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Investigators have filed a final version of indictment against Anzor Gubashev, arrested in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder. Anzor Gubashev has mentioned Beslan Shavanov as a person, who directly committed the murder of the politician. This was reported by advocate Musa Khadisov.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has launched an investigation into the criminal case on abuse of power with violence resulting in the death in the Chelyabinsk penal colony of Sultan Israilov, a sentenced native of Chechnya.

Lawyers of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture have sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the benefit of Murad Amriev, a resident of Chechnya, who claimed being kidnapped and tortured by law enforcers. The human rights defenders also seek to achieve an effective investigation at the national level.

Kusama Maskhadova, a widow of Aslan Maskhadov, a Chechen militant leader, has got a Russian passport and returned home. This was reported by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. A source from the Chechen law enforcement bodies has noted that Kusama Maskhadova may stay in the Nadterechny District, where her relatives live.

An advocate of the Nemtsov family members of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has filed a complaint to the Moscow City Court about the refusal to oblige investigators to investigate the case under Article "attempt on the life of a state or public figure".

On January 9, on the 20th anniversary of the armed attack on Kizlyar committed on January 9, 1996, which killed more than 70 people, the city held memorial events. The regional museum has opened an exhibition presenting the personal belongings of the casualties.

Two staff members of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were dismissed after residents of Chechnya had disseminated in social networks a video which depicted the policemen while drinking beverages in a passenger car.

The "Imarat Kavkaz" is disoriented at the background of its rivalry with the "Islamic State" (IS), said the experts, who commented on Zalim Shebzukhov's appeal to militants to return to the "Imarat Kavkaz".

Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev, accused of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, have stated at interrogations that before February 27, 2015, they had twice tried to assassinate him, the "Rosbalt" reports today referring to the defendants' testimonies.

During the week of December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016, at least fifteen persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four persons were killed, and eleven others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

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.