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In Adygea, the ecologist Valery Brinikh has appealed to the Investigating Department (ID) for Adygea of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) against the actions of law enforcers when holding their operative- search activities within the criminal case against him.

The court has sentenced Albert Minatullaev, a resident of Dagestan, and Askar Abdumuslimov, a resident of the Kirov Region, to four years in prison after finding them guilty of trying to join the "Islamic State” (IS).

Residents of the village of Nardaran claim their failure to obtain the information about the number and the fate of the people detained during the special operation conducted in the village.

The administration of the penal settlement-colony No. 2 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) of the Tambov Region has refused to release the Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko from work and give him an annual leave provided for all working inmates of the penal settlement-colony.

Volgograd truck drivers, who are on strike in the Moscow Region, have created the Regional Union of Entrepreneurs and Carriers. According to activist Alexei Ulyanov, such associations are also created in other regions to join forces against the system "Platon".

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, earlier introduced in the territory of three villages of the Tsumada District of Dagestan, as well as in the area of Mount Alak, has been cancelled. This was reported by an official from the operational headquarters for Dagestan.

Exemption of Yunus spouses from serving prison sentences in Azerbaijan; summary of the results of the referendum on constitutional reforms in Armenia; participation of truck drivers from Volgograd, Stavropol Territory, and Dagestan in truckers strike in Moscow; aggravation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone; adoption of budgets for 2016 in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia; ECtHR's decisions in two cases of natives of Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 7-13, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The proceeds to the budget from rent payments for land owned by North Ossetia are to rise from 15 million up to 30 million roubles per year. This was reported by the Minister of State Property and Land Relations of North Ossetia. Farmers believe that the rent increase will lead to unprofitability of agricultural products.

During the week from December 7 to December 13, 2015, one person perished 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.

In the course of the action "Funeral of the system 'Platon'" held in Khimki against the new toll collection system, truck drivers on protest have stated that the system will "bury" private carriers. At the meetings with members of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), truck drivers from Dagestan and the Stavropol Territory have also voiced the demand to abolish the system "Platon".

The flight of the aircraft crashed in the Stavropol Territory and its route were not unauthorized. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

According to final estimates, 63.37% of people voted in favour of the constitutional reforms in Armenia. This has been announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia. 4.1% of ballots declared invalid.

Relatives of a resident of the Dagestani town of Izberbash, killed in a shootout with law enforcers, do not believe the law enforcers' version of his involvement in the armed underground and declare his innocence.

500 copies of the book "Deshan b1akhoy" ("Warriors of the Word") written by journalist Aza Gazieva was published in the Chechen language. The book contains essays about 15 journalists killed in the course of the first and second Chechen wars.

Today, in Rostov-on-Don, about 20 people have held a picket in support of the opposition action "March of Change" held in Moscow. Activists gathered in Builders' Park. In their hand, they were holding posters reading: "Power, respect the Constitution!", "TV reporters, tell the people the truth about truckers!", and "For alternativeness of power!"

In Volgograd, activists Galina Tikhenko and Natalia Dorozhnova held solo pickets against violations of the Constitution, the fundamental law of the country. The picket was dated to the Constitution Day.

Artak Gevorgyan, an activist of the art group "Counterstrike", who was detained in Yerevan for the art action criticizing the Armenian authorities, was released under recognizance not to leave. Artak Gevorgyan claims that law enforcers treated him rudely and kept him for a long time at the Department of the National Security Service.

In Volgograd, in the Krasnoarmeisk District of the city, where the "Caustic" Factory is located, activist have held an action calling to sign a petition to Vladimir Putin concerning the situation of air pollution in the city. According to ecologists, during two pickets, they managed to collect about 620 signatures.

On December 11, a regular soldier Karen Grigoryan was killed by a sniper at the contact line of armed forces. This has been reported today by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

In Dagestan, the court has pronounced the verdict against Zubair Mustafaev, the former head of the town of Izberbash. He was found guilty of abuse of power in connection with the allocation of land plots in the recreational area of the Caspian Sea. Zubair Mustafaev was sentenced to four years of imprisonment and a fine in the amount of 14 million roubles.