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Today, the court has sentenced Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov, who were found guilty of complicity in the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, a Pro-Rector of the Modern Humanitarian Academy.

In Makhachkala today, searches are conducted in the homes of those local residents who took part in the November 29 rally in support of the lawyer Murad Musaev, which was held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan; most of the protesters were detained.

The investigating authorities have completed the investigation initiated against four members of the community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists". According to investigators, the organization was involved in crimes motivated by ideological and ethnic hatred, in particular, in the murders of the resident of Dagestan Muslim Abdullaev and the lawyer Stanislav Markelov.

According to a source from local investigating bodies, today in Khasavyurt a senior lieutenant of the Dagestani Department of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) was attacked.

In Makhachkala, Gasan Gadjiev, a local resident, has been detained. About a month ago, he started to cooperate with the "Caucasian Knot" as a correspondent. Prior to Gasan Gadjiev was brought to the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, his apartment was searched. This was reported by Zainab, the Gasan Gadjiev's wife.

In Moscow, investigators have filed a murder charge against a native of Dagestan suspected of killing a woman in Yuzhnoe Butovo District. Her body with cut-off limbs was found on November 23. This was reported by a source from the Moscow law enforcement agencies.

Organizers of the rally, held in the Georgian capital in support of the March of Millions in Kiev for the European integration of Ukraine, announced their readiness to continue holding rallies. They asked their supporters to gather again, if there are important events in Ukraine.

During the week of December 2-8, 2013, at least 17 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 12 persons were killed, and 5 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, more than 50 young people gathered in the centre of Baku to attend the silent protest action against rise in fuel prices. The protest action was interrupted 10 minutes after the beginning because of police intervention, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

German President Joachim Gauck refused to come in February 2014 to the celebrations dedicated to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. This was reported by leading German weekly Der Spiegel.

In Sochi, migration regime has been actually tightened. This was reported by city residents. Persons, who permanently reside and work in Sochi, but are registered in other cities, have to pass the registration procedure in the resort city town, and it takes weeks, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Officials from the Investigating Committee do not rule out that the murder of Khalid Kebedov, the head of the village of Teletl, involves members of subversive and terrorist groupings operating in the territory of the republic. Khalid Kebedov could be murdered for informing agents of secret services about involvement of some villagers in illegal armed formations (IAFs) operating in the territory of the republic.

In the village of Chontaul of the Kizilyurt District, about 80 mosque-goers were detained during a special operation conducted by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). This was reported by a local resident. Officials from the Dagestani MIA have stated that no one was detained and that all persons brought to the OVD (Interior Division) were released after their identification.

Ramin Khadjily, a leader of the Azerbaijani European Movement (AEM), has disseminated a video message calling on the citizens of the country to attend a protest action against rise in fuel prices to be held on December 8.

North Ossetia needs a ballet school to develop the dance culture. This was stated by Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, a native of the republic, a ballet-master and a coach from the Bolshoi Theatre. Alexander Totoonov, a member of the Federation Council, states that the issue of opening such an institution will be raised at the federal level.

Irina Nilisavlevich, 54, a resident of Sochi, has filed a complaint against physicians of City Hospital No. 4. She complains about unlawful refusal to provide her medical care after the road traffic accident. The complaint was directed to the administration of the city hospital and the health service department of the Sochi administration.

Near a number of villages of the Kareli District of the Shida-Kartli Region, Russian border guards installed signs indicating the state border with Georgia. One of those banners was set near the village of Gogeti, in which on December 6, members of a Georgian non-governmental organization held a protest action.

Khalid Kebedov, the head of the Dagestani village of Teletl, was found murdered in his own house. This was reported today by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

On December 6, the exhibition "Magic of Patterns" was opened in Maikop. On the opening day, it was attended by about 70 persons. The exhibition is organized to provide viewers with the chance to compare Asian items with North-Caucasian ones. This was stated by Elena Eremeeva, a staff member of the regional branch of the Museum of East.

On December 6, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, passed on the bust of Sulambek Oskanov, Major General of Aviation, the first Hero of the Russian Federation, for eternal keeping to the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (World War II) on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. In 1992, Sulambek Oskanov gave his lives to prevent an aircraft crash on a village in the Lipetsk Region.