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Law enforcement bodies failed to find gunmen in the mountainous area of Shatoy district of Chechnya.

An unidentified person who fired upon a police “UAZ” in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan left the scene of the incident in a car belonging to a resident of the settlement of Novoselskoye, law enforcement bodies of the republic report.

Today candidate for presidency of Armenia Aram Arutiunyan, leader of “National Consent” party, declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy from the election and go on a one-day hunger strike.

Candidate for presidency of Armenia, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikyan is not going to canvass during the election race. According to him, the main goal of his participation is to secure legitimate election.

Today Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov appointed a new Minister of Finance of the republic. It is Magomed-Bashir Aushev aged 44.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on his own free will. He explained the reason of his resignation as policy disagreement with the new Government.

Today European Court of Human Rights brought a verdict on the case “Suleimanov vs. Russia” obliging the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay a compensation to the relatives of kidnapped resident of Chechnya Tamerlan Suleimanov.

During inspection of the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik as a result of which a supposed gunman was killed ammunition and a passport of Mir-Zurab Asadulagi, resident of the town of Nartkala, Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, were found, a source in law enforcement bodies told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Since today “Express” Bank in Makhachkala is deprived of the license on banking operations. The respective statement was issued by Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The question of attribution of Syrian Circassians to the category of compatriots abroad demands a thorough study with the participation of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Migration Service, officials of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (“Minregion”) consider. This was the answer to the appeal of Circassian non-governmental organization of Adygea movement “Adyge Khase – the Circassian Parliament” with a request of repatriation of the Circassians from Syria.

No less than 1225 people became victims of continued armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012, 700 out of them were killed and at least 525 got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Colonel Yuri Budanov’s murderer had a Slavic appearance, Alexander Evtukhov whom the defendant’s attorney considers the “key witness” on the case evidenced in Moscow city court today. Evtukhov declared that he had never seen the defendant.

Today during the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik lawyer Oleg Kelemetov entered a motion of attaching documents proving that on October, 13, 2005, his client Hasanbi Khupsergenov was at classes in Pyatigorsk subsidiary of the Russian Social Humanitarian University to the materials of the criminal case.

Representatives of the family of Ivan Agafonov who died as a result of martial arts pro Rasul Mirzaev’s blow will submit a supervisory appeal to the Presidium of Moscow city court and appeal to the European Court of Human Rights asking to acknowledge the verdict to the athlete unlawful and refer the case for a new consideration.

Director of “Radio-Ai” Andreas Gukasyan, running candidate for presidency of Armenia, started his promised hunger strike on the first day of the electoral campaign.

Today a canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 officially started in Armenia. Eight candidates registered by Central Election Committee are participating.

One policeman was killed and another got wounded in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

City court of Tbilisi acquitted citizen of the Russian Federation Ahmed Chataev detained during a special operation in Lopota gorge, lawyer Nino Andriashvili reported.

A compensation of 95 million lari (54,3 million dollars) will be paid to the farmers in Kakhetia whose farms were destroyed by hail on July, 19, 2012. This decision was taken on January, 18, at a session of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.

Public Prosecutor’s office and the police in Baku are carrying out investigation in connection with a protest action of tradesmen of “Bina” shopping centre. As a result of the confrontation 10 policemen got bodily injuries and several police cars were damaged, law enforcement bodies report.