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In Dagestan, the City Court of Buynaksk arrested for two months Arsen Aliev, who was detained on suspicion of illegal possession of weapon. This was reported by Nurmagomed Magomedov, the detainee's advocate. Arsen Aliev's relatives claim that the weapon was planted during a search.

All persons, who were killed in the antiterrorist operation conducted in the village of Zhankhoteko, have been identified. They were members of the "Baksan" grouping. During the armed clash, two special fighters were wounded. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria.

On Friday, in the village of Vremenny, located near the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, about forty believers were arrested during the Friday prayer at the mosque and brought to the Buynaksk OVD (Interior Division).

The Nasimi District Court of Baku has sentenced Gurban Mamedov, an Azerbaijani lawyer, to three years of imprisonment for committing a road traffic accident that resulted in injury and for bribing the victim. The defence of Gurban Mamedov intends to challenge the verdict.

The case against ten persons, accused of involvement in the illegal armed formation (IAF) "Novosibirsk Jamaat", banditries and robberies, sent to the Novosibirsk Regional Court. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Novosibirsk Region. They sent more than half of the stolen money to finance militants in the Northern Caucasus.

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Georgia supports the decision of the government of the country not to go to the Olympic Games in Sochi. Georgian political analysts also treat as the best solution the decision of the Georgian authorities to abandon the official representative office in Sochi. However, the political analysts differ in assessing the decision to send Georgian athletes to take part in the Games under the Georgian flag.

In the Russian regions, xenophobic sentiments are intensifying. Moreover, authorities, staff members of state institutions and media also adhere to them. This was stated by human rights defenders from the Northern Caucasus in their appeal to Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation.

Natiq Adilov, a reporter of the newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) and a staff member of the press service of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has received a warning from the Prosecutor's Office in connection with his critical publications in the media and social networks. The journalist has been warned that if he continues his activity, he will be prosecuted.

In Yerevan, the rally of veterans of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh was attended by about 200 persons. Participants of the action have claimed the need for the resignation of the president and the government of the country, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On Thursday, December 5, at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which tries seven activists of the "Nida" Movement and Ilkin Rustamzade, a member of the "Free Youth" Movement, the defendants refused to testify, saying that they would speak only after consideration of proofs and hearing the evidence of the prosecution witnesses.

During Hanukkah celebration in Tbilisi, a group of 10 persons has attempted to disrupt the lighting of candles, which should have been executed by President of Georgia Georgy Margvelashvili. Two of the participants of the incident were detained by the police, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The All-Russian Public Movement "Civil Dignity" has run a contest among the non-profit organizations (NPOs) involved in human rights activities for governmental grants. The winners are 124 projects from 47 regions of Russia; 13 of them were presented by the NPOs working in the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD).

Russian authorities have transferred Professor Mikhail Savva, a Krasnodar activist and director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC), from custody under home arrest; however, they should drop the politically motivated charges against him, says the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The international non-governmental organization Amnesty International (AI) has refused to boycott the Winter Olympics in Sochi. However, the human rights centre continues believing that the situation with the restriction of rights and freedoms in Russia has worsened, said Imke Dirsen, the head of the German branch of the AI.

On December 5, the Organizing Committee of the Winter Games in Sochi presented Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team, comprised of 25,000 volunteers from 26 volunteer centers across Russia. About 2,000 volunteers will come from foreign countries.

Professor Mikhail Savva, accused of embezzling 360,000 roubles during holding researches under the grant money, will be kept under home arrest until February 3. He is forbidden to leave the apartment and communicate with his daughter and grandson, said his wife.

For the second day already, a special operation to search for members of the armed underground is on in the vicinity of the village of Shalazhi, Urus-Martan District, in the foothill area of Chechnya; however, with no results.

The problems of free movement and employment are the main obstacles for integration of Nagorno-Karabakh invalids into the society: people with disabilities cannot find jobs, while streets and buildings are not provided with technical appliances for their easy movement, says Artak Beglaryan, an assistant to the Premier of Nagorno-Karabakh and a Category I invalid himself.

The guilt of the Azerbaijani lawyer Gurban Mamedov of committing a road accident with bodily harm has not been proved by investigators, while the allegations of bribing the victim are baseless, said Mamedov's advocates. The trial could have been initiated for political reasons, said the observer Tofig Tyurkel.

Aslan Cherkesov is in the intensive care unit of the prison hospital of the IK-17, Krasnoyarsk Territory. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from the lawyer Baizanat Selmurzaeva, who is representing Cherkesov's interests.