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Victoria Fursa, a native of the Rostov Region, who was put on the federal wanted list together with her husband Javid Kurugliev, a native of Dagestan, as potential suicide bombers, are in Egypt, where Kurugliev is taking his treatment. Victoria herself told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The state has paid financial aid to all the families of the persons affected by the terror acts in Volgograd. This was reported by Vladimir Stepanov, Deputy Minister for Emergencies.

In Astrakhan, law enforcers carry out investigation into the fact of the death of 23-year-old Galiya Borisenko, who died on January 5. Last summer, relatives of the young woman filed a complaint about her disappearance.

The Security Council of Ingushetia does not recommend Ingush residents to travel to the Krasnodar Territory without prior notice. This was announced by Kaloi Akhilgov, the former Press Secretary of the Ingush President.

In the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers found one more car with two dead bodies inside them. Earlier, three of the same cars with three dead bodies were found in two districts of the Stavropol Territory.

In Sochi, construction of alternative road for Kurortny Avenue caused great inconvenience: some sections of the road have no sidewalks, and roadway passes directly in front of windows of residential buildings. This was reported by local residents.

In the village of Chontaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, young man Magomed Akhbulatov disappeared. This was reported by his relative. Relatives of Magomed Akhbulatov believe that his disappearance may involve law enforcers.

Relatives of Isa Ramazanov and Ibragim Gaziev, residents of the village of Shaumyan, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, detained on suspicion of illegal drug possession, have turned to human rights activists with a complaint against the actions of power agents, who had planted, according to relatives, drugs on the detainees during searches.

As reported by The USA Today, the States have drafted a plan of evacuation of US athletes in case of an emergency or threat of terror act during the Olympic Games in Sochi.

The Northern Caucasus is among the 10 regions in the world, where military conflicts can start or continue in 2014, claims the US magazine named "Foreign Policy".

The tight security measures in Sochi kill the festive atmosphere in anticipation of the Winter Olympic Games, said Vladimir Kimaev, the leader of the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party.

Last night in the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory, a car was found, containing the body of a local resident with a gunshot wound in his head. In the morning, when investigators arrived at the scene, an explosive device was triggered there. Nobody suffered from the explosion, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation {ICRF) has reported.

Starting from January 7, two Moscow airports "Sheremetyevo" and "Vnukovo" Airports ban to transport liquids in the aircraft cabin, including personal hygiene products and medicines. This was reported by the press service of the two airports. The restriction is in force for the period of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

The city administration of Moscow is to receive a notification about the march to commemorate the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who died four years ago in the capital. The march is to be held on January 19. This was reported by the "Committee on January 19", the organizer of the action.

The Caucasian archaeological expedition of the State Museum of Oriental Art, the National Museum, and archaeologists and researchers are concerned about the fate of monuments of Meotian culture (III-I centuries BC), located in the territory of the Takhtamukai District of Adygea.

On January 7, Visit Tsoroev, the leader of the regional branch of the political party "Russia's National Security" in the Republic of Ingushetia, filed a complaint to law enforcement bodies demanding to prosecute a group of citizens who burned the Koran.

On the Christmas night, Sochi Orthodox churches were taken under enhanced guard. Parishioners noticed unusually large number of policemen on duty at the entrances to the churches. In some cases, they asked the believers to open their bags to check their contents and explained the need for such check by the interests of citizens themselves.

On January 7, in the Astrakhan Region, a female resident of Astrakhan was detained. In her summer cottage, law enforcers found and seized a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) with striking elements.

To date, the list of missing persons as a result of the Karabakh conflict makes more than 4000 people, said Sarah Eprekht, the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yerevan.

Today, believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches celebrate their Christmas. Hundreds of thousands people took part in the services, held at night on January 7 in the temples of the regions and countries of Northern and Southern Caucasus.