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In Derbent, the observation deck of Naryn-Kala Fortress, where people were shelled on December 30, is open to the public. The city authorities explain that the security was enhanced at Naryn-Kala due to the holidays.

Khadija Ismayilova, Gilal Mamedov, and Parviz Gashimli, three journalists, who are serving their prison sentences in Azerbaijan, have reported that they expect from the authorities not only a pardon, but also rehabilitation. In their statements disseminated with the help of their advocates, they have repeatedly pleaded not guilty.

On January 1, the body of Khizir Ezhiev, a lecturer of the Grozny State Technical University, whose kidnapping had been earlier reported by residents of Chechnya, was found in a forested area on the outskirts of the village of Roshni-Chu of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya.

The health condition of the persons wounded on December 30 by gunfire at the viewing platform of the Naryn-Kala Fortress in Derbent is better. Two persons were transferred to the republic's hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); and two other victims – a male and a female – were moved today from intensive care unit to a general ward.

Khizir Ezhiev, a teacher of economics from the Grozny State Oil Technical University (GSOTU), has been kidnapped. This information is disseminated by residents of Chechnya, including his students, through social networks and mobile applications. However, officials of the University and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) fail to confirm this information.

Two persons wounded in the shelling in Derbent are transferred from the resuscitation ward to the general ward, and doctors note an improvement in the health state of all the victims.

The investigating authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria should do their best to solve the murder of Khadis Bottaev, the head physician of the Republican Clinical Hospital. This call has been voiced by the open letter of members of the medical community, which was signed by more than 300 people.

The prison administration had the formal right to place in dungeon Ruslan Kutaev, sentenced in Chechnya, for detection of a mobile phone in his cell; however, in usual, similar violations do not result in such severe punishment. This was stated by Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the Committee on Prevention of Torture.

Law enforcers discovered a hiding with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a forested area in the Gunib District of Dagestan.

Law enforcers have reported on the completion of all operational activities in the Gunib District of Dagestan. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been cancelled today at 1:00 p.m.

Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus, sentenced in Chechnya on the charge of drug possession, is placed for 15 days to the dungeon for a mobile phone found in his cell. This was reported by members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) for Chechnya.