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The desecration of the Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow was provoked by the attack on the edition office of the "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris and the events surrounding the terror act. This opinion has been expressed by experts Orkhan Djemal, Andrei Zubov, and Lev Levinson interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In the explanatory memorandum to the bill posted on the website of the Russian State Duma, Chechen MPs note the need to strengthen responsibilities of terrorist "not only for him or herself, but first and foremost for their parents and relatives."

In the city of Gyumri, the administrative centre of the Shirak Region of Armenia, a family of six persons, including one child, was killed. Another child survived and was hospitalized, the Armenian police told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

During the week from January 5 to January 11, 2015, at least five persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, three persons were killed and two 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.

In Grozny, the school No. 20 affected during the militants' attack on the city on December 4, 2014, has resumed classes in the restored building.

In Northern Caucasus, muted reaction of Muslims to the terror act in Paris, anti-Islamic rhetoric, and in general to the problem of publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad can be explained by their fatigue over the conflict in their region.

Murad Nurmagomedov, an author of the video criticizing Muslims celebrating the New Year holiday, who was detained in Makhachkala, was charged with illegal possession of weapons. This was reported by his advocate.

As stated today by the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), within this week, Azerbaijani armed forces have violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for about 2500 times.

After January 1, Volgograd has seen a sharp rise in foodstuff prices, townspeople report. It was caused by the economic situation, mainly, by introduction of sanctions, local politicians believe.

Advocates of Evgeny Vitishko have appealed against the decision to place the ecologist in late July 2014 for three days into the punishment cell (dungeon). The defence has also prepared a complaint against the verdict to the ecologist.

Elvin Abdullaev, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained in Baku on suspicion of drug dealing. Elvin Abdullaev is persecuted for political reasons, PFPA believes.

On January 9, the day of restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), abolished after the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes in 1944, residents of Chechnya commemorated victims of Stalin's deportation.

The murder of the football player Gasan Magomedov has deeply concerned residents of Dagestan, as the fans of the "Anji" FC say in their open letter to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). They are asking the head of the ICRF to take the investigation into the case under his personal control.

Over 2014, the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture (CaT) received 112 complaints about acts of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment; four of these complaints were related to deaths of detainees, as Elchin Bekhbudov, the head of the CaT, said at a press conference, where the CaT's annual report was presented.

The Georgian parliamentary parties have supported the proposal of the non-parliamentary opposition to reform the electoral legislation and abolish the parliamentary elections by the majority system. They treat the majority system as the worst of all existing ones.

As reported by local residents, at night on January 9, in the city of Derbent, a monument to the prominent Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami was desecrated.

On the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas, the Chechen capital organized a "Christmas Tree" festivity for children of Orthodox families.

Due to a heavy snowfall and icy roads, the patrol-and-post service (PPS) has restricted motor traffic in Sochi. Residents of the city report traffic jams and delays of electric trains.

Today, builders of Olympic facilities in Sochi have stated unpaid debts for their work and asked the Russian MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) Sergey Obukhov to raise the issue at the State Duma.

Today, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has accused Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, of intent to insult Muslims, and said that "there are those who will bring Venediktov to account."