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After the action of forced migrants in the Bilasuvar District of Azerbaijan, the power supply to their houses was restored; while the authorities have postponed the repayment of their debts.

On December 22, an action of forced migrants from Jabrayil District grew into riots; and nine policemen suffered at dispersal thereof.

Oksana Sevastidi, a resident of Sochi, convicted of treason after sending an SMS message about movement of military equipment, had hardly disclosed any state secrets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested today, promising to sort out the details of her case.

Today, the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia has made a decision to reduce electricity tariffs for all consumer groups, including by 2.6% for the population. The new tariffs will take effect from February 1, 2017.

Relatives and friends of the suspected militants killed in Grozny on December 17-18 have reported new detentions of their family members on December 20 to 22. Meanwhile, according to them, the police do not file any charges against the detainees.

Oganes Arutyunyan, arrested in the case on the seizure of the building of the patrol-and post police service in Yerevan, was unable to appear at the recent three court hearings, since he did not realize the situation. On December 21, the court extended for two months the arrest of Oganes Arutyunyan without his presence. This was reported by Ayarpi Sargsyan, an advocate of the defendant.

The candidacy of the 63-year-old Vakha Nasukhanov for the position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Chechen Republic has been proposed by the leader of Chechnya. Local MPs have unanimously supported the appointment of Vakha Nasukhanov.

At the trial in the case against Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities, his advocate has filed a motion to return the case to the prosecutor "to eliminate the violations, preventing its consideration at court."

In the village of Pervomaiskoe of the Kayakent District, Shamil Aliev, a son of Magomed Aliev, the former head of the village, was elected the new head of the village despite the protests of local residents.

Miners of the "Kingcoal" group of companies, seeking payment of wage debts, are not allowed, for the fourth day already, to leave for Moscow to meet the MP Valery Rashkin, the protesters in the town of Gukovo have stated, demanding to respect their right to free travel.

One of the persons killed by power agents in a shootout near the settlement of Manas has been pre-identified as Kerim Khaibulaev; the second casualty cannot be identified without a DNA testing.

Several dozens of private households in the settlement of Bina, a part of the Khazar District of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, have been flooded after prolonged rains.

Today, the Moscow District Military Court has delivered its verdict to the student Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), having found her guilty of trying to join a terrorist organization in Syria.

Today, at the Moscow District Military Court, the prosecutor has filed a motion asking to extend the detention of the defendants. Despite the objections of the defence, the court has ruled to leave them in custody until March 30, 2017.

On December 26, the court will consider the request of the administration of the penal colony, where Boris Stomakhin is serving his sentence for public justification of the terror acts in Volgograd. The administration requests the prison regime for Boris Stomakhin. Human rights defenders have called on the court to refuse tightening the detention regime for the publicist and claimed ungrounded penalties imposed on him at the penal colony.

Miners of the "Kingcoal" Company have claimed they did not receive money from the authorities, despite the payments had been announced by Vasily Golubev, Governor of the Rostov Region.

One of residents of Chechnya, who was declared killed in the recent counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, was shot in the yard of his house, the portal "Caucasus. Realities" reports with reference to its sources in the republic.

On December 21, in the village of Prigorodnoye in the Grozny District of Chechnya, local residents held a gathering. They demanded to evict from their village family members of Zelimkhan Bakharchiev, located in Syria. According to the Chechen law enforcement authorities, the man organized attacks on policemen in Grozny on December 17 and 18.

On December 21, in Makhachkala, at the next court hearing held in the case of prevention registration of Magomed Magomedov, a former official of a Salafi mosque, the Soviet District Court listened to a district police inspector, whose report provoked the inclusion of the name of Magomed Magomedov in a police prevention registration list.

At the hearing in the "Nardaran case" held on November 21, the court announced the results of a medical examination, which confirmed the presence of bodily injuries of defendants several days after their detention. The defence believes the medical examination confirms the use of torture.