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Dozens of activists with posters in support of Robert Kocharyan gathered at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the second president of Armenia is kept, and congratulated him and Armen Tavadyan, the owner of 5TV Channel on the New Year.

The photo depicting the alleged participants of the New Year's attack on the post near Magas of the road-and-patrol service (DPS) post with their knives at the background of the flag of the "Islamic State" (IS*, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) is a fake, some Facebook users assert. The attackers had been recruited by law enforcers themselves, other social network commentators have suggested.

In December 1994, many Russian citizens, who could not evacuate from the city to their relatives, fell victims to the assault of Grozny, eyewitnesses of the events of 25 years ago assert.

The Dagestan journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, has treated the arguments of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) in favour of his arrest extension as an attempt to influence the investigators' position.

Two forced migrants from Abkhazia, who demand to provide them with housing, stay for the second day in the locked building of the Ministry for Refugees, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. The protesters said they had no money to celebrate the New Year.

Law enforcers have searched the homes of the two suspects of attacking policemen in Ingushetia, as well as the Cultural Heritage Centre in Magas, where, according to law enforcers, one of the attackers had worked, sources have informed.

The interest of the antiterrorist commission of the Elbrus District in the schoolchildren, who refuse to celebrate the New Year because of their religious beliefs is inappropriate in a secular state, lawyers have noted.

The independent candidates, who have claimed violations after municipal elections in Azerbaijan, now face accusations themselves. The blogger, Mekhman Guseinov, was accused of falsifying the vote; and Rabiya Mamedova, an activist, was charged with defamation.

During the attack on policemen in Magas, Mikail Miziev was killed, whose relative committed a similar attack on policemen officers in Ingushetia in 2017, a source said. The second Magas attacker has been identified as Akhmed Imagozhev, a master of sports in arm wrestling.

The father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation in Pankisi, said that he would again set up a tent near the Georgian parliament, where the Mayoralty has already installed attractions.

According to the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", the attack on the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) post, located at the entrance to the city of Magas, the Ingush capital, committed on the eve of the New Year, was the first such incident since November 2017.

The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned the suspension from work of Shakhla Gumbatova, a well-known Azerbaijani advocate. In its joint appeal with four international human rights organizations, the IBAHRI called on the Bar Association of Azerbaijan to restore the Shakhla Gumbatova's powers.

The court refused to transfer Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik"(Draft), under house arrest and extended his detention in custody until March 13, 2020.

At a checkpoint at the entrance to Magas, law enforcers killed two attackers and wounded another one, while one of three injured law enforcers died, sources reported.

The assault on Grozny, launched by Russian militaries on December 31, 1994, was remembered by the endless shooting and awareness of the outbreak of a real war, eyewitnesses of those events told the "Caucasian Knot".

Employees of Tbilisi Mayoralty have installed children's rides and sideshows in place of dismantled tents of oppositional activists. In the morning, policemen tried to hamper activists from holding a new protest.

Theologians and law enforcers have scolded Petimat Suleimanova, a resident of Urus-Martan, for the provision of occult services, as it follows from the new plot of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). Despite the authorities' efforts, the demand for sorcerers' services is not weakening in the republic, Instagram users have stated.

Friends and colleagues of the Dagestan journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have held a series of solo pickets in his support; they intend to continue similar actions.

Ikram Ragimov, the editor-in-chief of the "Realliq.info" website, is on his dry hunger strike in protest against the pressure on him at the Azerbaijani colony, his relatives stated on December 30.

In Tbilisi, in Rustaveli Avenue, in front of the parliament building, protesters' tents have been dismantled. It caused an activists' wave of protests; nine of them were detained in clashes with policemen.