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Six people, captured in Syria, including Roman Zabolotny, a native of the Rostov Region, are supposedly alive; negotiations are underway with militants about hand the captives over, Victor Vodolatsky, a State Duma MP, has stated.

Among Russian citizens captured by the Iraqi militaries in Mosul, there are women and children from different Russian regions.

Today, Chechnya is holding festive events on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. An exhibition of relics belonging to the Prophet Muhammad and Chechen saints was opened in the "Heart of Chechnya" Mosque, and fireworks were arranged before the morning prayer. Some of the local residents are dissatisfied with secular celebration of the holiday.

The animated series "A Masters' Aul" about adventures of a city teenager in a mountain aul (village) will be created with the help of a grant from the Russian President in the amount of 2.1 million roubles. The first three series will be released in 2018, reported Ruslan Salimagaev, an initiator of the project.

In Kuban, the Prosecutor's Office has convinced the court to ban information about joint trips with the help of the BlaBlaCar service. Prosecutors believe drivers use the BlaBlaCar service to earn money. The company has appealed against the court's decision.

Within the past 24 hours, Armenian militaries have violated the ceasefire on the contact line for 127 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Activist Giyas Ibragimov, sentenced after graffiti appeared on the pedestal of the monument to Heidar Aliev, has never called his relatives during a week, and on November 29, he was not brought to trial on the case of insulting judges. That fact alarmed relatives of the sentenced activist and his advocate.

On October 22, Turkey extradited to Russia Yuri Anisimov and Alexander Smirnov, accused of killing Abdulvakhid Edilgeriev, an administrator for the website "Kavkaz Centre". According to the Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet", both extradited men are suspected of organizing the murders of seven other Chechen political immigrants.

Relatives of the killed shepherds believe the persons guilty of killing the Gasanguseinov brothers from the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh will not be brought to justice. Residents of the village have noted that they still live in an atmosphere of fear.

Inga Tutisani, who spent four years and a month for her SMS message sent to Georgia in August 2008 about the transportation of Russian troops, has returned home.

For residents of Dagestan, Senator Suleiman Kerimov, who was barred from leaving the country by a French court, is primarily a benefactor, although his relations with Dagestani authorities changed from confrontational to friendly, journalists of local media have stated.

Some Dagestan travel agencies are forming groups to Georgia on New Year holidays; others decided to suspend such trips until spring after reports about unjustified non-admission to Georgia of tourists from Northern Caucasus.

As reported by the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), the case of a resident of Grozny accused of attempting to kill the Ingush Imam Isa Tsechoev has been sent to the court.

On November 28, on air of the Chechen TV, the woman apologized to employees of gas networks for her attempt to prevent them from disconnecting gas supply because of debts.

On November 28, the exhibition "Eclipse" about victims of Stalinist repressions, closed by the decision of the Armenian Ministry of Culture, was opened in the Yerevan private gallery "Sarkis Muradyan". The information from the exhibition can change the attitude towards the history of Armenia, its visitors believe.

Ramzan Kadyrov has "outgrown" his status of the leader of Chechnya, but the question of his future career is in the competence of the Russian President. This opinion has been expressed by experts after the Ramzan Kadyrov's new announcement of his willingness to resign.

A three-day hands-on training ended on November 28 at the high-mountain ranges "Kamkhud" and "Alagyaz". Over 300 militaries took part in them.

The indictment on the case of plotting a coup d'état in Montenegro mentions the name of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian "Izvestia" writes referring to Montenegrin oppositionists.

The attack on policemen committed in the city of Kotelnikovo, Volgograd Region, has shocked the townspeople, local residents report. According to the district administration, the attacker had studied in the Kotelnikovo District, and worked in Chechnya and in the Krasnodar Territory. The health condition of one of the wounded policemen is stably grave.

Local amateur fishermen have complained that they were attacked by guards of the moorage of expensive yachts in the Sochi Seaport. The fishermen claim that owners of the marine want to completely block the access of Sochi residents to berths in the yachting area.