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The President instructed the Russian Government and the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory to attract ecologists and submit proposals on minimizing the damage to the environment while expanding recreation areas in the vicinity of Krasnaya Polyana.

The Azerbaijani Centre for Monitoring Political Prisoners has established the Award "Rights Defender of the Year". Leyla Yunus, the Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has become its first Laureate by the outcomes of 2016.

During the New Year celebrations in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, the territory, where the main New Year Tree was installed, was cordoned off; policemen conducted personal inspection and did not let people out before the end of the event, said local residents.

On January 2, Adygea marks the Memory Day of soldiers, who perished in local conflicts, within which a mourning rally was held at the memorial near the Maikop garrison.

In January, the Russian skiers Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin will be deprived of medals of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi, media report with reference to sources from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Despite the fact that, formally, there are no obstacles for migrants-Meskhetians to live and receive citizenship in Georgia, many of them face bureaucratic red tape, said the settlers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

More than two weeks have expired since the submission of a request for a medical examination of the Azerbaijani activist Fuad Akhmedli to determine if he can stay in custody. Despite the urgency of the request, investigators would not react, said the activist's advocate.

On suspicion of murdering the Ingush TV presenter Amir Kokurkhoev, the police are looking for Rizvan Kotiev, a 26-year resident of the village of Nesterovskoe. Law enforcement bodies have appealed to local residents asking to help to detain the suspect.

The death of a Russian officer Victor Emelyanov in Yerevan has been officially confirmed today by the press service of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District, stationed in Armenia.

An Azerbaijani Nurana Gasanova fell victim to the terror act committed at a nightclub in Istanbul. She had Russian citizenship; however, her body will be sent for burial to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, said the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul.

At the New Year's night law enforcers in Chechnya conducted raids over cafes and restaurants of Grozny, during which young people drinking alcohol were detained, local residents have reported.

During the week of December 26, 2016-January 1, 2017, at least 10 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The police found no signs of violence on the body of Viktor Emelyanov, the headquarters deputy chief of the Russian military base in Armenia. The body of the Russian officer was discovered in one of the Yerevan hotels.

Alvi Khakimov, a 24-year-old resident of the village of Nikolayevskaya of the Naur District, disappeared on December 21, 2016. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a relative of the disappeared man.

In Moscow, Dagestani wrestler Rasul Mirzaev was attacked after a fight between natives of Dagestan and athlete Artyom Lobov, who was supported by Rasul Mirzaev. This was reported by a friend of the attacked athlete.

According to the preliminary information, Amir Kokurkhoev, a TV presenter and the spokesman for the Sunzha District administration in Ingushetia, was killed as a result of a domestic conflict. This is reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

TV presenter Amir Kokurkhoev, the spokesman for the Sunzha District administration in Ingushetia, died in hospital from a stab wound.

The second man killed in a special operation carried out in the Novolak District of Dagestan has been identified as Magomed Sultanov, also known among the militants as Ibrakhim. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Since the beginning of 2016, an armed clash in the Novolak District has become the sixth shootout between law enforcers and militants in the territory of the Khasavyurt District and the neighbouring Districts of Dagestan. As a result of those six shootouts, one law enforcer and 11 persons declared militants or their supporters were killed, and two law enforcers were wounded.

One of the men killed today by law enforcers in the Novolak District of Dagestan has been identified as 28-year-old Anvar Gadjiev, while the second killed man has not been identified yet. Both of the suspects were members of the Khasavyurt militant grouping, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.