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Investigators have unreasonably closed the case of beatings at a sitting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, said Sona Agekyan, an activist of the "Apricot Country" Party. Another participant of the incident, Marina Khachatryan, said that she forgave the offenders.

A domestic gas explosion occurred on January 16 at about 8:20 p.m. in a nine-storey building in the Didi Digomi District in the outskirt of Tbilisi.

The investigator would not agree with the statement of Robert Kocharyan's advocates, who believe that the second president of Armenia cannot be charged under an article that was not in the country's Criminal Code in 2008.

The Mayoralty of the city of Shakhty has announced today the mourning day for those who perished in the explosion of the domestic gas in an apartment building. Townspeople came to the venue of the accident to hold a civil memorial service.

The performance in Dagestan, scheduled for January 19, can be disrupted because of the statements voiced by "anti-fans of Egor Kreed", reports today Russian singer Sasha Project.

To help her son living in France, a woman from Achkhoi-Martan tried to send him a fake medical certificate about his alleged beating by Chechen law enforcers, reported the Chechen State TV and Radio Company (ChGTRK) "Grozny" on January 15. The woman herself and her relatives apologized to the authorities of the republic on the air of the TV Channel.

On the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled, including in two villages, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

A case against a resident of Chechnya, accused of killing a female taxi driver from North Ossetia and robbery, was brought to court. Representatives of the Chechen religious figures and relatives of the defendant travelled to North Ossetia and conducted a ceremony of reconciliation with the family of the killed taxi driver, reported a source from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya.

In Shakhty, rescuers found the body of the fifth victim of a house collapse and completed search and rescue operations, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

At least 14 activists went on a hunger strike with the demand to release all political prisoners in Azerbaijan. On January 15, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and political prisoner Orkhan Bakhyshly were the last who joined the activists.

A car was fired at the centre of the Georgian capital. Two wounded men were taken to hospitals.

Family members of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation, accused the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia of violating his right to presumption of innocence.

More than 100 people came to the Baku Court on Grave Crimes to support members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) accused of money laundering. The police dispersed supporters of the defendants and detained 13 people.

A young man, who left Northern Caucasus, called on all LGBT people to leave Chechnya and appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov.

Adam Khamkhoev, a Police Junior Lieutenant, who was wounded during the shelling of the car of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush "E" Centre (Centre for Combating Extremism), has been taken to the Chechen city of Khankala, where it was decided to transport him to Moscow for further treatment.

In Shakhty, under the ruins at the place of explosion in a nine-storey building, rescuers found two more bodies. So, the death toll from the explosion increased to four persons. The fate of one more tenant still remains unknown.

In 2018, 38 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army were killed in the line of duty, and other 25 casualties were not related to the military service, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has reported today.

The court dismissed the request of the Oyub Titiev's defence to attach to the case file the materials refuting the testimonies given by witnesses for the prosecution. Advocates pointed to the creation of unequal conditions for the parties to the trial. Oyub Titiev himself stated that the above materials should have been collected by the Prosecutor's Office.

The ceasefire regime in the conflict zone was violated, and Azerbaijani positions in two villages came under fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

Activists have suspended their actions demanding to change the court decision on release on bail of General Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP. If Nikol Pashinyan, the chair of the government, does not meet the activists within three days, the protest actions will be resumed, says a representative of the protesters.