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In Makhachkala, at the basis of the lawsuit filed by the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications), the court has fined the "Chernovik" (Draft) for the use of the names of terrorist organizations "Imarat Kavkaz" and "Islamic State" (IS) without specifying that the both organizations are prohibited in Russia.

In Sochi, at the request of the police, pensioners had to clear the road, blocked by them in protest against the abolition of preferential passage tickets. After that, the protesters marched towards the City Mayor's Office.

The Lithuanian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office and upheld the acquittal of Egle Kusaite, a resident of Klaipeda, accused of the intention to commit a terror act in Chechnya.

The Russian citizens, whose detention was reported by Turkish law enforcers after the terror act of January 12, have claimed that they are not involved in the "Islamic State" (IS). The number of detainees includes Kamalutdin Babaev, a native of Dagestan.

Chechnya has instituted a criminal case against minor Said-Magomed Dokhtukaev, suspected of an attempt to go to Syria to take part in the combat actions. He is also charged with public calls to terrorist activity.

The MP's mandate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that belonged to Khadis Bottaev, killed in December 2015, has been handed over to businessman Talip Makitov.

The statement made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the non-systemic opposition was thoughtless and harmful for the Russian authorities. This opinion was expressed by human rights defenders. They believe such statements are dangerous and that they do not contribute to the stability in society.

Advocates of Rasul Kudaev, sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of the attack on Nalchik, claims the absence of evidence of his guilt. Rasul Kudaev himself has noted that he has never been an "amir" of militants and never met Basaev and Astemirov.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has recognized NCO "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" (CPT), which since August 2015 continued activities of the liquidated "Committee against Torture", as a foreign agent.

In the period from October to late December 2015, at least 24 people were kidnapped in Chechnya by law enforcers. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". According to the human rights defenders, one of the kidnapped persons was found dead, and the fate of six other kidnapped persons remains unknown.

An advocate of policeman Oleg Dzampaev, a defendant in the case of the death of detainee Vladimir Tskaev, has called the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia unjustified.

Investigators have filed a final version of indictment against Anzor Gubashev, arrested in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder. Anzor Gubashev has mentioned Beslan Shavanov as a person, who directly committed the murder of the politician. This was reported by advocate Musa Khadisov.

The North-Caucasus Military District Court has sentenced a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia to three years of imprisonment for plans to join IS militants in Syria.

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.