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The court refused to transfer Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik"(Draft), under house arrest and extended his detention in custody until March 13, 2020.

At a checkpoint at the entrance to Magas, law enforcers killed two attackers and wounded another one, while one of three injured law enforcers died, sources reported.

The assault on Grozny, launched by Russian militaries on December 31, 1994, was remembered by the endless shooting and awareness of the outbreak of a real war, eyewitnesses of those events told the "Caucasian Knot".

Employees of Tbilisi Mayoralty have installed children's rides and sideshows in place of dismantled tents of oppositional activists. In the morning, policemen tried to hamper activists from holding a new protest.

Theologians and law enforcers have scolded Petimat Suleimanova, a resident of Urus-Martan, for the provision of occult services, as it follows from the new plot of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). Despite the authorities' efforts, the demand for sorcerers' services is not weakening in the republic, Instagram users have stated.

Friends and colleagues of the Dagestan journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have held a series of solo pickets in his support; they intend to continue similar actions.

Ikram Ragimov, the editor-in-chief of the "Realliq.info" website, is on his dry hunger strike in protest against the pressure on him at the Azerbaijani colony, his relatives stated on December 30.

In Tbilisi, in Rustaveli Avenue, in front of the parliament building, protesters' tents have been dismantled. It caused an activists' wave of protests; nine of them were detained in clashes with policemen.

The Ingush activist, Zarifa Sautieva, has complained to her advocate that she cannot receive a dentist's examined at the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) after a night with a toothache.

Members of the Polonkoev teip (family clan) are now regretting about the conflict that occurred in Sunzha over clan towers and the murder of a man. In his return appeal, a member of the opposing Evloev teip has threatened the opponents with responsibility for the death of Aslanbek Evloev.

Over 600 residents of the dwelling settlement of Vremenny have received compensations for their property lost during the special operation conducted in the fall of 2014. Payments of 50-100,000 roubles fail to cover the damage; while victims couldn't achieve compensations for their lost housing, local residents and their lawyers have reported.

A conflict over patrimonial towers has turned into a shootout of members of the teips of Evloev and Polonkoev; one person was killed and six were hospitalized, Ingush law enforcement sources have reported.

Today, the Tver District Court of Moscow has fined the "International Memorial" by 400,000 roubles for the absence of marking "foreign agent" on one of its websites. This is the largest fine awarded based on the consideration results of the protocols drawn up for the structures of "Memorial" and leaders thereof after the check conducted by the Ingush FSB branch.

Social network users have criticized the administration of the Elbrus District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) for collecting information about the pupils who do not celebrate the New Year on religious grounds. Teachers intend not to leave their pupils "alone with fanatical parents," this was the justification of the initiative of the antiterrorist commission presented by an employee of the education department.

Today, the Stavropol Territorial Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva against the extension of her arrest until March 11, 2020. The activist announced her willingness to address the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

In the city of Grozny, law enforcers conduct night raids by visiting houses and detain people who seem suspicious to them, resident of the city report. The law enforcement bodies introduced a round-the-clock operation regime on the eve of the New Year holidays, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya explains.

In 2019, more 1000 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) were allocated houses in Georgian villages under the "House in Village" programme.

During the week of December 23-29, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No killed or wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who called MMA athlete Alexander Emelianenko for a fight, promised to knock out his opponent with "the only and first strike." Such a statement confirmed the fans' opinion about the staged nature of the announced fight.

Azerbaijani authorities should thoroughly investigate the beating up of the blogger, Mekhman Guseinov, human rights organizations have stated. In its turn, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has assured that policemen did not participate in beating Guseinov.