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The magistrate court of the Kazbek District of Dagestan has ruled on the case of the local resident Shamil Salatgereev, accused of stealing 1560 roubles, sentencing him to six months of corrective labour with deduction of 5% of his salary. The policemen, whom Shamil Salatgereev accused of torturing him, are still unpunished, said his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

As reported by the press service of the MIA of Dagestan, the Makhachkala-based Children's Club "Amanat" belongs to the Salafi community and is engaged in educational activities, for which it has no right. In its turn, the club administration argues that the policemen themselves violated the law by not allowing children to attend school art classes, which are not subject to licensing.

On December 11, Abdula Abduraev, a villager of Kharachi, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was detained at the entrance to the village of Khalimbekaul, Buynask District of Dagestan, and taken away to some unknown place, his relatives report. The police have not confirmed his detention.

During his trial under the embezzlement case, Professor Mikhail Savva will be under home arrest, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Let us remind you that Mikhail Savva was detained on April 12; and on November 29 his advocate Marina Dubrovina said that she saw no reason to extend the term of his arrest. However, on that day, the court ruled to extend his arrest till January 30, 2014.

In the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, a court hearing on the recognition of the "Women of the Don" Union to be a foreign agent, scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for December 11 due to new claims lodged by the Prosecutor's Office, said Valentina Cherevatenko, the Union leader.

The Lenkoran District Court of Azerbaijan has finished the judicial investigation into the case of Yadigyar Sadygov, an advisor to the chairman of the "Musavat" Party, accused of hooliganism.

The judicial board on criminal cases has dismissed the appeal complaints of the defence of the Yusup Temerkhanov, sentenced to 15 years in a high security colony for killing the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Parliament of Armenia has rejected, by a majority vote, the proposal brought by the oppositional factions of the "Prosperous Armenia", Armenian National Congress (ANC), Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" and "Heritage" to postpone – by one year – the implementation of the law on the mandatory accumulation pension system.

In the mountains and forests of the Urus-Martan District, located in the south-western Chechnya, power agents are holding an operation to find and neutralize members of the armed underground, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

The labour collective of the Volzhsky Municipal Unitary Enterprise (VMUE) "Gorelectrotrans" (in charge of electric public transport) have addressed their open letter to the Governor of the Volgograd Region Sergey Bozhenov, saying about the poor status of the enterprise and mass layouts. The letter was signed by 178 employees of the VMUE "Gorelectrotrans".

A team of 30 builders who were involved in repairing the sanatorium "Izvestia" in Sochi, cannot receive their wages, because the directorate of the sanatorium failed to transfer money for the works performed, said the contractor's representative. In its turn, the customer's party asserts that the reason for non-payment is in poor quality of the works.

The members of the Independent Trade Union of Interior Employees and Prosecutors of Dagestan, who took part in the roundtable held in Moscow, said that corruption and systemic violations of the law in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are among the main triggers of the rise of extremism and increased count of casualties among policemen.

On December 3, Liana Khachatryan, an investigator of the Tsentralny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Sochi changed the freedom restriction measure of the local journalist Nikolai Yarst from home arrest into recognizance not to leave.

A bomb with the explosion power of 10 kg of TNT equivalent has been neutralized in the city Khasavyurt, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

At the recent court session at the trial in the case against Rostov journalist and publisher Alexander Tolmachov, the court has interrogated two other defendants in one of the episodes of the case entrepreneurs Yury Galagan and Elena Morozova. They pleaded not guilty.

In Azerbaijan, the increase from December 3 in prices for gasoline and diesel fuel has drawn criticism from the civil society and the opposition. They believe that the growth of fuel prices will trigger an avalanche increase in the cost of other goods and services and lead to deterioration of people's lives. Till present, official comments on the decision of the Tariff Council are not available.

Vardan Minasyan, a correspondent of the newspaper "Graparak", claims policemen used violence against him during the protest action held in Yerevan on December 2. The police promise to carry out the investigation into the incident.

The international non-governmental organization "Transparency International" (TI), based in Berlin, has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2013. According to it, Georgia occupies the 55th place, Armenia the 94th place, and Azerbaijan shares with Russia the 127th place.

Major General of Justice Sergey Bobrov, the Head of the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Chechnya, has been dismissed from his position. The appropriate decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin press service reports.

The Government of Georgia has decided not to arrive in Sochi for participation in official activities within the Winter Olympic Games. This was announced by Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili.