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At the New Year's night law enforcers in Chechnya conducted raids over cafes and restaurants of Grozny, during which young people drinking alcohol were detained, local residents have reported.

During the week of December 26, 2016-January 1, 2017, at least 10 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The police found no signs of violence on the body of Viktor Emelyanov, the headquarters deputy chief of the Russian military base in Armenia. The body of the Russian officer was discovered in one of the Yerevan hotels.

Alvi Khakimov, a 24-year-old resident of the village of Nikolayevskaya of the Naur District, disappeared on December 21, 2016. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a relative of the disappeared man.

In Moscow, Dagestani wrestler Rasul Mirzaev was attacked after a fight between natives of Dagestan and athlete Artyom Lobov, who was supported by Rasul Mirzaev. This was reported by a friend of the attacked athlete.

According to the preliminary information, Amir Kokurkhoev, a TV presenter and the spokesman for the Sunzha District administration in Ingushetia, was killed as a result of a domestic conflict. This is reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

TV presenter Amir Kokurkhoev, the spokesman for the Sunzha District administration in Ingushetia, died in hospital from a stab wound.

The second man killed in a special operation carried out in the Novolak District of Dagestan has been identified as Magomed Sultanov, also known among the militants as Ibrakhim. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Since the beginning of 2016, an armed clash in the Novolak District has become the sixth shootout between law enforcers and militants in the territory of the Khasavyurt District and the neighbouring Districts of Dagestan. As a result of those six shootouts, one law enforcer and 11 persons declared militants or their supporters were killed, and two law enforcers were wounded.

One of the men killed today by law enforcers in the Novolak District of Dagestan has been identified as 28-year-old Anvar Gadjiev, while the second killed man has not been identified yet. Both of the suspects were members of the Khasavyurt militant grouping, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.

In the course of a special operation carried out in the village of Yamansu of the Novolak District, two militants were killed, and two law enforcers were wounded. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

On the New Year's Eve, no festive events take place in the streets of Sochi, and many citizens chose to come to the memorial to the victims of the Tu-154 crash. The search for the bodies of the victims is still underway in the Black Sea area.

Inglab Akhadov, the former Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, will appear in court as a defendant, accused of treason, together with Natiq Kerimov, an elder of the village of Nardaran. Their cases are combined and sent to the court.

Today, the remains of 109 victims killed during the First Chechen War, including women and children, have been taken from Rostov-on-Don to Grozny. This was reported by human rights defender Aset Malsagova. According to a source from the Muftiate, the remains were buried.

The Chechen leader has refuted the information stating that the wounded young people detained in a special operation in Grozny were killed after their hospitalization.

Relatives of the young people killed in a special operation in Grozny have been released after the gathering, involving relatives of the killed policemen and militants, as well as representatives of their clans, elders, and theologians. The police ordered the relatives of the suspects killed in the course of the special operation not to leave the places of their residence.

In the Dzerzhinsk District of Volgograd, residents of three streets of the neighbourhood of Gumrak, who during eight months experience problems with water supply, associate them with the construction of water supply systems and a highway to the international airport of the regional centre.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has upheld the decision of the first-instance court, which had sentenced Stanislav Klykh, a citizen of Ukraine, to a month of corrective labour for insulting the public prosecutor.

In Azerbaijan, the expiring year of 2016 was characterized by deepening of economic and social crisis and lack of progress in human rights sphere. The executive power has been increased due to adoption of the amendments to the Constitution, and the situation in the country has been affected by the escalation in the Karabakh conflict zone. This was noted by NGO activists, journalists, and oppositionists, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Sochi, more than 100 people kept at a temporary detention facility for illegal migrants have been brought to the Kuban village of Gulkevichi. According to a staff member of the Sochi temporary detention facility for migrants, the authorities treated the facility as not suitable for the resort area, and it was finally closed.