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The Armenian authorities use the police to intimidate their political opponents, and such a phenomenon is typical for authoritarian countries. This was reported by human rights defenders and lawyers at the press conference held in Yerevan on January 13.

During the past day, the situation on the contact line of armed forces was relatively calm. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The number of cases of acute respiratory diseases has decreased from 855 down to 799. Meanwhile, 14 people are connected to artificial respiration units, and eight of them are diagnosed with the swine influenza virus (H1N1). This was reported by the Armenian Ministry of Health of.

In the Rostov Region, border guards have detained a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB Department for the Rostov Region. The headquarters for the special operation of Ukrainian power agents in Donbas has reported on the launch of an internal investigation in connection with the detention of the Ukrainian contractor soldier by Russian border guards.

During the hunger strike, Nadezhda Savchenko has lost 15 kilograms, and her health state raises concerns. This was reported by advocates of the Ukrainian aviator. The advocates expect that the verdict against Nadezhda Savchenko will be pronounced in February, and they have decided to speed up the trial.

In the Dagestani village of Kvanada, soldiers do not enter houses and yards; however, they take firewood from villagers' places without their permission. This was reported by a local resident. According to him, law enforcers also prohibit local residents to approach the school and the kindergarten.

In Antalya, Russian citizens have been detained during the antiterrorist special operation carried out after the terror act in Istanbul. The information has been confirmed by the Russian General Consulate in Antalya.

Natiq Kerimov, one of the elders of the Baku village of Nardaran, who had been arrested on the charge of treason, pleaded partly guilty. This was reported by his advocate Eiyub Alekperov. He has also noted that Natiq Kerimov is under medical supervision.

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.

Stavropol journalist Andrei Busygin, who stopped contacting his relatives on December 30, 2015, is found in Krasnodar. According to the police, he went there by his own decision.

In Armenia, the death toll of swine influenza has reached ten persons. At present, 81 patients stay at the resuscitation ward.

On January 11, Magomed Abdulkhalikov, the leader of the Tsumada armed grouping of the armed underground, who was in the federal wanted list, was killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Dagestani village of Kvanada. This was reported by the information resource of militants.

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.

The authorities of the Volgograd Region have reported on readiness of documents for the resettlement of 67 families from the house in Cosmonauts Street deprived of housing as a result of an explosion.

In the town of Siyazan in the north of Azerbaijan, clashes occurred between policemen and participants of protest actions against rising prices and unemployment. Some protestors were detained.

In the case of reclassification of the case of shelling of people in Derbent, victims can receive financial assistance from the state. This was noted by advocate Zaurbek Sadakhanov. According to Ruslan Magomedov, the militants' claim on responsibility for the shelling speaks in favour of the demand voiced by the victims.

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.

The Russian General Prosecutor's Office has dismissed the request of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Ukraine for the extradition of Khaiser Djemilev, who is sentenced in the Krasnodar Territory and who is a son of Mustafa Djemilev, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. This was reported by advocate Nikolai Polozov.

On January 12, in Gyumri, people held a commemorative event in connection with the anniversary of the killing of the Avetisyan family members. Relatives of the Avetisyan family and politicians have voiced the need to carry out hearings on the case in the building of the Armenian court. They believe it depends on the venue of the trial whether the public will know the truth of the case.

On January 13, Georgi Mgebrishvili, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), will explain the reasons for resignation of his deputies David Khutsishvili and Temur Mgebrishvili.