The website Ichkeria.info reported that a cleansing operation were conducted by the invader accomplices in the Russian occupied Chechnya.

Twenty-five years of war around the world are on display at a new exhibit in Washington, DC, called the “War Zone”.

In a small courtroom in Moscow, friends of Natalya K. Estemirova crowded onto wooden benches, clasping photographs of her. It was 16 months after the murder of Ms. Estemirova, a renowned human rights advocate in the tumultuous region of Chechnya, and now the legal system was taking action.

According to local sources, a male resident of Russian occupied Chechnya’s Vedeno district was abducted by armed bandits from the puppet regime.

The German newspaper “Die Welt” published an observation which was written by their Moscow correspondent, who was recently visited Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

Waynakh Online received notification that on December 22nd, a female resident of Ingushetia was abducted by Russian security forces in North Ossetia.

On December 22nd, Finland’s Supreme Court issued a legal opinion to the Finnish Ministry of Justice related to the extradition request of Russia for a Chechen asylum seeker K. They found no basis for the extradition demand.

According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Shamsuddin Batukayev’s relatives have asked Ramzan Kadyrov to assist in Batukayev’s return to Chechnya.

According to the German-Caucasian Society, there will be a Chechen cultural evening with participation by Chechen refugees in Germany on December 27, 2010 in Berlin.

According to the Human Rights Center “Memorial”, relatives of those serving sentences in penal colonies have been in touch with them recently to complain about the ongoing poor treatment.

On December 23, 2010, a resident of the town of Malgobek in the Republic of Ingushetia, Lyubov Khusenovna Tankiyeva applied with a written statement to the office of Human Rights Center “Memorial” in Nazran about her son’s situation.

The Austrian press agency APA reported that a Chechen family is at risk for deportation. A regional political party leader has asked authorities to grant residence to the family on humanitarian grounds.

According to the Polish website Onet.pl, world champion in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), 30- year old Chechen, Mamed Khalidov received Polish citizenship on December 21st.

The Dubai Court of Appeals has slashed the sentences of the men convicted of assassinating a Chechen collaborator of Russian invaders in Chechnya, Sulim Yamadayev, in Dubai from life in prison to three years.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) notified two judgements with regard to Chechnya. The cases were about the abduction of a Chechen man and inefficiently investigating the death of two Chechen children in a missile attack.

The UN refugee agency has joined forces with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to launch a project that should ease the socio-economic integration of Chechen refugees in a poverty-stricken corner of Georgia as well as benefit their host communities. The project, in the Pankisi Gorge region, could become a model for other operations.

According to local sources, a resident was killed and another one was abducted by Kadyrovites in Russian occupied Chechnya.

According to the website Kavkaz-Uzel, Ramzan Kadyrov might have been involved in organizing attempts against his own dissidents. He also threatened Natalya Estemirova, the witnesses testified on December 16th at the trial of the head of Memorial Human Rights Center, Oleg Orlov. Orlov is accused of slandering Kadyrov.

According to the Turkish news agency IHA, a 10-year old Chechen asylum seeker lost his life under a garbage truck, which was driving the wrong way in the Basaksehir district of Istanbul.

According to local sources, a resident of Stavropol was abducted during a joint operation by gang members from puppet regime in Chechnya and the Russian FSB.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights notified two judgements against Russian Federation and decided that Russia is responsible for abduction and presumed death of two young men in Chechnya.

The Turkish humanitarian organization, “Imkan-Der” reported that Shamsuddin Batukayev was arrested by Turkish police on December 8, 2010 in Istanbul. Since then he has been held in the Kumkapi Foreign Branches building.