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The Russians evacuated from Syria at night of January, 23, were assigned for further residence and stay to the republics of Northern Caucasus and a number of other regions of Russia, Deputy Head of Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow Yuri Besedin reported.

Upon the results of a discussion in Strasbourg PACE adopted a resolution today in which it spoke for the presence of Monitoring mission of EU in the zone of the conflict between Russia and Georgia that took place in August of 2008.

Today the court of Central district of Sochi on the case of organization of six episodes of blasting home-made explosive devices brought a verdict of guilty to Yuri Rodygin aged 28. The resident of the city was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months of custody and a fine of 200 000 roubles.

Head of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov ordered to withdraw his order on rent of an armoured VIP-car for the government of the region, a source in the republican Administration reported.

Today ex-Head of the Department of Constitutional security of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia Levan Kardava was released on bail of 30 thousand lari (about 18 thousand dollars).

State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law allowing the regions to determine the order of election of the governors independently.

Trial on the case of the act of terror in the airport of Domodedovo in January of 2011 was continued toady in Moscow regional court. Four sufferers refused to submit lawsuits of damage compensation.

During a session of PACE President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of “imperial ambitions”. In their turn, the delegation of the Russian Federation suggested the Assembly to investigate violations of human rights in Georgia during the period of Mikhail Saakashvili’s presidency.

Ten participants of a protest action in “Bina” shopping centre in Azerbaijan held on January, 19, were made criminally liable. Arrest was selected as form of preventive punishment to them. 30 more persons underwent measures of administrative liability, a joint report of Public Prosecutor’s office and Chief department of Police of Baku runs.

Law enforcement bodies failed to find gunmen in the mountainous area of Shatoy district of Chechnya.

An unidentified person who fired upon a police “UAZ” in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan left the scene of the incident in a car belonging to a resident of the settlement of Novoselskoye, law enforcement bodies of the republic report.

Today candidate for presidency of Armenia Aram Arutiunyan, leader of “National Consent” party, declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy from the election and go on a one-day hunger strike.

Candidate for presidency of Armenia, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikyan is not going to canvass during the election race. According to him, the main goal of his participation is to secure legitimate election.

Today Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov appointed a new Minister of Finance of the republic. It is Magomed-Bashir Aushev aged 44.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on his own free will. He explained the reason of his resignation as policy disagreement with the new Government.

Today European Court of Human Rights brought a verdict on the case “Suleimanov vs. Russia” obliging the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay a compensation to the relatives of kidnapped resident of Chechnya Tamerlan Suleimanov.

During inspection of the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik as a result of which a supposed gunman was killed ammunition and a passport of Mir-Zurab Asadulagi, resident of the town of Nartkala, Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, were found, a source in law enforcement bodies told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Since today “Express” Bank in Makhachkala is deprived of the license on banking operations. The respective statement was issued by Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The question of attribution of Syrian Circassians to the category of compatriots abroad demands a thorough study with the participation of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Migration Service, officials of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (“Minregion”) consider. This was the answer to the appeal of Circassian non-governmental organization of Adygea movement “Adyge Khase – the Circassian Parliament” with a request of repatriation of the Circassians from Syria.

No less than 1225 people became victims of continued armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012, 700 out of them were killed and at least 525 got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.