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In the morning, policemen were attacked 5 km from the village of Uchkeken of the Malokarachay District. According to law enforcers, the policemen tried to stop a car and were shelled from it.

Tonight, Residents of Nardaran gathered for a spontaneous rally in Imam Hussein Square in the centre of the village, one of the locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They start to erect barricades and demand to release their fellow villagers detained by power agents.

Today, in the village of Nardaran, which is located 25 kilometres off Baku, clashes broke out between policemen and believers. Four members of the movement "Muslim Unity" and two policemen were killed, law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan report. Talekh Bagirzade, a Shiite theologian, was detained.

In Dagestan, power agents completed their counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Tabasaran District, a source from the republic's operative headquarters has reported.

In Kalmykia, the protest action started by prisoners of the penal colony No. 1, who went on a hunger strike after the death of prisoner Dmitry Batyrev, lasted about one day. This was reported by the Public Oversight Commission (POC) for Kalmykia.

Today, Mark Feigin, the advocate of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, said that in relation to her sister, Vera Savchenko, a criminal case has been opened for contempt of court.

This time, the well-known ecologist from the Krasnodar Territory Evgeny Vitishko is holding his protest against the Tambov Regional Prosecutor's Office, which has appealed against the decision to commute his punishment.

Today the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has rejected the appeal complaint lodged by journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

At the national gathering held in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov has made a statement concerning the responsibility of parents for their children's actions in view of the need to combat extremism and terrorism. Local residents fear that the Ramzan Kadyrov's statements can result in severe consequences.

The lawyer Alexander Popkov has reported that he had received an investigator's notification that Professor Mikhail Savva would face a new charge of fraud. According to Popkov, the defence is not allowed to study the case files.

Mukhtar Kurbanov, the head of the village of Teletl, who was killed on November 21, used to work at the law enforcement bodies, and he received threats from militants. This was reported by a resident of the village of Teletl. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the crime could be motivated by revenge in connection with the Mukhtar Kurbanov's service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In Kalmykia, the investigating authorities have reported on the detention of a suspect in the case of the death of prisoner Dmitry Batyrev at the Elista penal colony.