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Volgograd policemen are searching for a man who opened fire in a trolleybus from his traumatic pistol and wounded a passenger.

The official Baku and members of religious communities of Azerbaijan have condemned the terror act in Paris. At the same time, Muslim scholars in Azerbaijan express their concern about possible incitement to Islamophobia.

Today, a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs has informed the "Caucasian Knot" that Diana Ramazova, suspected of committing a terror act in Istanbul, is not among the recipients of foreign passports issued in Chechnya. According to power agents, Diana Ramazova "has nothing to do with Chechnya."

Because of snowfalls in North Ossetia, the Transcaucasian Highway and the Georgian Military Road are still closed for traffic. The drivers who leave North Ossetia can only reach the dwelling settlement of Buron. Here, a warm-up and nutrition centre has been deployed for them; and within three days over 100 people have already used it.

Employees of the Rescue Service of the Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have completed evacuation of two Latvian tourists stuck in the Gudauri Ski Resort.

Unidentified hooligans destroyed the tomb of Sayyid Mir-Gafar aga in Derbent, which sparked protests among Azerbaijanis living in the city.

The Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty has partially resumed its live broadcasts after a two-week break caused by the closure of its office in Baku. The restricted broadcasting is delivered from the head office of Radio Liberty in Prague.

Today, residents of Armenia and Georgia gathered at rallies to commemorate the casualties of the terrorist attack on the editorial board of the satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris on January 7. The attack was directed against the freedom of speech, said the participants of the events.

The calls of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company, to publish Prophet Muhammad Cartoons in response to the terror attack at the editorial board of the French satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo", make him an enemy of all Muslims, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said today.

The explosion at a police station in Istanbul was triggered by a citizen of Russia Diana Ramazova, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Turkey has reported. Two policemen were wounded; later one of them died; Ramazova also perished.

More than 120 trucks of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have brought another batch of humanitarian aid to Donetsk and Lugansk. Residents of South-Eastern Ukraine have received foodstuffs, medicines and other essentials.

Today, a resident of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in front of eyewitnesses, for unknown reasons, has committed suicide by self-immolation. The true causes of the suicide are still unknown.

The ski slope servicing workers of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resort Elbrus" have cleared the Elbrus ski area, which was closed because of a heavy snowfall.

As a result of a landslide in the Khosta District of Sochi, a barrack, which was inhabited by 20 persons, was damaged. All the tenants were evacuated. The tenants intend to seek for an independent examination of the reasons of the tragedy and receipt of appropriate compensations.

The suspension of the activity of US' National Democratic Institute (NDI) Armenian office is caused not only by financial, but also by political reasons and has to do with the decision of Armenia to join the Customs Union and the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union), Armenian experts believe.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Uruguay has issued a statement calling on the international community to recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The Armenian office of US' National Democratic Institute (NDI), operating in Armenia since 1995, suspends its operations due to financial problems, Gegam Sargsyan, the head of the office, said on January 7.

Today, a charity action "Christmas in captivity" was held at the temporary detention facility (IVS) in the Sochi district of Matsesta. Activists congratulated the detainees on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas holidays and gave gifts to them.

Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has cancelled the outcomes of the municipal elections of December 23, 2014, at one precinct, thus, making the total number of such precincts equal to three. All of them are in the Masalli District in Southern Azerbaijan.

Today, employees of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the Neklinovsky District of the Rostov Region have found a detained man with no signs of life in one of the facility cells.