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The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that militants in Syria, including fighters from Northern Caucasus, receive assistance from the territory of Turkey. The Turkish media report about the detention of 33 people, who tried to join the grouping "Islamic State" (IS), including a female citizen of Russia.

Persons wounded in the shelling of Derbent are in need of financial assistance. This was claimed by victims and their relatives. According to them, during the first hours after the shelling, law enforcers did not dare to go up to the observation deck, and at the hospital, relatives of victims had to buy the necessary medicines.

An advocate of the Nemtsov family members of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has filed a complaint to the Moscow City Court about the refusal to oblige investigators to investigate the case under Article "attempt on the life of a state or public figure".

Andrei Busygin, a freelance journalist, whose whereabouts is unknown since December 31, was not employed by the "STV" TV Channel. This was reported by the spokesperson of the "STV" TV Channel.

In Volgograd, the multi-storey building collapsed in the explosion will not be demolished through blasting. This was reported by an official of the administration of the Volgograd Region.

In the Dagestani village of Kvanada, local residents state that they still do not experience any restrictions in the area of counterterrorist operation. According to the locals, a special operation is being carried out in a small area only, and the village is not completely cordoned off.

In the Caspian Sea, a rescue team has found the body of the 11th oilman, who died in a fire on the platform of the Azerbaijani oil field "Gunashli" in December 2015.

Informants, who help solve the murder of MP Khadis Bottaev, the chief physician of the Republican Clinical Hospital in Kabardino-Balkaria, will receive rewards both from relatives of the killed man and from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In the village of Kvanada of the Tsumada District of Dagestan, law enforcers are searching for accomplices of Magomed Abdulkhalikov, killed in a shootout. This was reported by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). According to the law enforcers, one of the militants was wounded.

Christmas celebrations by Orthodox believers; bad weather, which caused a number of emergencies in Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus; increase in SARS and influenza incidence in Armenia; CBA's decision to change currency exchange rules; photo exhibition "Images of Old and New Sochi" in the resort city, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 4-10, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Volgograd, tenants of the multi-storey buildings destroyed by an explosion have abandoned the plans to create a public movement and a public organization to protect their rights. They have delegated the protection of their interests to the initiative group created earlier.

On January 9, on the 20th anniversary of the armed attack on Kizlyar committed on January 9, 1996, which killed more than 70 people, the city held memorial events. The regional museum has opened an exhibition presenting the personal belongings of the casualties.

During the week from January 4 to January 10, 2016, no victims were fixed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Armenia, the special investigating service is preparing the materials on the basis of complaints filed by six supporters of the "New Armenia", including arrested Gevorg Safaryan. According to the complaints, during the New Year's incident in Freedom Square, policemen went beyond their official authority and used force.

On January 8, the court arrested Gadjimurad Gazichilov, a resident of Makhachkala, whose disappearance was earlier reported by his relatives. He is suspected of illegal possession of firearms and is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), said a police source from the city of Buynaksk.

The motor traffic on the section Tlyarata-Makhachkala in Dagestan is completely reopened; however, the risk of avalanches in the mountains is still present, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

Inglab Kerimov, a citizen of Azerbaijan, living in France, is spreading on the Internet calls for terrorist activities within the "Islamic State" (IS), said the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). Kerimov is a cousin of the chairman of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Ali Kerimli.

Rescuers have completed the evacuation of 90 fishermen from a separated ice floe in the Yeisk Estuary. According to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), nobody suffered.

The decision of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) to set a corridor of currency exchange rates at 4% has led to a mass suspension of currency exchange offices and commercial banks. People stand in lines at those, which continue working, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

During the Christmas holidays, activists of the NGO "Mercy to Those Facing Trial" held meetings with detainees in two temporary detention facilities (known as IVS) in Sochi. Activists congratulated the detainees and presented gifts to them.