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Two persons, seriously wounded by gunfire in the area of the Naryn-Kala Fortress, have been discharged from hospital. Another one is recovering after a surgery, but there are no fears for his life, the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Health has reported today.

The convicted activist Yke Kyuregyan continues his hunger strike as he feels bad in a cell with other inmates because of their constant smoking, said Arthur Sakunts, the chairman of the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, who is representing the interests of the activist.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov will be approved for his third term in office, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. According to their version, it will happen regardless of whether he will be elected directly by citizens of Chechnya, or by local MPs.

The apartment building in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd, damaged by an explosion will be removed by disassembling the structure; the respective order was signed today by the Governor of the region. The version of a directed explosion was rejected by experts because of the densely built-up surrounding area.

At the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport, law enforcers have detained a man, suspected of disorderly conduct with the use of an explosive device, which injured five persons. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

In the regions of southern Russia, rituals of Epiphany bathing in the numerous font basins were held without incidents. On the bank of a number of water reservoirs, field kitchens and heating points were equipped for believers. Their security was controlled by law enforcers, rescue teams of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), and doctors.

Court hearings in the criminal case against Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, citizens of Ukraine, accused of involvement in the combat actions in the territory of Chechnya, have been postponed for an indefinite period of time. At the request of his advocate, Stanislav Klykh is to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination.

At the trial in the criminal case against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko, the court of the Rostov Region has questioned a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a witness.

Evgeny Bobrov, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council on Human Rights (HRC), has noted that he had instructed his colleagues from the HRC to collect all the public statements made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his subordinates (including Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament) against the opposition.

An appeal of the Petersburg Deputy Maxim Reznik with a request to check Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the non-systemic opposition for extremism has been sent to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and made public. Reznik has also proposed to restrict the access to the website of the Chechen administration.

Fariz Namazly, the advocate of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, has received a notification from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the start of the communication with the Azerbaijani government on Khadija's complaints about interference with her privacy and defamation in local mass media.

In Rostov-on-Don, power agents have detained a man and three young women, suspected of preparing an explosion. In a private house, where the operation was conducted, they found explosives and extremist literature.

The operative headquarters for Dagestan has made a decision to cancel the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced on January 11 in the village of Kvanada, the Tsumadin District.

Today, the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has begun considering the case of Levon Airapetyan, an entrepreneur of Armenian origin, accused of embezzling 700,000 US dollars from the mother of the ex-senator from Bashkortostan Igor Izmestiev.

Protests against price rise in three cities of Azerbaijan; special operation in Nalchik; protest actions of Kuban pensioners against abolition of privileges for public transports, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the Azerbaijani town of Siyazan, an adviser to the leader of the oppositional "Musavat" Party is released on recognizance not to leave several hours after his detention by the police.

On January 17, tenants of the house in Volgograd, destroyed by an explosion, held a meeting, stating that the authorities would not respond to their appeals and requests.

Truck drivers have gathered in Dagestani village of Manaskent and voted for the creation of the national union of heavy truck drivers, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

During the week of January 11-17, 2016, at least six persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four persons were killed, and two 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.

In Makhachkala, activists have encountered in a hospital a 59-year-old man, who claims that he had spent the past seventeen years in slavery at a brick factory in Dagestan. This was reported by volunteers of the movement "Alternative".