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As reported by The USA Today, the States have drafted a plan of evacuation of US athletes in case of an emergency or threat of terror act during the Olympic Games in Sochi.

The Northern Caucasus is among the 10 regions in the world, where military conflicts can start or continue in 2014, claims the US magazine named "Foreign Policy".

The tight security measures in Sochi kill the festive atmosphere in anticipation of the Winter Olympic Games, said Vladimir Kimaev, the leader of the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party.

Last night in the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory, a car was found, containing the body of a local resident with a gunshot wound in his head. In the morning, when investigators arrived at the scene, an explosive device was triggered there. Nobody suffered from the explosion, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation {ICRF) has reported.

Starting from January 7, two Moscow airports "Sheremetyevo" and "Vnukovo" Airports ban to transport liquids in the aircraft cabin, including personal hygiene products and medicines. This was reported by the press service of the two airports. The restriction is in force for the period of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

The city administration of Moscow is to receive a notification about the march to commemorate the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who died four years ago in the capital. The march is to be held on January 19. This was reported by the "Committee on January 19", the organizer of the action.

The Caucasian archaeological expedition of the State Museum of Oriental Art, the National Museum, and archaeologists and researchers are concerned about the fate of monuments of Meotian culture (III-I centuries BC), located in the territory of the Takhtamukai District of Adygea.

On January 7, Visit Tsoroev, the leader of the regional branch of the political party "Russia's National Security" in the Republic of Ingushetia, filed a complaint to law enforcement bodies demanding to prosecute a group of citizens who burned the Koran.

On the Christmas night, Sochi Orthodox churches were taken under enhanced guard. Parishioners noticed unusually large number of policemen on duty at the entrances to the churches. In some cases, they asked the believers to open their bags to check their contents and explained the need for such check by the interests of citizens themselves.

On January 7, in the Astrakhan Region, a female resident of Astrakhan was detained. In her summer cottage, law enforcers found and seized a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) with striking elements.

To date, the list of missing persons as a result of the Karabakh conflict makes more than 4000 people, said Sarah Eprekht, the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yerevan.

Today, believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches celebrate their Christmas. Hundreds of thousands people took part in the services, held at night on January 7 in the temples of the regions and countries of Northern and Southern Caucasus.

Two policemen were wounded by the explosion that occurred yesterday en route of a police KamAZ truck in Dagestan, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

As reported by Veronika Skvortsova, the Russian Health Minister, the children who suffered in the Volgograd terror acts and were transported to Moscow for treatment are on the mend.

Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora and Joseph Debono Gresh, Co-Rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have urged the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider the decision to arrest Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT).

Djavid Kurugliev, a native of Dagestan, and his common-law wife Viktoria Fursa, who are suspected of terrorism are studying in Cairo. This was stated during the discussions in the open group of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) on the Facebook.

Sochi has opened the main Olympic Media Centre that can accommodate more than 6500 journalists. This was reported by the 2014 Olympics organizing committee.

In the afternoon of December 6, in the high-mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya, two women were injured as a result of a fire in the shopping pavilion. Experts are to reveal the causes of the inflammation.

Starting from mid-December, in Sochi, 64-year-old pensioner Valery Rogachov cannot get his car, which was seized by policemen. He believes the policemen unlawfully seized the vehicle and broke the law by falsifying a case of offence.

Owner of the "Akbar" store that was blown up in Khasavyurt on January 4 claims that the explosion was not the first attack on his family committed by members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). The man expresses his concern over the safety of his family members and complains about the inaction of law enforcers to protect them.