or victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has reported on the voluntary surrender of the teenager, who was searched in connection with the murder of his peer during a brawl near the school.

Thirteen women from the North-Caucasian and the Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) are imprisoned in Baghdad with their children, according to a list posted today by the RIA "Novosti".

The Tbilisi City Court has imprisoned a minor accused of a double murder of teenagers; the second suspect has been arrested in absentia. Today, the police have detained three more people.

The incident occurred late in the evening on December 3. After being beaten, Giorgi Kvanchiani, an activist of the "Free Zone" NGO, was taken to a hospital by an ambulance.

According to preliminary data, Alexander Pogrebov’s parachute failed to open during his jump in the mountains of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), an investigator has stated today.

Confirmation of the Akhmed Chataev's death in Tbilisi; beginning of the trial in Azerbaijan against Gezyal Bairamly and Afghan Mukhtarly; false information about the death of Said Amirov, the former Mayor Makhachkala, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 27-December 3, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Colonel-Lieutenant Gadji Mamedov from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, was found dead in a medical unit of the Penitentiary Service. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide.

In Grozny, shops have limited sale of alcoholic beverages. Meanwhile, employees of major supermarkets found it difficult to answer whether a ban was introduced only for the Muslim month of Rabi-al-Awal when the birth of the Prophet Muhammad was celebrated or on continuing basis.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the only rehabilitation centre in the republic named after Baroness Caroline Cox held a photo exhibition and an exhibition of art and applied works dedicated to the 18th anniversary of the rehabilitation centre's activities. The patients of the rehabilitation centre interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" highly appreciated the quality of the services provided and the attitude of the personnel, but they complained about the old building of the centre.

Vano Nadiradze, deported to Georgia on November 17, was detained while trying to illegally enter Ukraine, the Ukrainian Frontier Service has stated today.

Nino Lomdjariya, the new Georgian Ombudsperson, will have to work in the conditions of political tension; she needs to remain neutral and not get under the influence of the ruling party, Georgian rights defenders believe.

Today, the "Gorki Gorod" Resort in Krasnaya Polyana has opened its alpine ski routes; and over a thousand ski passes have been sold to skiers.

After publication of the "Caucasian Knot", investigators have launched a check of the conflict of Sochi amateur fishermen with guards of elite yachts.