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This morning lieutenant colonel of police Anatoly Bukin who was shot at by an unidentified person died in the resuscitation unit of Nalchik.

European Court of Human Rights took cognizance of the claim submitted by lawyers Tatiana Okushko and Musa Pliev who participated in the case of blasting “Nevsky express” train concerning torture on the defendants during investigation.

“Sberbank of Russia” assumed responsibility for payment of insurance compensation to the depositors of “Express” bank of Dagestan that went bankrupt, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent was told in the Endowment insurance agency.

Disturbances in the Azerbaijani city of Ismailly; anniversary of the terror act in the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport; celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad and death of militants' leaders Gakaev brothers in Chechnya; acknowledgement by the Moscow City Court of the verdict to Rasul Mirzaev as legitimate; recall of licence from the major in Dagestan "Express"; demand of Cossacks in Rostov-on-Don to recognize them as a nation; resignation of Mayor of Akhtubinsk in Astrakhan Region, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 21-27, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today Ramazan Abdulatipov acting as Head of the republic since recently declared that he intended to fight against corruption, unemployment and solve the problem of security in Dagestan.

This morning two families, six persons all in all, who were evacuated from Syria at night of January, 23, arrived from Moscow to Nalchik by train, Anzor Kurashinov, Head of the Department of the affairs of repatriates of the Ministry of mass media, non-governmental and religious organizations of Kabardino-Balkaria, reported.

Today candidates for presidency of Armenia Grant Bagratyan, Raffi Ovannisyan and Paruir Airikyan issued a statement demanding from the authorities to produce the register of electors who left the country in order to avoid the use of their votes at the election of Head of the state.

Georgian oppositional party “United National Movement” refused to take part in public hearings devoted to consideration of amendments to the Constitution initiated by coalition the “Georgian Dream”.

On January, 25, residents of the Armenian settlement of Megradzor dissatisfied with construction of gold ore processing workshop in the territory of the settlement held an action of protest near the President’s residence in Yerevan.

SOCAR state oil company of Azerbaijan prolonged the term of a contract on development of condensate deposit “Shakh-Deniz” till 2036, Vice-president of SOCAR Elshad Nasirov informed.

On January, 25, the court in Vladikavkaz prolonged anaesthetist Marat Gunashev’s custody term till April, 27, the detainee’s attorney Zaur Magomedov informed.

Two explosions happened in the town of Derbent, Dagestan: one under a car and the other at the entrance of a dwelling house. No one got injured.

On January, 26, about 700 Cossacks held a meeting in Rostov park named after Sobino demanding to acknowledge them a nation. Representatives of Don and Terek Cossacks took part in the action.

Today actions of protest organized by an unregistered party “New Force” under a joint slogan “Stavropol region is no Caucasus” whose participants demanded separation of Stavropol region from North-Caucasian Federal Okrug and toughening migration regime there concerning natives of North-Caucasian republics and the countries of Central Asia passed off in a number of towns of Russia.

The drivers of minibuses in Tbilisi decided to suspend transportation causing problems with passenger traffic for the transport network in the capital of Georgia.

A confrontation between participants of an unauthorized protest action in support of residents of Ismailly and the police in the centre of Baku resulted in mass detentions of the participants. The names of 41 detainees are known.

On January, 24, the day of an anniversary of a decree of Organizational Bureau of RCP (b) (Russian Communist party of Bolsheviks) “On decossackization” the Cossacks sent a message to the President with a demand to acknowledge them a nation.

The municipal authorities of Nevinnomyssk and Stavropol did not authorize meetings within the framework of the action initiated by nationalist organizations “Stavropol region is no Caucasus!”. The organizers declared that they would come out all the same.

On January, 24, Caesar Chocheli, ex-Governor of Mtskheta-Tianeti district (Eastern Georgia), was detained for suspicion of financial malpractice, in particular, money laundering, a representative of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia reported. A charge is expected to be officially brought against Chocheli today.

Leader of a paramilitary group (PMG) under the alias of “Pilek” was killed in the mountains of Chechnya during a special operation together with Gakaev brothers, Head of Chechnya declared.