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Armenia found itself among the ten countries, where last year the highest growth in foodstuff prices was registered. These are the findings of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Football Club "Terek" (Chechnya) has decided to refuse to cooperate with the Spanish coach Victor Munyos; Isa Baitiev was appointed as the head coach of the "Terek" FC.

After the death of Maxim Sychov, a student from Rostov-on-Don, who was killed in a fight with his fellow student and hostel neighbour - a native of Ingushetia, activists of youth organizations of the city announced creation of a public organization aimed to help in settling interethnic conflicts.

On January 14, an explosion in a cafe in the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, killed three persons; according to different sources the number of other victims varies from five to nine.

Helping people in defending their rights in Chechnya is a threat to one's life. This was stated by human rights activists and journalists at the trial "Kadyrov versus Orlov".

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania rejected the application of Egle Kusaite on publicity of her trial on charges of preparing a terror act in Russia and asking to combine her case with the one against Magmadovs, natives of Chechnya, accused of recruiting her.

The check conducted by the Investigatory Committee of the Volgograd Region found no confirmations of the fact that pupils of the orphanage were illegally placed to the mental hospital and narcology dispensary.

A new criminal case has been initiated against Sergey Tsapok and Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz, supposed leaders of the criminal gang that operated in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, on the fact of the crime committed by them in 2008, as reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation.

According to the Russian FSB, an officer of one of the military units of the Southern Military District was detained as a suspect of spying for Georgia.

On January 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh issued a comment on the statement of the Polish Embassy in Baku about the undesirability for Polish citizens to visit Nagorno-Karabakh without the permit of Azerbaijani authorities. Nagorno-Karabakh fears that other European countries may follow Poland.

In the nearest future, Shamsail Saraliev, Minister for Foreign Relations of Chechnya, will go to Lithuania to discuss the issue of return of Gataevs' children to Chechnya with the local Migration Service and the Committee on Tutorship.

The European Union welcomes release from prison of two bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade and hopes for soon release of journalist Fatullaev. This was stated today in Baku by Jose-Manuel Barroso, head of the European Commission, who answered local journalists' question about his satisfaction with the state of democracy in Azerbaijan.

Yesterday, on January 13, law enforcers found a knapsack with firearms and ammunition at the railway station in Beslan.

As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, an ethnical Armenian, who had no registration in Russia, tried to commit suicide in the reception office of the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

Today in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, an explosion in a cafe killed four persons and wounded five more, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation reports.

The active phase of the special operation is over in Makhachkala. Three persons were killed, including a woman. Two of them have been identified. The casualties are suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), as reported by the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC).

In Dagestan, where under Decree of President Dmitri Medvedev the ban on acquisition of land as property by foreign nationals was introduced in 18 municipal formations, no land plots from the federal ownership had ever been sold to foreigners.

Fourteen NGOs and political parties of the republic issued a joint statement expressing their concern about the local socio-political situation.

None of organized supporters of "Spartak" has any attitude to the action to be held on January 15 in Kronshtadt Boulevard in memory of Yegor Sviridov, who was murdered here at night on December 6, 2010. This was announced by Yegor Petrov, advisor of the director general of the Moscow-based "Spartak" Football Club. However, young people in Moscow and St Petersburg are already preparing for the action.

The authorities of the capital have allowed holding - on January 19 in the city centre - a march and a rally in memory of the lawyer and rights defender Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. This was announced on January 13 by the press service of the Moscow Mayor and Government.