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Last night in Khasavyurt an unidentified man shot down an operative agent of the Department of tax crimes, a source in the republican law enforcement bodies reported.

The next hearing on the murder case of Umar Israilov, a former security guard of Chechen President held, was held on December 3. The court heard the main witnesses of the prosecution - Umar's father - the applicant to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and his widow.

The Nazran District Court of Ingushetia has sentenced Rustam Dzeitov, a supposed member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a minimum security penal colony. This was reported by the press service of the local FSB office.

As reported on December 3 by the press service of the Supreme Court (SC) of Karachay-Cherkessia, the murder case of Ismail Bostanov, deputy chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory, underwent its first public hearing.

Yesterday, on December 2, in the outskirt of the capital of Dagestan, unidentified persons shelled three militiamen of the "Almaz-240" unit. In the skirmish that followed one of the attackers was supposedly wounded. In their escape from the chase, the criminals consistently hijacked four cars.

The investigation into the murder of Umar Israilov, ex-guard of Chechen President, was held masterly; and the trial is held in accordance with international standards, said Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, a member of the international coalition of human rights organizations, which monitors this trial.

The Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika has ordered, after detection of violations admitted at the inquiry of the massacre in Kuschevskaya, to check the legality of accounting and registration of crimes everywhere across the country, giving special attention to facts of concealing serious crimes, Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), said today.

Today, on December 3, an explosion was triggered in Kabardino-Balkaria: a self-made explosive device disguised as a log blew up in the Federal Highway Prokhladny-Azau in the Elbrus District, when a truck with militaries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was passing by.

Sergey Tsapok, accused of committing the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, started telling investigators about the crimes of his gang. While actively cooperating with the investigation, Tsapok stressed that he personally was not involved in the killings that he is talking about.

The Izobilnoe District Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Oleg Dunis, accused of a fraudulent embezzlement of another person's company, which caused a more than 19-million-rouble-worth damage to the victim, to three years of freedom deprivation, the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has reported today.

Tonight in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons shot a judge of the Cherek District Court.

Tbilisi scared by night blasts; Stavropol Territory seeks roots of conflict between Cossacks and Chechens; "high water" attacks Krasnodar Territory again, - look these and other events in the review of the week of November 22-28, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The local prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case under the article of "inciting hatred or hostility, and dignity humiliation" against a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the investigation, had promulgated extremist leaflets in the settlement named Artesian.

Basir Salakhgereyev, 35, Imam at one of Khasavyurt city mosques, who was killed on November 1, was non-conflict person and had not received any threats. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Idris Zagalov, a resident of Khasavyurt.