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Goar Melkonyan, the mother of soldier Roman Egiazaryan who was killed in 2003, appealed to the court of appeal to challenge the decision of the court of general jurisdiction, in accordance with that the soldiers suspected in the murder of her son were acquitted.

Today, in Yerevan, at the presidential palace, dentists held an action to protest against introduction of the new tax policy.

A suspected member of the extremist grouping "Kaspiiskaya" opened fire on policemen and was killed in a shootout. This was reported by the District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

In the morning of January 13, a resident of the foothill Urus-Martan District of Chechnya disappeared in the mountainous and forested area near the administrative border with Ingushetia when he gathered wild garlic.

On January 13, in Rostov-on-Don, a picket was held against the law, which prohibits US citizens to adopt Russian children.

During the week of January 7-13, 2013, at least ten persons suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, six persons were killed and four wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Residents of Yerevan report on poor condition of the city road network and fear of traffic jams.

Residents of Sochi held a many-hour action near the building of the police and administration of the village of Loo, protesting against improper work of law enforcement bodies.

Natasha Pisarenko, a blind girl studying on 10th form in a school of Rostov-on-Don, wrote an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, drawing his attention to the lack of opportunity to cure seriously ill children in Russia.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling its positions on January 11 and 12. In response, the Karabakh party claimed violation of ceasefire by military units of Azerbaijan.

On January 12, in the centre of Baku, confrontation between participants of the protest action against non-combat losses in the Azerbaijani army and the police forces lasted for more than 1.5 hours. According to the preliminary data, about 20 participants of the protest action were detained, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On January 11, at 09:30 p.m. Moscow time, in Dagestan, unidentified persons shot in the direction of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The journalist was not wounded in an attack.

In Dagestan, during the storming of the house located in the village of Novy Khushet, Umar Kadyragaev, a member of the "Kadar" grouping, was killed. This was reported by a source in the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.

Today, David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, has signed the law that provides a large-scale amnesty of prisoners throughout the country.

Russia and Georgia have issued permits for passing of ground transport vehicles across the border. This was stated on January 11 by Georgy Kvirikashvili, Minister of Economy of Georgia.

The website of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) is exposed to the massive DoS-attack, and, therefore, it does not function for three days already. This was reported by the human rights activists.

In Dagestan, relatives cannot locate the whereabouts of Vaisurkarani Aigubov, a resident of the village of Gulli of the Kaitag District, who left for Makhachkala to visit investigator for questioning. His family members believe that he could have been kidnapped on the road.

In Dagestan, in Kaspiisk, during a shootout with policemen, a man was killed who was the first to open fire on them.

The Court pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of home arrest to the alleged organizer of the Zorb entertainment in Dombay, where two tourists fell down into the gorge while rolling down inside an orb.

The OSCE team of experts, representing 11 countries and based in Armenia, started its observation mission. This was announced by Heidi Tagliavini, the head of the OSCE mission, at the today's press conference.