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Khusein Khadizov, a resident of Chechnya, has been detained with a large batch of narcotic drugs, reported the law enforcement agencies for Chechnya. The detainee's father has stated that he "has been disgraced before the leader and the people."

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the decision to keep in custody until February 10 2018, Khasan Esmurziev, a resident of Nazran, accused of storing weapons and explosives, reports the message posted today on the website of the Supreme Court for Ingushetia.

Residents of the house, which became a focus of a special operation, did not recognize the photo of Akhmed Chataev, a recruiter of the IS*, whose death in the Georgian capital on November 23 was confirmed by the second source in two days.

Rafik Yaraliev, a member of the Derbent City Assembly, has been detained and gives evidence in the case of the shootout in Dagestan, a regional law enforcement source has reported. The shootout involved relatives of Imam Yaraliev, the former Mayor of Derbent, and Farid Akhmedov, the head of the Magaramkent District, law enforcers have reported.

On November 23, at 10:00 p.m. Yerevan time, the "Hayastan" All-Armenian Foundation launched its annual television marathon under the motto "Fertile Artsakh". The money will be spent on development of the solar energy system in Nagorny Karabakh.

Up to 15 people participated in the shootout in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, two men were killed and two were wounded, a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The police have introduced the "Interception" plan.

The 2017 Andrei Sakharov Award was given today to the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), who were represented by Elena Milashina and Olga Sadovskaya, respectively. Elena Milashina told the "Caucasian Knot" that she associates the awarding with the topics that the 'Novaya Gazeta' has risen this year about Chechnya.

Eldar Yaraliev, a Deputy of the Magaramkent District Assembly, was killed in a shootout at the crushed stone factory, his two colleagues told the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, an official from the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported about a discovery of a dead body of an officer on the border with Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of a soldier.

Ramzan Tsitsulaev, a plenipotentiary of the Chechen leader in Ukraine, who was wanted during the past three years, was detained in the Bryansk Region and sent to Moscow. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

The Tbilisi court has extended the term of detention in custody for Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a lecturer from Turkey, for other three months. An advocate of Mustafa Emre Çabuk treats the court's decision as unfounded.

Members of the opposition "Musavat" Party treat the detention of Alikram Khurshudov as persecution for political reasons.

In Tbilisi, three out of eight appeals filed by city residents about complete destruction of their apartments as a result of a special operation have been confirmed, reported the Isani District administration.

On November 22, the Presnya District Court of Moscow arrested two natives of Dagestan in the case of a shootout in the "Moscow City" complex, as a result of which one person was killed and several others were wounded.

The information about those against whom the special operation was conducted on November 22 in Tbilisi has not been officially announced. Some sources claim that they were militants from Syria. According to Umar Idigov, the chairman of Tbilisi "Caucasus Integration Foundation", this is not true; and there were children in the blocked apartment.

The information that residents of Chechnya have been detained for drinking alcohol and are kept in the gym of the village of Khimoi of the Sharoi District is false, said Nurdi Nukhazhiev, the Chechen Ombudsman.

More than a hundred drivers from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) will take part in the strike organized by the "Association of Russian Carriers" (ARC) against the "Platon" system, which is scheduled for December, said Zaurbek Babgoev, the head of the KBR's branch of the ARC.

A French Court has charged Suleiman Kerimov with tax evasion and money laundering, the RIA "Novosti" reports today citing Jean-Michel Pratr, the Prosecutor of Nice.

One of those killed in the special operation in Tbilisi is Akhmed Chataev, a suspect of organizing a terror act at Istanbul Airport in June 2016, said David Makishvili, an ally of the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

The decision of the Azerbaijan Bar Association to stop the advocate's powers of Yalchin Imanov is a revenge for his publicizing human rights violations, Nils Muižnieks, the Human Rights Commissioner of Council of Europe (CoE), has stated and urged the Azerbaijani authorities to stop pressing advocates.