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No charges are still filed against Patakh Arumagomedov, Gusein Shikhamirov, and Gairbek Khapizov. This was reported by a source in the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Untsukul District.

A 20-year-old female resident of Ingushetia, wanted by the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol for Austria, was allowed to go home after a conversation. The mother of the young woman claims that "there was an attempt to take the daughter to Syria under false pretences."

Elbrus Bittirov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of plotting a terror act in Moscow, is wanted on suspicion of involvement in the terror acts in Pyatigorsk and Mineralnye Vody. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Aslan Baisultanov, a native of Chechnya, detained in Moscow on suspicion of plotting a terror act, used to be a member of the "Sunzha Jamaat". This was reported by an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya.

Law enforcers continue searching for suspected militants and their accomplices in the territory of the Tsumada District of Dagestan, where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reported that a lot of Chechens, who have returned from Syria, have adapted to civilian life and are engaged in combating terrorism. According to the Chechen leader, the major part of Chechen militants, who joined the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, was neutralized.

Roman Milchenko, a member of the "Green Union", has filed a complaint about being beating by policemen in Rostov-on-Don. According to the police, Roman Milchenko and his brother have attacked law enforcers, and the brothers face prosecution under the article of the use of violence against a public officer.

Tbilisi has started the trial in the case of journalist Zaza Davitaya, who was beaten last year. Activists of the NGO "Free Zone" are involved in the case as defendants. At the first court session, after the advocate's speech, the Judge, who chaired the trial, disqualified herself.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has found lawful and justified the actions of the investigating authorities in the case of the politician Boris Nemtsov's murder. Thus, Judge Elena Lenskaya has dismissed the complaint filed by the daughter of the killed oppositionist about the inaction of the investigators.

The condition of three staff members of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), wounded in the course of the special operation in Grozny, is estimated by physicians as stable. They are expected to leave the hospital in the nearest future. This was reported by a MIA's official.

Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, has asked for permission to start the investigation into the armed conflict in South Ossetia in 2008 in connection with the information on possible war crimes.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has confirmed the relevance for the questioning of Ruslan Geremeev in the case of the politician Boris Nemtsov's murder. Meanwhile, the Court has dismissed the motion filed by the advocate of Zhanna Nemtsova to question Ramzan Kadyrov.

The total number of people killed and wounded in a special operation in Grozny has exceeded the appropriate figure for any month for the past six months. Six persons suffered in a special operation in the Chechen capital, while during two previous quarters of 2015, according to calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", the number of victims does not exceed five persons.

During 10 years passed since the militants' attack on Nalchik in 2005, the authorities did not eliminate the factors contributing to the radicalization of young people. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced a citizen of Tajikistan, who tried to recruit a female resident of the Stavropol Territory for joining the "Islamic State" (IS) in Syria. According to investigators, the man contacted the young woman through social networks.

On October 8, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov mentioned Aslan Baisultanov, detained on October 11 in Moscow on suspicion of plotting a terror act, among the militants killed in Grozny. The Chechen leader himself has explained his statement by the fact that he made it "without delay".

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has refused to record in the protocol of the court session, held on October 12, the testimony given by Ukrainian citizen Nikolai Karpyuk about torture during the preliminary investigation. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Residents of the village of Surkhakhi of the Nazran District have reported that they are unable to locate Tagir, Abo and Alikhan Bogatyryov, detained in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) on October 12. Officials from the law enforcement bodies have reported that they have no information on the whereabouts of the detainees.

According to investigators and prosecutors, Aslan Baisultanov, a native of Grozny, got a detonator and an improvised explosive device (IED) for committing a terror act in Moscow, from the man named Shamil Chergizov.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has pronounced the decision to take into custody until December 12 Mokhmad Mezhidov, a native of Grozny, one of the persons, suspected of plotting terror acts in Moscow.