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The process of the removal of the "Electrozink" from North Ossetia can take up to five years. This opinion was voiced by MP Vyacheslav Mamukaev and Dzambolat Kundukhov, a member of the North-Ossetian Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, according to the experts, the process of removal should take into account the interests of 2000 workers of the plant, who can lose their jobs.

During the year of 2015, the tense situation had been remaining at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, since the parties to the conflict used antiaircraft systems and mortar launchers. However, according to Armenian political analysts, the escalation of the conflict could not result in a large-scale war due to a number of economic reasons and actions of observers for its settlement.

A sharp aggravation of the economic situation against drop in oil prices and devaluation of the national currency (manat) were the main outcomes of 2015 in Azerbaijan, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They also agree that in 2015 Azerbaijan saw a worsening of human rights situation as compared with 2014.

The "Islamic State" (IS) claimed having attacked the area of the Derbent fortress. For the second time in the past three months, the IS claims responsibility for the successful operations in Russia. The first attack, according to the IS, had taken place in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan.

The targets of the shelling in Derbent were Russian servicemen, says the statement of the "Islamic State" IS) recognized as a terrorist organization.

A group of doctors has flown by helicopter from Tbilisi to Telavi to provide aid to a wounded policewoman.

Tourists could occasionally get under attack in the Derbent incident – the attackers' targets were servicemen, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rescuers of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have completed their search and rescue operation under the rubble of the residential house in Volgograd, which was ruined by the explosion.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been introduced today within the administrative borders of the Suleiman-Stalsky and certain sections of the Khiv District.

Three juvenile inmates of the colony located in the city of Belorechensk, Krasnodar Territory, in protest against the ban to buy cigarettes, tried to self-mutilate.

The Shali City Court of Chechnya has received the criminal case of Islam Temirsultanov, a resident of the Kurchaloy District. According to investigators, he participated in the warfare in Syria as a member of one of the illegal armed formations (IAFs).

According to various sources, the number of persons, injured during shooting in Derbent, ranges from 8 to 12 persons. There are reports that one of them died, and militaries are among the victims. According to the police of Dagestan, there were tourists among the victims.

The resolution to appoint Giorgi Kvirikashvili to the post of Prime Minister of Georgia has been signed by President Giorgi Margvelashvili.

The year 2015 was a year of active clashes in the Karabakh conflict zone, said Azad Isazade, a military expert. The OSCE Minsk Group has failed to make progress in settling the conflict, said Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Society of Humanitarian Studies.

Policemen have detained Madina Magomedova, a native of Dagestan, for holding a picket in Red Square in Moscow. The woman demanded to respect the rights of Kumyk nationals, and free Pichugin, recognized as a political prisoner.

Today, the truckers of the Volgograd Region have announced the creation of a regional union of entrepreneurs and carriers. Thus, the drivers of heavy-duty vehicles have approved the decision to establish a regional organization, made in the course of protest actions held near Moscow.

In the conditions of the financial crisis, the Georgia's new government should provide economic development of the country and improve the welfare of the population. This was declared by Georgy Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, when he presented the programme of his Cabinet of Ministers. Among the priorities of the programme, the Georgian Prime Minister has mentioned tourism, private business, as well as active cooperation with the EU, the US, and China.

The field commander of the IS, a native of Georgia, Abu Omar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili) is little-known to the public of Northern Caucasus; and reports of his capture have caused no excitement, residents of Chechnya, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Verdicts passed down by the Maikop City Court to Murat Shovgenov and Elman Isaev, who were found guilty of attempting to join the "Islamic State" (IS), have come into force.

In Volgograd, the terms of accommodation of the tenants of the residential building destroyed by the explosion do not correspond to the situation on the real estate market. This opinion was expressed by the tenants of the collapsed building.