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Today, ten former pilots have held a protest action outside the Georgian President's residence in Avlabari.

On January, 29, a picket of non-governmental organization "Environmental Patrol of Stavropolye" will be held in 200th Anniversary square in order to draw public attention to the problems of protection of natural resources, i.e. the springs and forests. The action will last from 13 till 15 o'clock and, according the organizers' preliminary estimation, will gather no less than three hundred people.

"Domodedovo" international airport of Moscow where yesterday evening an information of possible presence of explosive devices was verified is currently functioning in a normal mode.

Association of noncommercial organizations in Adygea "In Defense of the Voters' Rights "Golos" ("Vote") and civil movement "Union of Slavs of Adygea" stopped an action "I did not vote" the beginning of which was announced in December, 2011.

On January, 24, attorneys of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili appealed to the Appellate court of Tbilisi in order to lodge a complaint against the judgment of the city court on the case of restoration of his Georgian citizenship.

In 2011, the human rights situation in Azerbaijan deteriorated; the government suppressed all forms of protest. This was announced by the annual report on human rights situation in the world, prepared by the International human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), which was released on January 22.

In the city of Novorossiysk of the Krasnodar Territory, Unidentified persons cut down trees, causing damage amounting to 15.5 million roubles.

A 23-year-old Sirazhudin Aliev was kidnapped by unidentified men in camouflage and masks. This was reported by Tamara Alieva, the mother of the kidnapped man, the resident of the city of Makhachkala.

Drivers of urban transport company in the city of Nalchik stopped their strike announced almost two weeks ago and began to work today.

Today, on the day of the anniversary of the terror act in the Moscow international "Domodedovo" Airport, relatives of victims gathered at the place of tragedy to honour their memory. The terror act took 38 human lives.

On January 23, the Chechen capital of Grozny hosted another protest action of the builders, who worked for Turkish Construction Companies "Penta" and "Bora Inshaat".

Today, about 50 persons came to the Embassy of France in Baku to protest against adoption by the French Senate - the upper house of the parliament - of the bill assuming punishment for negation of the genocides regarded as such by the law.

In Astrakhan, the today's court session has ruled to stop the criminal prosecution of the Deputy of the Astrakhan Region Duma Rifkat Shabanov, suspected of beating journalists and impeding their professional activities.

At least eight humans were lost and three others wounded over the past week, that is, on January 16-22, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On January, 23, the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan cancelled the limitations concerning the age of cars for their use as taxicabs. This decision was taken after the actions of protest the owners of taxis held in Baku.

On January, 23, Yasamal district court of Baku partially granted a lawsuit of Anar Mamedov, Minister of Transport of Azerbaijan, against oppositional newspapers "Eni Musavat" and "Azaglyg".

The Senate of France adopted a bill stipulating criminalization of denial of the genocides acknowledged by the laws of France, including the one of genocide of the Armenians.

During consideration of his appeal in the Supreme Court of Russia Aslan Cherkesov earlier acknowledged guilty of murder of football fan Yegor Sviridov asked the court to avoid the sentence and refer the case to a new consideration. The Supreme Court reduced his custody term from 20 to 19 years and 8 months. The verdict of guilty was confirmed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Hackers' attacks on websites of Azerbaijan state agencies; resignation of Anatoly Brovko, Governor of Volgograd Region; termination of criminal case against human rights defender Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov; first nominations for re-election of President of South Ossetia; start of election campaign for Abkhazian parliament; investigation into deaths of several babies at the Republic's Hospital in Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Representatives of the public ecological organization "Solnechny Patrul" (Solar Patrol) brought to the Essentuki office of Alexander Khloponin, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), an open letter of residents of the region named Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (Caucasian Mineral Waters) demanding to stop cutting trees on Mount Mashuk. The similar letters were sent to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.