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In the higher educational institutions of Northern Caucasus, recruiters of the "Islamic State" (IS) focus on successful students from wealthy families. This was stated by a Russian Orientalist and economist Evgeny Satanovsky, the President of the independent scientific centre "Institute of the Middle East".

The Lenin District Court of Grozny has granted a claim to protect the honour and dignity filed by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the Committee against Torture and Murad Amriev, a resident of Chechnya, who complained about being tortured by policemen.

Today, the festive events dedicated to the revival of the Balkar people have taken place in Kabardino-Balkaria. Residents of the village of Khasanya paid tribute to victims of the deportation of the Balkars.

While inspecting a house in the village of Ali-Yurt, policemen found and seized a pistol and ammunition from a local resident. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ingushetia.

The Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled fired 44 times during one day. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

At its session, the United Nation's Council on Human Rights has adopted a resolution, initiated by Armenia and condemning attempts to justify or deny the cases of genocide.

The appeal filed against the verdict to Leyla Arkelova, a mother of many children from Cherkessk, found guilty of libel, has been dismissed, and the city court has upheld the decision of the first instance.

In Dagestan, school library funds are underfunded, and more than 400 educational institutions are in dangerous or dilapidated state. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan. Prosecutors demanded to punish officials from the Ministry of Education for violations.

In Rostov-on-Don, local political strategists do not expect verdict of acquittal in the case against Vladimir Bessonov, a deputy of the State Duma, which is under the consideration at the local court. According to Vladislav Volkov, involvement of law enforcers will be one of the reasons for the verdict of guilty.

In Georgia, twenty NGOs have challenged a draft resolution of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council) on the rules of pet care. The NGOs have filed a motion to the Chair of the Sakrebulo.

The access roads to the village of Djalka, where relatives of Ruslan Geremeev, a witness in Boris Nemtsov's murder case, live, are still guarded by power agents, after Geremeev was interrogated in the territory of Chechnya.

The custody of Murad Nurmagomedov, the author of the critical video about celebrating the New Year, has been extended for another month.

Muslim Bakhmudov, a resident of the village of Tatlyar, Derbent District, disappeared during his trip to Makhachkala, where he went to visit his sisters. The police deny any involvement in his disappearance.

Today, Zaur Tokhov, a man sentenced in the case on the attack on Nalchik, who needs back surgery, has been hospitalized to the Republican Clinical Hospital. This was reported by his advocate Ramzan Uzuev.

A soldier of the armed forces of Azerbaijan was killed in the Tartar District. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to the military officials, during the past day, the Armenian side violated the ceasefire for 57 times.

Zaur Dadaev does not fit the description of the Boris Nemtsov's killer, given by one of the witnesses to the crime. According to the witness, the killer used a Russian car to leave the place of the crime. This was stated by the article written by Sergey Mashkin published by the newspaper "Kommersant".

The ruling of the Orenburg Regional Court in the case of Muslim books will be appealed against by means of cassation, said the advocate Timur Zaripov, who represented the interests of the Publishing Houses "Dilya" and "New World" and of Imam Alyautdinov from the Moscow Shamil Memorial Mosque.

Policemen found a pistol and an RGO grenade in a car of the persons killed in a firefight with law enforcers that occurred in Khasavyurt.

Ruslan Geremeev, a former officer of the battalion "Sever" (North) of the Interior Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has been questioned by investigators as a witness in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. This was reported by material prepared by Svetlana Reuter and Mariya Bondarenko and published by the "RBC".

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeals filed by Timur Tangiev, a resident of Grozny, and his defence against the verdict announced by the Supreme Court of Chechnya.