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The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia stops the prosecution of Irakli Okruashvili for all of the four episodes of criminal proceedings earlier filed against him.

As a result of an armed clash that occurred in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, a soldier of internal troops was wounded. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source in the Investigating Committee of the Russia Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.

Voters should take an active part in the upcoming presidential election. This was stated by Raffi Ovannisyan, a presidential candidate, Chairman of the opposition "Heritage" Party. He believes that the thesis of the absence of competition at the election is incorrect.

In the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, heavy snowfall cut off 18 Georgian villages located in the valley of Khada from the outside world.

On January 7 and tonight, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire. This was reported by press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

For the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia has reported the information about military men wounded in the course of the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. According to the information of the Georgian MoD, starting from 2010, 93 persons were wounded.

In Azerbaijan, the public movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) declared its intention to nominate its candidate for the presidential election of 2013, if during the next month the opposition forces fail to work out a common pre-election platform and to nominate a single candidate.

The General Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has decided to close one of the cases instituted against Irakli Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence.

On January 6 and 7, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire. This was declared by a representative of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijani.

On January 25, Ingushetia will open the first ski route "Armkhi". The upper station of the ski route is located on the altitude of 1550 meters above sea level, and its length is 1200 meters.

At 02:00 p.m. local time, Tbilisi began the traditional Christmas march "Alilo". The marchers carry gifts with them which later will be transferred to orphans.

In Grozny, the Zavodskoi District Court fined owners of four stores for selling the literature put on the list of extremist materials.

In Chechnya, the sharp rise in prices for bakery products occurred. Residents of the republic claim that they expect one more increase of prices in the coming days, and they believe that there are no reasons for the rise in price of bread.

During the week of December 31, 2012, to January 6, 2013, at least 11 persons suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, four persons were killed and seven wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Armenian Garnik Galustyan, a resident of the United States, returned to the church of the city of Shushi the Gospel of 1805, earlier redeemed by him. The book was stolen from the church in 1920, during the pogroms in the Armenian quarter of the city of Shushi.

Three suspected militants killed in Kabardino-Balkaria on January 6 prepared to commit terror acts on Christmas in the churches of the republic. This was reported by the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC).

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in consultation with the Government has signed a decree to recall extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of Georgia from several countries. This was reported by a representative of his administration. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has clarified that, at present, only five ambassadors have been recalled officially.

At night on January 1, in Armenia, at the penitentiary institution "Hospital for prisoners", Manuk Semirdjyan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died. This was reported by a representative of the civil initiative group dealing with the problems of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.

A group of Georgian citizens was refused to enter Israel. This was stated by Nana Buadze, the representative of the Department of Religious Tourism of the Patriarchate of Georgia. The Ministry of Foreign Afairs (MFA) of Georgia intends to clarify the circumstances of the refusal to issue visas to pilgrims.

In Dagestan, relatives of the citizens killed during the special operation held in the village of Chontaul claim that the perished persons were not members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and ask to conduct the objective investigation into the circumstances of the incident.