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On January 13, law enforcers carried out checks and detentions of mosque-goers in Gudermes, the second largest city in Chechnya. This was reported by local residents. According to the law enforcers, no complaints against the police were filed.

The Greenpeace, the Russian Branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Biodiversity Conservation Centre have sent to Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a letter, in which they raised the issue of repressions against ecological activists on the eve of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

In Volgograd, three car drivers held an action to protest against the poor condition of the road in Dorozhnikov Lane. The passing-by drivers have confirmed the current state of the road may result in road traffic accidents.

Investigators consider hostile relations in connection with possible debts as the basic version of the murder of businessman Ruslan Muduev in Makhachkala. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.

Today, Rustam Guliev, a soldier of the National Army of Azerbaijan, has committed suicide by shooting and killing himself from the service weapon. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). This is the fourth case of suicide in Azerbaijani Army since the start of 2014.

In the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, about 100 fans of the "Spartak-Nalchik" Football Club (FC) held a protest action demanding not to disband the football team.

During the search carried out in the apartment of Murad Musaev, an advocate of the Advocates' Chamber "Musaev and Partners" in Moscow, investigators seized PCs and documents. This was reported by Alaudi Musaev, the advocate's father. The search was also conducted in the apartment of Darya Trenina, and investigators also took away her PC with them, Darya Trenina reports.

Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, has scheduled for February 22 a visit to the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. This was reported by the Japanese news agency "Kyodo". Earlier, media have reported that Shinzo Abe will not be able to visit Sochi because of involvement in the activities of the national parliament.

The Olympic anti-doping laboratory in Sochi has been accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and it is ready to work during the Winter Olympic Games. This was reported by Yuri Nagornykh, Deputy Minister for Sport. The anti-doping laboratory is to take doping tests from athletes from January 27 till April 15, 2014.

During the week from January 6 to January 12, 2014, at least 14 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; 10 of them were killed and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Armenia, the health state of Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, remains severe. This was reported by advocate Inessa Petrosyan after she visited her client. According to her, the very conditions in the medical institution, to where Shant Harutyunyan was transferred from SIZO (pre-trial prison), do not contribute to his recovery.

The Government of Dagestan has developed a programme aimed to support the Russian population of Dagestan in 2014-2017; however, because of this year's budget cuts, the programme will get only minimal funding. This was reported by Marina Abramkina, the acting head of the Tarumovka District of Dagestan.

Sakinat Gadjieva, a resident of the village Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, whose relatives filed a complaint about her disappearance, claims that she has managed to escape from her kidnappers. According to the young woman, the kidnappers kept her together with her young son in a private house and asked about militants.

On January 11, Karabulak hosted the ceremony to award the winners of the contest "Heroes of Civil Society" organized by the human rights organization "Mashr". Tatiana Gantimurova, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, became one of the winners of the contest.

Starting from January 11, in Sochi, staff members of Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Stroy-Project" are busy to eliminate sewage breakthrough in the area of the alternative road to Kurortny Avenue. The sewerage system has been damaged through the fault of builders of the alternative road. This was reported by agents of the customer of the facility construction.

Starting from April 2013, the village of Nor-Aikadjur of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh is cut off from supply of drinking water. According to the villagers, they have to bring drinking water from the neighbouring villages. The village administration and the district authorities promise to solve the problem in the nearest future.

A policeman was wounded in an attack on a mobile post of the road-and-post service (known as DPS) in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Mukhammad Magomedov, an activist of the Dagestani Public Organization "Union of the Just" and a co-organizer of the rally in Moscow against Caucasophobia scheduled for January 26, is suspected of involvement in an extremist organization. According to Magomedov, he is now under recognizance not to leave.

The Stavropol authorities have cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in several districts of the Territory after a series of murders of men, whose bodies were found in cars. This is reported by the press service of the operative headquarters of the FSB for the Stavropol Territory.

The murders of six people in the Stavropol Territory have to do with militants' attempts to disrupt the Olympics in Sochi, local law enforcers believe. Experts have also noted that investigators fail to disclose important circumstances of these resonant crimes.