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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.

The Court has changed the restriction measure to Irakli Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, to release on bail of 15,000 laris (about 9000 US dollars) and released him in the courtroom.

On January 10, Nazran held a ceremony of awarding the winners of the contest "Heroes of Civil Society", founded by the human rights organization "Mashr". The number of winners includes human rights activists, members of the public associations, officials, the businessman and the local imam.

On January 9, young people from different regions of Nagorno-Karabakh celebrated the New Year's Day in accordance with the ancient traditions of Karabakh. The unusual celebration took place in the village Khachmach of the Askeran District, one of the oldest villages of the republic.

In the village of Yanikoi of the Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a staff member of the Centre to Combat Extremism of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) was wounded. The policeman got wounded while trying to detain a local resident, the MIA reports.

In Azerbaijan, a protest arose in connection with death of soldier Djeikhun Gubadov. Relatives of the soldier demand to conduct investigation into the circumstances of his death, a number of top-ranking military officials were reprimanded, and NGO activists have announced their intention to hold protest actions against non-combat losses in the Azerbaijani army, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.