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The "Islamic State" (IS) claimed having attacked the area of the Derbent fortress. For the second time in the past three months, the IS claims responsibility for the successful operations in Russia. The first attack, according to the IS, had taken place in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan.

The targets of the shelling in Derbent were Russian servicemen, says the statement of the "Islamic State" IS) recognized as a terrorist organization.

A group of doctors has flown by helicopter from Tbilisi to Telavi to provide aid to a wounded policewoman.

Tourists could occasionally get under attack in the Derbent incident – the attackers' targets were servicemen, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rescuers of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have completed their search and rescue operation under the rubble of the residential house in Volgograd, which was ruined by the explosion.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been introduced today within the administrative borders of the Suleiman-Stalsky and certain sections of the Khiv District.

Three juvenile inmates of the colony located in the city of Belorechensk, Krasnodar Territory, in protest against the ban to buy cigarettes, tried to self-mutilate.

The Shali City Court of Chechnya has received the criminal case of Islam Temirsultanov, a resident of the Kurchaloy District. According to investigators, he participated in the warfare in Syria as a member of one of the illegal armed formations (IAFs).

According to various sources, the number of persons, injured during shooting in Derbent, ranges from 8 to 12 persons. There are reports that one of them died, and militaries are among the victims. According to the police of Dagestan, there were tourists among the victims.

In the conditions of the financial crisis, the Georgia's new government should provide economic development of the country and improve the welfare of the population. This was declared by Georgy Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, when he presented the programme of his Cabinet of Ministers. Among the priorities of the programme, the Georgian Prime Minister has mentioned tourism, private business, as well as active cooperation with the EU, the US, and China.

The field commander of the IS, a native of Georgia, Abu Omar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili) is little-known to the public of Northern Caucasus; and reports of his capture have caused no excitement, residents of Chechnya, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

One of the leaders of the "Islamic State" (IS), a native of Georgia, Abu Omar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili) was not detained in the course of the operation conducted by the US Special Forces, said the spokesman for the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defence (DoD).

Today, in Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced on November 24, has been cancelled. Power agents reported the completion of all their activities within the regime.

The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced Elena Arshakhanova to 5 years and 3 months, and Sayida Khalikova to 5.5 years in colony on charges of sponsoring the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), said the spokesman of the court.