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In Dagestan, school library funds are underfunded, and more than 400 educational institutions are in dangerous or dilapidated state. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan. Prosecutors demanded to punish officials from the Ministry of Education for violations.

In Rostov-on-Don, local political strategists do not expect verdict of acquittal in the case against Vladimir Bessonov, a deputy of the State Duma, which is under the consideration at the local court. According to Vladislav Volkov, involvement of law enforcers will be one of the reasons for the verdict of guilty.

In Georgia, twenty NGOs have challenged a draft resolution of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council) on the rules of pet care. The NGOs have filed a motion to the Chair of the Sakrebulo.

The access roads to the village of Djalka, where relatives of Ruslan Geremeev, a witness in Boris Nemtsov's murder case, live, are still guarded by power agents, after Geremeev was interrogated in the territory of Chechnya.

The custody of Murad Nurmagomedov, the author of the critical video about celebrating the New Year, has been extended for another month.

Muslim Bakhmudov, a resident of the village of Tatlyar, Derbent District, disappeared during his trip to Makhachkala, where he went to visit his sisters. The police deny any involvement in his disappearance.

Today, Zaur Tokhov, a man sentenced in the case on the attack on Nalchik, who needs back surgery, has been hospitalized to the Republican Clinical Hospital. This was reported by his advocate Ramzan Uzuev.

A soldier of the armed forces of Azerbaijan was killed in the Tartar District. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to the military officials, during the past day, the Armenian side violated the ceasefire for 57 times.

Zaur Dadaev does not fit the description of the Boris Nemtsov's killer, given by one of the witnesses to the crime. According to the witness, the killer used a Russian car to leave the place of the crime. This was stated by the article written by Sergey Mashkin published by the newspaper "Kommersant".

The ruling of the Orenburg Regional Court in the case of Muslim books will be appealed against by means of cassation, said the advocate Timur Zaripov, who represented the interests of the Publishing Houses "Dilya" and "New World" and of Imam Alyautdinov from the Moscow Shamil Memorial Mosque.

Policemen found a pistol and an RGO grenade in a car of the persons killed in a firefight with law enforcers that occurred in Khasavyurt.

Ruslan Geremeev, a former officer of the battalion "Sever" (North) of the Interior Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has been questioned by investigators as a witness in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. This was reported by material prepared by Svetlana Reuter and Mariya Bondarenko and published by the "RBC".

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeals filed by Timur Tangiev, a resident of Grozny, and his defence against the verdict announced by the Supreme Court of Chechnya.

Ruslan Magomedragimov, an activist of the movement "Sadval", was killed, and his death was not caused by natural reasons. This opinion was expressed by Dagestani experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

At the village gathering, residents of the Dagestani village of Shushiya, where people continue their hunger strike demanding to return land plots, have offered the protesters to organize a rally and seek the support at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

There are no recruiters from the "Islamic State" (IS) in the North-Caucasian Federal University (NCFU) and the Dagestani State University (DSU). This was declared by students of the above universities.

About 1500 mercenaries from Northern Caucasus are fighting in Syria and Iraq on the side of militants. This was reported in Pyatigorsk by Sergey Melikov, the Russian President's Envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

The Armenian Government has approved the granting of new territory to the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to pay compensation for moral damages in the amount of 79,500 euros to family members of Zhebrailov brothers, who were detained by law enforcers in Chechnya in 2005 and the fate of one of whom is still unknown.

In Chechnya, during the consideration of the case against Timur Tangiev by the Supreme Court (SC), jurors and witnesses were subjected to pressure. This was claimed by the defendant's defence. According to the advocates, the direction of the case for a re-consideration followed by the announcement of an objective verdict would be a kind of "road map" for judicial reconciliation in Northern Caucasus.