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After the decision of the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) to recognize the "Islamic State" a terrorist organization, power agents have received more grounds for criminal prosecution of both participants of the Syrian war and those who take oath to "Islamic State" in Russia.

The restriction of citizens' rights in connection with putting them onto operative lists is illegal and may be appealed against in the court, said experts in their comments on the detention of rights defender Stanislav Dmitrievsky in the KBR.

Ramzan Makhauri, Ramzan Gagaev and Amerkhan Amatkhanov, who were killed on December 28 in Ingushetia, came to the republic from Chechnya aiming to commit a terror act, said Albert Barakhoev, the Acting Secretary of the Regional Security Council.

About 100 people have attended the commemoration rally held in memory of the victims of the terror act of December 30, 2013. The mourning ceremony was held near the memorial sign installed in Kachintsy Street, where a year ago a trolleybus explosion was triggered.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by the journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the refusal to place her under home arrest. Her defence treats Ismayilova's detention as illegal.

A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced Jamal Uyanaev, a resident of the Chegem District, to 3 years and 9 months in prison on charges of aiding and funding militants.

Etibar Fatiev, the head of the Sabirabad District Branch of the youth organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest after he was found guilty of petty hooliganism and disobeying to the police.

Power agents have begun letting advocate to visit Magomed Aushev, a resident of the village of Ekazhevo, detained after shooting at the wedding party. However, no members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) are still allowed to visit Aushev.

The oath taken by Amir of Dagestani militants Abu Muhammad to the terrorist organization of the "Islamic State" (IS), and the actions of Kebekov, who appointed a new Amir of Dagestan, have caused varying assessments of the experts, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

Disputes around the New Year holidays and their attributes present in street of Dagestani cities remain hot; and to reach a compromise, the state and the Muslim community should abandon the practice of imposing their unambiguous positions on this issue and resolve the conflict through a public debate.

The verdict to figurants in the case of complicity to terror acts on December 29 and 30, 2013, in Volgograd must be toughened to the maximum, the participants of the today's memorial rally at the Volgograd railway station, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, believe.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is ranked the first place in the 2014 bloggers' citation rating drafting by the company "Medialogia"; and his most popular statements include the statement about the death of Omar al-Shishani, the leader of the "Islamic State", and information about the special operation after the militants' attack on Grozny.

Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree to pardon 87 prisoners. According to rights defenders, the list includes 10 political prisoners.

On Monday, Volgograd commemorated the victims of the terror acts that occurred on December 29 and 30, 2013, in the building of the railway station and in a trolleybus. Some "disturbing atmosphere" is felt in the city, said Natalia Lyakhova, the Chief Physician of Hospital No. 25.

Verdict on 2005 Nalchik attack case; reduction of prison term of ex-Mayor of Astrakhan Mikhail Stolyarov; decision to set up parliamentary commission in Georgia to investigate the works in the Sakdrisi-Kachagiani mine; hunger strike of residents Novolak District of Dagestan with demand to solve their land problem; pipeline accident in the Krasnodar Territory, resulting in sea pollution; municipal elections in Azerbaijan and search and closure of Radio Liberty office in Baku, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 22-28, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia has confirmed that a shootout that broke out in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia resulted in the killing of three members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). According to the NAC, one of those killed was the head of the so-called "Sunzha" grouping of militants.

The house of the family of Anzor Lulaev in the Chechen village of Sernovodskoe was demolished after Lulaev himself was shot dead by law enforcers in a special operation, said a woman-villager.

Sabir Ibragimov, a resident of Khasavyurt, whose disappearance was reported by relatives on December 27, was placed into the temporary detention facility (known as IVS. Abdullah Gaziev, an advocate of the Dagestani Bar "Kavkaz", hired by Ibragimov's relatives, was not allowed to meet his client.

Aliaskhab (Ali Abu Muhammad) Kebekov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz", recognized by a court decision as a terrorist organization, has accused the leader of Dagestani militants of a split after he had taken oath to the "Islamic State" and appointed a new Amir of Dagestan.

During the week from December 22 to December 28, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus gave birth to five victims; of them, four were killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.