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Today, a militant, blocked in a house in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, was killed as a result of the explosion. This was reported by a source from the district law enforcement bodies.

An explosive device detonated in Pyatigorsk on December 27 was of about 50 kg of TNT equivalent, a source from the law enforcement bodies reports.

In the evening of December 27, in Sochi, residents of "Zavokzalny", "Gagarin" and "New Sochi" neighbourhoods spent several hours without electricity and heating supply because of troubles on the cable lines.

Alexander Valov, the owner of the website "BlogSochi", who was found guilty of violating the order of organizing a rally, filed an appeal against the court's decision.

The Azerbaijani Trade Unions Confederation (ATUC) undertook all the costs for the medical treatment of Zaur Gasanov, who on December 25 committed an attempt of self-immolation in the centre of Baku, and support of his family members.

Today, in Makhachkala, relatives and friends of Magomed Orudjev, a prosecutor of the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala, detained on suspicion of illegal arms circulation, held a rally against the tyranny of law enforcement bodies. The action brought together about a hundred people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Over 20 depositors of the bankrupt "Regional Development Bank" took part in a picket in Vladikavkaz. They demanded to have their money back, said Madina Akoeva, one of the protesters. The picketers were those depositors of the bank, whose transactions were regarded as questionable and not included into the register of the failed bank.

Azerbaijan has expresses an official protest against Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. As stated today by Ali Gasanov, the head of the department of social and political issues of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, his country would stick to this position until the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

As reported by the press centre of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), an explosion was triggered at the building of the GIBDD (traffic police) in the city of Pyatigorsk, killing three people.

As reported by the Chechen Prosecutor's Office, the case initiated against Said-Khasan Yakhaev, the former head of municipal unitary institution "Oktiabrsky District ZhEU (division for housing services)" of Grozny, accused of financial fraud and embezzlement of more than 900,000 roubles.

To monitor the ecological situation in Khopyor Region, an independent commission of experts, which included scientists and experts from several cities of Russia, was created. This was reported by Grigory Rudoy, Mining Director of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "UGMK-Holding" engaged in nickel mining.

The Novosibirsk Regional Court has postponed till January 16 the court session on the case against the "Novosibirsk Jamaat" grouping that presumably funded Caucasian militants. This was reported by Anna Rastopchina, an official from the Novosibirsk Regional Court.

For the period of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the "Aeroflot" Airlines set tariff for round-trip tickets for economy flights Moscow-Sochi at 5000 roubles. This was reported today by the press service of the "Aeroflot" Airlines. The action will last from February 5 to March 17, 2014.

Rizvan Khasbulatov, a resident of Makhachkala, has claimed that he was beaten at the police station after being detained at an Islamic cafe on October 14. According to him, he appealed to the investigating authorities to complaint about beating; however, the facts stated in the complaint were not actually investigated.

Zaur Gasanov, who attempted self-immolation in protest against the demolition of the cafe owned by him, was driven to despair by bureaucratic arbitrariness and lack of a fair justice. This was stated by members of political parties and public organizations of Azerbaijan.

Relatives of the convicts who serve their terms in Corrective Colony No. 2, located in the village of Chernokozovo, Naur District of Chechnya, report a riot staged by the inmates.

In Sochi, about a hundred pensioners held a rally on December 25, demanding from the city authorities to remove the spontaneous dump in Parallelnaya Street and free the pass along Sevastopolskaya Street from the parked motor vehicles.

In Azerbaijan, users of the Facebook have appointed an action for December 28 in connection with the attempted self-immolation of Zaur Gasanov, a Category II invalid and veteran of the Karabakh War. The action under the slogan "Stop burning down veterans!" is planned in Fountain Square in downtown of Baku. Gasanov is in critical condition, doctors say.

A murder of a person is a crime regardless of the kind of his or her activity, both from the position of the Russian laws and the position of Islam. This was stated by Rushan-Khazrat Abbyasov, the head of the administration of the Russian Council of Muftis (RCM), when he commented on the murder of a female healer in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Vitaly Mutko, the head of the Russian Ministry of Sports, has announced that he will resign in case of poor performance of the Russian national team at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi by his fault. However, the Minister has clarified that when talking about failure, he implies not poor athletic performance, but problems with training of the athletes, participating in the Olympic Games.