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Yakha Dokaeva, an attendant of the Grozny school No. 20, has been awarded the Medal "For Distinguished Service to the Chechen Republic". In December 2014, the building of the school No. 20 was captured by members of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

The actions of the policemen, who have failed to promptly respond to the shelling of people near Naryn-Kala Fortress, do not comply with the Federal Law "On the police". This opinion has been expressed by Magomed Shamilov, the head of the law enforcers' trade union.

Gevorg Safaryan, a supporter of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia", accused of using violence to a power agent, has declared a hunger strike demanding to put him into a solitary cell.

Turkish authorities have released Aidar Suleimanov, a native of Tatarstan, earlier detained on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.

In Nalchik, law enforcers have killed two suspected militants blocked in a private house with a yard.

Konstantin Senchenko, an MP from Krasnoyarsk, has apologized to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for harsh criticism. The MP has admitted that he has changed his opinion after the "men's talk" with a "well-known person". It is still unknown whether Konstantin Senchenko was subjected to pressure.

The last hospital patient after the explosion in the nine-storey house in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd has returned home.

The Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russia's Federal Migration Service (FMS) has revoked temporary residence permits of seven Circassians – Turkish citizens, having accused them of violating the migration legislation.

In Makhachkala, at the basis of the lawsuit filed by the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications), the court has fined the "Chernovik" (Draft) for the use of the names of terrorist organizations "Imarat Kavkaz" and "Islamic State" (IS) without specifying that the both organizations are prohibited in Russia.

In Sochi, at the request of the police, pensioners had to clear the road, blocked by them in protest against the abolition of preferential passage tickets. After that, the protesters marched towards the City Mayor's Office.

The Lithuanian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office and upheld the acquittal of Egle Kusaite, a resident of Klaipeda, accused of the intention to commit a terror act in Chechnya.

The Russian citizens, whose detention was reported by Turkish law enforcers after the terror act of January 12, have claimed that they are not involved in the "Islamic State" (IS). The number of detainees includes Kamalutdin Babaev, a native of Dagestan.

Chechnya has instituted a criminal case against minor Said-Magomed Dokhtukaev, suspected of an attempt to go to Syria to take part in the combat actions. He is also charged with public calls to terrorist activity.

The MP's mandate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that belonged to Khadis Bottaev, killed in December 2015, has been handed over to businessman Talip Makitov.

The statement made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the non-systemic opposition was thoughtless and harmful for the Russian authorities. This opinion was expressed by human rights defenders. They believe such statements are dangerous and that they do not contribute to the stability in society.

Advocates of Rasul Kudaev, sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of the attack on Nalchik, claims the absence of evidence of his guilt. Rasul Kudaev himself has noted that he has never been an "amir" of militants and never met Basaev and Astemirov.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has recognized NCO "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" (CPT), which since August 2015 continued activities of the liquidated "Committee against Torture", as a foreign agent.

In the period from October to late December 2015, at least 24 people were kidnapped in Chechnya by law enforcers. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". According to the human rights defenders, one of the kidnapped persons was found dead, and the fate of six other kidnapped persons remains unknown.

An advocate of policeman Oleg Dzampaev, a defendant in the case of the death of detainee Vladimir Tskaev, has called the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia unjustified.

Investigators have filed a final version of indictment against Anzor Gubashev, arrested in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder. Anzor Gubashev has mentioned Beslan Shavanov as a person, who directly committed the murder of the politician. This was reported by advocate Musa Khadisov.