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The investigating authorities of Azerbaijan have sent to court the materials in the case against Intigam Aliev, the head of the "Legal Education Society", who is accused of economic crimes.

Gasan Magomedov, a football player of the Dagestani "Anji-2" FC, killed in the village of Novokuli of the Kumtorkala District, has been buried. Friends of 20-year-old Gasan Magomedov assert that the young man was a gentle person.

During the week of December 29, 2014-January 4, 2015, at least six persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, two persons were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the"Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Moscow City Court has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, who earlier represented the interests of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, against the publishing house "Kommersant". The cassation appeal was filed with regard to the publication on the hearing of the case against Oleg Orlov, the former Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", whom Ramzan Kadyrov accused of libel.

In Sochi, city residents and guests complain about the rise in food prices. According to sellers, the rise in prices mainly concerns imported goods, and it is connected with the depreciation of the rouble.

On January 5, the Ingush authorities are to start compiling preliminary lists of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be granted apartments in one of four new houses in the village of Yandare of the Nazran District.

Student Magomed Aliev accused of promoting terrorism is to be attended by members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Stavropol Territory. They are to check the statements made by the detainee's relatives who claimed Magomed Aliev had not been provided with the medical care in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) when he had been in need of it.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that the Armenian armed forces have shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani Army and villages located along the frontline in the Karabakh conflict zone. According to another report made by the Azerbaijani MoD released this morning, during the past day, the Armenian military forces violated the ceasefire 64 times.

On January 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan held a meeting to consider about 20 appeals and complaints filed in connection with the municipal elections of December 23, 2014. However, no complaint has been granted, announces Akif Gurbanov, a CEC member.

Gasan Magomedov, a player of the "Anji-2" FC, was killed in the Kumtorkala District of Dagestan. The murder was committed at night in the village of Novokuli. The football player died in hospital from the wounds.

In the Kuibyshev District of the Rostov Region, close to the Russian-Ukrainian border, a tie-rod with a grenade was found in a tree, the regional department for emergency prevention and response has reported.

Court in Stavropol has extended, until February 13, the detention of a Dagestani student Magomed Aliev, accused of promoting terrorism. Now Aliev, in his poor health condition, is in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Pyatigorsk, where he receives no medical treatment, his relatives assert.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has refuted the report of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) about a night attempt of Azerbaijani militaries to cross the contact line of armed forces.

In order to prevent a recurrence of the December 2013 terror acts in Volgograd, they have banned access of vehicles to the railway station.

Two servicemen of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) were killed and another one wounded in response to diversions from the Azerbaijani party, said the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, has held a commemoration rally of victims of local conflicts. The rally, which was attended by combat veterans from Krasnodar, read out the names of the victims; and fired a salute in their honour.

Residents of Southern Caucasus will have from five to twelve days-off to celebrate the New Year – the decision was made by the authorities of the countries of the region.

At sentencing Rasul Kudaev in the case of the attack on Nalchik in 2005, the court failed to consider a number of testimonies and defence information; the verdict has been challenged, said the advocate Batyr Akhilgov.

The slowness of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan, which was supposed to develop, with account of recent legislative changes, a mechanism for registration of grants in the country, is in fact paralyzing the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), their activists assert.

Lunpsum financial help was allocated by the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to World War II and Karabakh War veterans. This decision was made on the occasion of the New Year, which will be celebrated in the republic until January 12.