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Khabib Nurmagomedov, an MMA fighter from Dagestan, was questioned at Makhachkala Airport before flying to Turkey. Border guards suspected him of trying to join the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

The Mufti of Ingushetia is invited to a meeting to be held on January 12 to discuss permissible conditions for the use of a Sharia Court, reports the Muslim Coordination Centre (MCC) of Northern Caucasus.

Ramzan Kadyrov drew the attention of the Grozny Mayor to a video appeal shot by a boy who complained on Instagram that he had hot water running from two taps.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported opening a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping in Ingushetia of Oleg Kozlovsky, a member of international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI), the Committee against Torture (CaT) reports.

In Makhachkala, the court confirmed that the decision to evict a family from a residential building was not grounded, the Prosecutor's Office reported.

On December 25, in the village of Gachiani in the Gardaban District, where Azerbaijani people lived, activists held an action with the demand to release two persons detained after a conflict at the cemetery on the charge of resisting the police.

The administrative case against a 17-year-old coordinator of the art group "Vesna" (Spring), who in November participated in hanging out a banner on the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg, has been closed.

In Makhachkala, the screening of the film "Love Yourself" about the BTS Korean pop group, scheduled for January, has been cancelled. The administration of the Russian BTS fan club explained the cancellation by threats in social networks.

Twelve teams from unrecognized states-members of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) will take part in the championship to be held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Hotels may not cope with a large number of fans, the NKR's authorities fear. They are promoting the "Hospitable Family" programme, the participants of which will host foreign guests.

The death of a resident of Azerbaijan during a ritual beating has not reduced the popularity of dangerous mystical rites. Due to the lack of money and low level of medical services in the country, many go for treatment not to doctors, but to traditional folk healers, magicians and exorcists, the Meydan TV has stated.

The promise of President Vladimir Putin to take the case under his personal control had no effect on the course of investigation, the father of the killed Gasanguseinov brothers-shepherds, has stated.

The six religious leaders who had criticized the summoning of Ingush MPs to the Sharia Court have failed to appear at the Ingush Kadiate to defend their position. This was stated by the head of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans).

Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush branch of the "Yabloko" Party, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the fine imposed on him for participating in a rally against the border agreement with Chechnya.

The participants of the action held at the Russian Embassy to Armenia in Yerevan have demanded to remove the Russian military base from Gyumri, investigate the murder of Djulietta Gukasyan by a Russian soldier and revise the relations with Russia.

A court in Cherkessk has sentenced Oleg Dyshekov, a local resident, to six years in prison on charges of assaulting a judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The visually impaired Dyshekov took the judge for another person; he had no intention of assaulting him; and the severe verdict was caused by the bias attitude of the court, the defence has stated.

The boy, who complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about Dagestani doctors, is being treated at the expense of the state, the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has stated after Kadyrov's proposal to pay for the boy's treatment.

Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer, has been detained in Krasnodar for a longer period than is permitted by the law, his advocate stated in her complaint submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The Georgia's support for the UN Pact will result in an increased migration from Asia and Africa, protesters in Tbilisi have stated.

During the week of December 17-23, 2018, two persons perished in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there is no data about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Russian Catholics are celebrating their Christmas. Festive masses are held in all Russian Catholic churches, including those in the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) of Russia, and in the countries of Southern Caucasus.