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The defence and relatives of a Russian student Alexandra Ivanova (formerly, Varvara Karaulova), arrested on charges of attempting to join the "Islamic State" cannot see her in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), said her advocate Sergey Badamshin.

Vakhtang Gomelauri, Chief of the Georgian State Security Service, has called a lie the information about the creation of a unit of the "Islamic State" (IS) on the territory of Georgia. The Georgian State Security Service has also launched the investigation into the disseminated video message of IS fighters voicing threats against Georgia.

In Dagestan, the events around the mosque in Kotrov Street are a part of measures to tighten the domestic policy in the country against the background of the war in Syria, and they can result in a confrontation within the republic and movement of young people to the underground. This opinion was expressed by experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Mukhtar Kurbanov, the head of the village of Teletl, who was killed on November 21, used to work at the law enforcement bodies, and he received threats from militants. This was reported by a resident of the village of Teletl. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the crime could be motivated by revenge in connection with the Mukhtar Kurbanov's service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Kalmykia, the investigating authorities have reported on the detention of a suspect in the case of the death of prisoner Dmitry Batyrev at the Elista penal colony.

About 400 truck drivers from the Volgograd Region are going to demand the cancellation of tolling trucks for the use of federal highways in Moscow. This was reported by Alexei Ulyanov, the coordinator of the protest action.

Law enforcers are searching for militants in the territories of the Buynaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts, where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced today.

In Yerevan, members of the civil initiative "Red Card" have demanded from the authorities to reduce the prices for gas, electricity, sugar, and gasoline. The activists attempted to block city streets; however, the police prevented their actions.

In Magas, the court has dismissed the complaint about the illegality of inclusion of Ingush opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev in the international wanted list.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime is introduced within the territory of the Tabasaran District, and law enforcers are searching for militants there.

In Makhachkala, members of the Salafi community intend to return the mosque in Kotrov Street through negotiations with the Muftiyat. At present, according to them, policemen are on duty at the mosque, and they search men with beards.

Law enforcers have identified the men killed during the special operation carried out in Nalchik on November 22. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies, the number of the killed men included Yuri Bitsuev, who led militants in Kabardino-Balkaria after the death of Robert Zankishiev.

Two packs of copies of the book, written by Nadezhda Savchenko, are seized from her sister Vera Savchenko at the Russian-Ukrainian border. This was reported by advocate Ilya Novikov. According to him, the book will be checked for extremism.

In Boris Nemtsov murder case, the testimonies against Ruslan Mukhudinov, an officer of the Chechen battalion "Sever" (North), who is put on the wanted list, have been given by Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev, main defendants in the criminal case, and recorded on video. This was reported by a source close to investigators.

Members of an illegal armed formation (IAF), acting in the Shamil District of Dagestan, are involved in the murder of Mukhtar Kurbanov, the head of the village of Teletl, who was killed in the evening of November 21. This was reported by an official from the investigating authorities.

During the week of November 16-22, 2015, 14 persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Law enforcers have dispersed truck drivers on protest in Babayurt, and some of them were detained by policemen. The protest action continues in other localities of Dagestan, the truck drivers report.

The "Imarat Kavkaz" denies any involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS) (in Russia, both organizations are recognized as terrorist) of eleven militants, who have been killed this morning in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik. Meanwhile, till present, the "Imarat Kavkaz" has reported no information concerning three other suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) killed in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria in the course of the special operation held in the evening.

Today, in the course of two special operations carried out in Nalchik, fourteen suspected militants have been killed, including the leader of the grouping, which swore allegiance to the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

In the course of a special operation carried out in Nalchik, a workshop for manufacturing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been destroyed. Two ready-to-use IEDs have been defused. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).