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Today, residents of Armenia and Georgia gathered at rallies to commemorate the casualties of the terrorist attack on the editorial board of the satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris on January 7. The attack was directed against the freedom of speech, said the participants of the events.

The calls of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company, to publish Prophet Muhammad Cartoons in response to the terror attack at the editorial board of the French satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo", make him an enemy of all Muslims, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said today.

The explosion at a police station in Istanbul was triggered by a citizen of Russia Diana Ramazova, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Turkey has reported. Two policemen were wounded; later one of them died; Ramazova also perished.

More than 120 trucks of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have brought another batch of humanitarian aid to Donetsk and Lugansk. Residents of South-Eastern Ukraine have received foodstuffs, medicines and other essentials.

Today, a resident of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in front of eyewitnesses, for unknown reasons, has committed suicide by self-immolation. The true causes of the suicide are still unknown.

The ski slope servicing workers of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resort Elbrus" have cleared the Elbrus ski area, which was closed because of a heavy snowfall.

As a result of a landslide in the Khosta District of Sochi, a barrack, which was inhabited by 20 persons, was damaged. All the tenants were evacuated. The tenants intend to seek for an independent examination of the reasons of the tragedy and receipt of appropriate compensations.

The suspension of the activity of US' National Democratic Institute (NDI) Armenian office is caused not only by financial, but also by political reasons and has to do with the decision of Armenia to join the Customs Union and the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union), Armenian experts believe.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Uruguay has issued a statement calling on the international community to recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The Armenian office of US' National Democratic Institute (NDI), operating in Armenia since 1995, suspends its operations due to financial problems, Gegam Sargsyan, the head of the office, said on January 7.

Today, a charity action "Christmas in captivity" was held at the temporary detention facility (IVS) in the Sochi district of Matsesta. Activists congratulated the detainees on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas holidays and gave gifts to them.

Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has cancelled the outcomes of the municipal elections of December 23, 2014, at one precinct, thus, making the total number of such precincts equal to three. All of them are in the Masalli District in Southern Azerbaijan.

Today, employees of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the Neklinovsky District of the Rostov Region have found a detained man with no signs of life in one of the facility cells.

Ten alleged members of warfare in Syria have been arrested in Azerbaijan. They were charged with the creation of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and participation therein.

Today, the believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches have celebrated their Christmas. The events were held under strengthened security measures.

Today, the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan have celebrated Christmas. On the night of January 7 divine services were held in the catherdrals and churches of Azerbaijan.

In 2014, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 13 people suffered from mine explosions: two of them were killed and 11 others were injured, a representative of the international humanitarian organization named "HALO Trust" told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Six cars were covered by a snow avalanche in the area of Mount Elbrus; workers rescued seven people trapped in their cars.

16 villages in the Mestia District of the Svaneti Region in Western Georgia are cut off from the outside world. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has sent help to car drivers stuck in snowdrifts.

Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training in Azerbaijan, has health problems in the colony, where he was transferred from the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) after the court rejected his appeal against the conviction, said Anar's father. The decision to transfer Mamedli to a colony remote from Baku is biased, said his advocate.