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In the Chechen town of Shali, three local residents were detained on suspicion of involvement in the armed underground. They have confessed to be members of a grouping led by Imran Datsaev. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.

The main tasks of a grouping of militants, neutralized on January 11, were to capture a tank unit and to attack the village of Khankala. This was reported by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Today, the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD has reported that the statement made by the Azerbaijani MoD about killing of Azerbaijani soldier Fikret Bashirov in the Karabakh conflict zone does not correspond to reality.

Resignation of the head of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov; clash in the Chechen village of Tsotsi-Yurt and subsequent special operation; attack on "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 9-15, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Garik Vardanyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, wounded under the shelling from the Azerbaijani side, died at a hospital in Yerevan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Odessa Court of Appeal has pronounced the decision to grant refugee status to Pyotr Lyubchenkov. The opposition activist has reported about this on his Facebook page.

During the week of January 9-15, 2016, seven persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A resident of Nazran, suspected of a murder, has been detained and taken to a SIZO (pre-trial prison). The conflict occurred when the man suspected his son of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), reports a source from the regional law enforcement bodies.

In Makhachkala, a gathering was held after a special vehicle broke down a wall in a private household, built on a land plot by residents of Separatorny village. Participants of the gathering accuse representatives of a local mosque of demolition of the wall.

Azerbaijani soldier Fikret Bashirov was killed during shelling from the Armenian side. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The Ingush leader has instructed the migration service together with the law enforcement bodies to carry out raids on construction sites, labour exchanges, and markets to detect illegal migrants, including suspected recruiters of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia.

Imran Datsaev, detained on January 14 in Grozny, is linked with the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia. Last autumn, Imran Datsaev killed a policeman by order of the terrorists. This was reported by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

The suspected militant, who managed to escape after the armed clash in the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, has been detained. The detention of two members of the grouping in Kabardino-Balkaria is also reported.

Georgian authorities should agree with Russia on holding a UNESCO monitoring in Abkhazia to prevent the destruction of historical monuments. This was stated by the Georgian Patriarchate in its comment on the construction works underway near the church in the village of Tsebelda.

A female resident of the Lankaran District of Azerbaijan was hospitalised after, according to her, she was tortured by power agents. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refuted her statement and reported that the woman confessed of committing a crime.

Law enforcers have not warned residents of the capital of Dagestan about the exercises conducted today in the area of the television centre, Makhachkala residents report.

Russian authorities must stop the uncontrolled growth of utility tariffs in the Volgograd Region, as local residents have nowhere to cut costs. This was stated by the author and signatories to the petition posted on the Internet and addressed to Russian President and Prime Minister.

Islam Shogenov, treated by prosecutors as a member of a militant grouping, which had planned to establish a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was unable to make an attempt on the colonel, said his mother. She presented the evidence to the court that before the attempt her son was busy preparing for the wedding, and on the day the crime he was at the higher school.

On January 13, at a rally of residents of the village of Tsotsi-Yurt, relatives of the detained suspected militants publicly repented for the actions of young people. It was decided not to evict the relatives from the village, but the villagers were warned that in the future militants' families will be sent out from the territory of the republic, the participants of the rally have reported.

The weightlifter Khadjimurat Akkaev from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is temporally suspended from competitions after a re-analysis of his doping sample taken at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing proved to be positive. This was reported by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).