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Kalsyn Akkaziev, a native of Dagestan, states that he is persecuted by law enforcers of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, where he lived before 2012. According to Akkaziev, he was put on the operative wanted list as a potential terrorist; therefore, he is afraid of provocations. The police of Yugra deny that Akkaziev had been put on the wanted list.

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Hungary has received a letter containing the terrorist threats on the eve of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was reported today by Zsolt Borkai, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Hungary.

American and Sochi media report on four wanted female suicide bombers who are allegedly willing to blow themselves up during the Olympic Games in Sochi. The orientation report describing one of them has been disseminated on blogs in last August: it was reported that the potential female suicide bomber is in North Ossetia and that she can commit a terror act in one of the Russian cities. Internet users note the contradictions in the disseminated orientation reports.

Imprisoned natives of Northern Caucasus, who are serving their sentences in the penal colony No. 7 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) Department for the Republic of Mordovia, complain about oppressions on a national basis committed by the administration of the penitentiary institution.

On January 21, in Baku, members of NGOs and opposition parties of Azerbaijan met PACE Co-Rapporteurs Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora and Joseph Debono Gresh. Civil society activists and oppositionists have expressed their dissatisfaction with the attitude of the PACE Co-Rapporteurs, who, according to the activists, were trying to smooth the problems and shortcomings existing in the country.

Judge Yulia Rogova from the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has found Igor Stenin, one of the organizers of the "People's Assembly" in Astrakhan guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced him to an administrative fine in the amount of 1000 roubles.

The operational headquarters to eliminate the consequences of the disaster that struck the city of Krasnodar has made the decision to introduce an emergency regime. Public utility services do not make any predictions on the timing for the restoration of life support systems.

In Sochi, residents of Vishnevy Lane claim that, starting from January 9, electricity supply is being cut off in their houses for 12 and more hours. "Kubanenergo" spokesman has reported that the cable line in the area is damaged and that a diesel generator would be connected in the nearest future.

Today, Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" for the Rostov Region, has been arrested for 15 days in Rostov-on-Don. The opposition member announced a hunger strike.

The prosecution of Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov has to do with redistribution of spheres of influence in Dagestan, said the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the morning on January 20, the 105th day of the Olympic Torch Relay began in Volgograd, where the end of last December was marked by explosions at the railway station and in a trolleybus. The Relay was held at minus 20 degrees Centigrade, and with very few spectators.

In the village of Ashaga-Stal of the Suleiman-Stal District of Dagestan, FSB combat engineers have defused a radio-controlled improvised explosive device (IED).

In Russia, the year of 2013 was marked by the attack on civil society and the critics of the Kremlin, launched by the authorities in the previous year. This was stated in the section devoted to the Russian Federation in the world report of the organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

Four oppositional parties of Armenia have addressed the Constitutional court for recognition of the new Law "On Mandatory Accumulative Pension System" as unconstitutional and for suspension of the law until the final decision.

Adygea began to hold events to mark the Year of Sorrow, announced by the Maikop city organization "Adyge Khase-Circassian Council" in connection with the 150th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War.

On January 18, investigators from the Centre to combat extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia conducted a search in the household of Soslan Boradzov, Imam of the Beslan Mosque. This was reported by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of North Ossetia.

Residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba are dissatisfied that they are not informed about the enforcement of the order of Russian President about compact resettlement of their village to the Magaramkent District of Dagestan.

On January 20, in Astrakhan, at the entrance to the building of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Lotos", activist Mikhail Anisenko held a solo picket to protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.

In Rostov-on-Don, the police disseminated orientation reports on three female natives of Dagestan, which, according to the operational information, can commit a terror act on the day of the Olympic Torch Relay in the city.

The grouping "Ansar al-Sunna", which claimed responsibility for the terror acts in Volgograd, was not earlier known for its actions in Northern Caucasus. This opinion was expressed by Alexei Malashenko. Akhmed Yarlykapov believes that the statement suggests serious transformations in the environment of the armed underground.