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In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), on the initiative of several non-governmental organizations, the Union of NGOs and active citizens has been created. The Union is positioning itself as an independent organization.

Yesterday, in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, power agents entered two shootouts, during which three people were killed. One of the shootouts occurred in Kizilyurt, the second one in the village of Komsomolskoe, said the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The protest of truckers, who oppose the introduction of truck tolls on federal highways, continues only in Dagestan out of the regions of Southern Russia. No more than 60 persons are still striking near Khasavyurt.

At the request of Sergey Obukhov, a State Duma MP, Igor Vasiliev, the leader of the Sochi branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), had a meeting with the 64-year-old Nadezhda Tumanova, who has been living for more than a year at the Adler railway station.

The video clips depicting executions of Migitin Djavadov, the head of the Dagestani village of Karamakhi, and Shamil Ibakov, a resident of the village of Chankurbe, were filmed by local militants, who acted without the guidance from the "Islamic State" (IS), forbidden in Russia, stated the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Eight relatives of the residents of Khasavyurt, accused of raping a minor, continue their hunger strike in Makhachkala. They state deterioration of protesters' health.

The aggravation of socio-economic situation in Russia, and further departure of elites away from ordinary people in Northern Caucasus create fertile soil for strengthening the position of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The head of Chechnya has stated that Turkish media are spreading information about an assassination attempt on him because of his "principled viewpoint on the downed aircraft."

In a shootout with policemen in Kizilyurt, Nuzhidin Zubairov and Shamil Gadjiev, suspected militants, were killed and, said the press service of the Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF); while earlier a law enforcement source had reported about three casualties.

The Ust-Djeguta District Court of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has sentenced Akhmat Seitov and Botash Botashov to 10 months in prison for their intention to go to Syria for joining the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS).

The commander of one of the units fighting for the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk is Andrei Ruzinskiy, a colonel of the Russian Armed Forces. At the time of the massacre of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, he was in command of the 102nd Russian military base, stationed in that Armenian city.

Two fire-fighters, who were attacked in the Derbent District of Dagestan, stay at the traumatology ward of the Derbent City Hospital.

The men killed during a shootout with law enforcers in the vicinity of Kizilyurt are identified as Nukhudin Zubairov, Shamil Gadjiev, and Magomed Khairullaev. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies, they rendered assistance to local militants.

In the outskirts of Kizilyurt, in the course of an armed clash, law enforcers killed three armed accomplices of militants. This reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

Elena Kostyuchenko, a special correspondent of the "Novaya Gazeta", has become the winner of the Andrei Sakharov Prize "For Journalism as a Deed" in 2015. In her materials, Elena Kostyuchenko often highlights problems of residents of the southern regions of Russia.

Imprisonment for 7 years was demanded by the prosecutor for Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov accused of espionage in favour of Armenia. The final speech of his defence is scheduled for December 23.

In Azerbaijan, advocate Elton Guliev died. He was well-known as a defender of the rights of many activists and journalists subjected to prosecution. He was 58 years old, and he died from cancer.

In Paris, the exhibition "Culture. People. Dagestan" has launched the Days of Dagestan, which are devoted to the 2000th anniversary of Derbent.

In Sochi, activists of the Public Ecological Council have discussed the problems remaining after the Winter Olympic Games. According to the activists, the city has suffered from large-scale construction of various facilities, inefficient garbage collection, and imported pests.

Political analyst Albert Esedov sees no connection between the criminal case against Magomed Orudjev, who used to be the Prosecutor of the Soviet District of Makhachkala, and the criminal case against Said Amirov, the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala.