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The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, which upheld the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, should be repealed in view of the fabrication of the case, the international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has stated.

In December, about 1600 employees of the "Kingcoal" bankrupt company received their salary debts in the amount of 50 million roubles. However, the workers of the companies related to the "Kingcoal" receive no payments, the workers said at a rally in Gukovo.

The legality of the sentence passed to Magomednabi Magomedov, an Imam of the "Eastern" mosque of Khasavyurt, will be considered by the military judicial collegium of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) on January 26, 2017, said his advocate Dagir Khasavov.

The three persons, detained in the course of a special operation in Grozny and hospitalized with wounds, are no longer alive, said a source from the Chechen Ministry of Public Health (MPH). This information caused a resonance among residents of Chechnya, who admit that the point may be in extrajudicial executions. So far, there is no confirmation of this information from other sources.

Armenian residents support the need to help the families of perished servicemen, despite the criticism of the law "on 1000 drams", a poll conducted in the streets of Yerevan has shown. According to political analysts, the negative perception of the law prescribing monthly deductions from salaries of Armenian citizens for supporting servicemen is based on people's distrust to the authorities.

Magomed Magomedov, a former spokesman of the Salafi mosque in Makhachkala, has achieved his removal from the so-called "prophylactic registry", conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in the category of "religious extremism". Today the court has upheld his lawsuit.

The militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, who were detained in Dagestan, had been preparing terror acts in the region of the capital, the FSB said.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by the Azerbaijani oppositionist Mamed Ibragim against court's refusal to mitigate his sentence. His advocate intends to submit an appeal against this ruling.

This morning, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces attempted a sabotage penetration into the territory of Armenia, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has refuted the information that appeared on December 28 that he has demanded from Apti Alaudinov, the Deputy Interior Minister, to resign.

The session of the North-Caucasian Military Court, which considers the case of the attempt of creating a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the witness Alim Khatsukov and the criminal expert Zarina Djuzhueva were questioned; they stated that there was no pressure on the suspect during the investigatory actions.

On September 5, 2016, Zhalaudi Geriev, a Chechen journalist and a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was sentenced to three years in a general-security colony on charges of drug possession.

According to activists of the NGO "Ochag" (Hearth) and volunteers involved in rendering assistance to immigrants, the main problems of repatriates from Syria in Kabardino-Balkaria are the language barrier and the problems with employment.

Today, Umakhan Umakhanov, a resident of the village of Kokrek of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has been kidnapped by armed men in masks. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by relatives of the kidnapped man.

The actions of Donchi-ool pensioners, charged with illegal felling of trees, contain no components of crime. This was reported by Dmitry Dopua, an investigator of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Central District of Sochi.

At a hearing of the North-Caucasian Military Court in the case of an attempt to create a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the Court has questioned Marina Shogenova, the mother of defendant Oleg Miskhozhev.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given the government of Azerbaijan three months to respond to the questions in the case against Ilkin Rustamzade, an imprisoned young activist of the movement "Nida".

The decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to uphold the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was predictable. It proves the political nature of the prosecution. This was stated by human rights defenders Oleg Orlov, Tatiana Lokshina, and Lyudmila Alekseeva.

The activities of the Commission on adaptation of militants in Ingushetia have been resumed after a one-year break. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

During their visit to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", agents of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) asked him about the editorial policy of the "Caucasian Knot" and offered to cooperate with them. A permit to meet him was issued to agents by a judge of the Shali District Court of Chechnya.