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For the period of investigation, a court in Poland has released Dashgyn Agalarov, an Azerbaijani activist, who has called the charges against him far-fetched and politically motivated, from custody. Fikret Guseinli, a "Turan" TV presenter, has noted the help of international human rights defenders in Agalarov's case.

Relatives of Archpriest, Giorgi Mamaladze, have threatened to publicize the facts discrediting the Georgian Church, should they refuse to pardon the priest. The theologians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" express doubts that the Patriarchy was interested in Mamaladze's imprisonment, but indicated that his case inflicted a serious blow to the image of the church.

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Saint Petersburg has conducted a series of checks of the "Matilda" movie by the film director, Alexei Uchitel, which in 2017 was opposed by authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus, and found no violations of the law.

On January 8, after meeting the Georgian Ombudsperson, the convicted Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze agreed to stop his hunger strike and started eating. His advocate treats his health condition as critical.

Lasha Chkhartishvili, an activist of the Labour Party, has been fined by 3000 laries (GEL) for resisting the police during his arrest on January 3, 2020. The activist himself treats ruling as politically motivated, noting that oppositionists had never been so largely fined under this article before.

On January 6, Gegam Khachatryan, a contract soldier, died at his combat post in one of Armenian military units; investigators believe that he committed suicide.

The court pronounced a decision to arrest for two months a man detained for disseminating false news about the Prime Minister of Armenia. The suspect was accused of inciting hostility.

For several months, a husband and a wife were forced to work for free at a farm not far from Karabudakhkent. Their second attempt to escape from labour slavery was successful, the movement "Alternative" reported.

Children and grandchildren of Ingush political prisoners sent dozens of drawings to the contest organized by the "Neotlozhka" (Urgent Help) public group in support of arrested participants of a rally in Magas. The authors of the drawings expressed their protest against injustice and the desire to see their relatives at large, noted relatives and friends of the contest participants and Marina Ken, a jury member.

While criticizing a statement voiced by the Chechen Mufti concerning the immortality of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov raised questions of faith, which should not be a reason for discussions, some YouTube users noted.

One of the leaders of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) instructed his subordinates to seize cars from violators of the traffic regulations and send drivers to clean up the streets.

Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "criminal.az" website, has treated the lawsuit filed against him on protection of one's honour and dignity as unjustified. Activists have stood up in his defence.

Even the admirers of Kunta-haji Kishiev disbelieve the statements of the Chechen Mufti about his immortality, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has noted.

Farzali Farzaliev, a border guard, was killed by a sniper's shot from Armenia, the Azerbaijani State Border Service (SBS) has stated, refuting the allegation about an attempt of Azerbaijani militaries' advance.

Ramzan Kadyrov has managed to inject new values into the Chechen society and establish a system of ruling that is alien to Chechen traditions. This was stated by Jonathan Littell, the author of the book about the first years of Kadyrov's Chechnya, in his interview with the "Meduza".

Armed units of Armenia have opened a warning fire in response to the engineering works performed by the Azerbaijani party, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Oppositionists have presented a list of five persons, who, in their opinion, were involved in political persecutions of activists in Georgia. The authors expect that those on the list will be banned from entering the countries of the European Union (EU).

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Ukraine is preparing to extradite a native of Chechnya to Russia, said the representative of his family. According to his version, in Russia, the man is suspected of links with militants; and his extradition is being prepared in violation of the legal procedure.

In Volgograd, people who agreed to catch the banknotes thrown by blogger Alfredo Auditore have lost their self-esteem, Internet users believe. Blogger's father Tamerlan Nosaev, the deputy envoy of the leader of Chechnya in the Volgograd Region, justified the action of his son.

Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev, who fell into a coma after a road traffic accident in Baku, began to understand what was happening around him, his spouse reported.