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500 servicemen of the joint detachment of military have left Chechnya for Syria, a source from the republic's power agencies told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the proposal of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to reconsider the inclusion of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) into the list of the so-called "foreign agents" and promised to speed up the work of the commission that deals with the complaints of Kuban farmers about raiding.

Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who criticized the authorities, asks Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in his appeal to check several officials of the of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya.

The today's session of the court in Chechnya, which considers the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, started with a petition to disqualify the presiding judge, whom the advocate Alaudi Musaev accused of lying.

Moscow has hosted a closed press conference on the problem of persecution of Chechen residents, who make public facts of corruption in the republic. Rights defenders presented the story of Ramazan Djalaldinov from the village of Kenkhi as an example, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The North-Caucasian Military Court has questioned three defence witnesses in the case of an attempt to create caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). An aunt of Akhmed Balkarov said that at the police station she heard cries of her nephew after his arrest.

Dagestan continues checking applications on violations committed during the September elections, said Magomed Dibirov, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Dagestan, not excluding further dismissals of chairs of Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) for their violations of electoral procedures.

The ongoing processes in Northern Caucasus are similar to those that took place during the Reformation, Irina Starodubrovskaya, the head of the scientific direction "Political Economy and Regional Development" of the Gaidar Institute, has stated at a conference in Moscow.

In early 2015, Sudaba Abdullaeva, an Azerbaijani citizen, with her two young daughters, who have Russian citizenship, went home, after which she could not get back to the Krasnodar Territory to join her husband, because of the ban to enter Russia.

The Centre to Counter Extremism (CCE) of Ingushetia has become a punitive body, Magomed Khazbiev, a member of the public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", believes. It is necessary to completely change the CCE staff, said Akhmed Bashir Aushev, one of the former laders of the movement, whose son suffered from the actions of Ingush power agents.

Abdusalam Ramazanov, accused of an attempt to join Syrian militants, refuses to plead guilty and states he had been tortured by power agents, said his advocate Elena Denisenko. The trial of Ramazanov was rescheduled for December 20, because he was not brought to the court for the first session.

Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has found Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the movement "Nida", guilty of drug trafficking on a large scale and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment.

The cassation instance has dismissed the complaint lodged by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the court's ruling, which forbade her to leave Azerbaijan.

A joint military detachment of the battalions "East" and "West", stationed in Chechnya, will perform functions of military police in Syria and guard the Russian Hmeymin Airbase, said a source from the military base in Khankala.

Today, during the pleadings of the parties at a court hearing in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), public prosecutor has asked the court to sentence the defendant to five years of imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 roubles.

In Chechnya, during the court session, which considered the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, his defence tried three times to challenge the panel of judges, arguing that they are interested in convicting the defendant. The court rejected all the challenges and postponed the session until December 9.

In Chechnya, wages for a month have been paid to employees of the "Megastroi" company, while the wage arrears for two months are still not paid. This was reported by employees of the company. The Prosecutor's Office began checking compliance with labour rights after the publication of the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, Albert Postolokyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, has got a fatal wound under unclear circumstances. This was reported by the Defence Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The regional public organization (RPO) "Ray of Light" of parents of visually impaired children has filed to the court a claim against the Regional Committee of Education and Science. According to parents, inaction of the Committee's officials resulted in the fact that special schools face shortage of speech therapists and professionals to work with visually impaired children.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained the detention of Timur Khamkhoev, the chief of the Centre for Combating Extremism of the Ingush MIA, by the investigation into a criminal case of robbery of a local resident.