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In this March, combat engineers intend to resume works to clear agricultural lands in the Chechen Republic. Till the end of the year, it is planned to demine more than 700 hectares of land areas in the foothills and mountainous areas of the republic. This was reported by the Military Commandant's Office of the republic.

Today, in Astrakhan, the first tenants of the building No. 172 in Krasnaya Naberezhnaya Street, which has no sewerage, water supply and heating, received the keys of a new two-room apartment in a new building.

The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the decision of the first instance court that obliged the Sochi administration to take on the balance of the municipality the emergency building No. 3 in Petropavlovskaya Street.

Today, the Georgian Court of Appeal granted the motion filed by advocates of Irakli Okruashvili and cancelled the decision of the Tbilisi City Court on sentencing him to 11 years of imprisonment in the case of extortion of shares of the cellular communication company "GeoCell".

Today, in Armenia, the Government's decision enters into force to cancel the visa regime for entry of citizens of the EU and the Schengen Agreement countries.

The decision to raise fare for private route taxi of the route Makhachkala-Kaspiisk starting from January 1 was taken without consultation with the appropriate authorities, and it has been suspended. This was announced by Djamaludin Omarov, Mayor of Kaspiisk.

The trial in the case against Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", will be partially held in open mode. The decision was made today by Judge Azer Orudjev at the preparatory court session at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.

Eight candidates will continue running for the Armenian presidency. This was reported today at the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia.

The deputy head of the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the inter-municipal department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) "Krasnosulinskoe" is suspected of abuse of power with using violence. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Rostov Region.

Today, the Moscow City Court continued the trial on the case of the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov. A witness of prosecutors, who was not questioned by the prosecutors at the courtroom, was brought to the trial. Ruslan Fataliev did not identify the defendant and stated that Yuri Budanov was shot by "a man with red hair wearing a baseball cap on his head, a white T-shirt and jogging trousers".

On January 9, Olga Egorova, Chairman of the Moscow City Court, dismissed the appeal filed by the defence of the sentenced man against the verdict to Igor Berezyuk sentenced by the Tver District Court of Moscow for riots in Manezh Square that occurred in December 2010.

Today, in Khasavyurt, three participants of action on distribution of leaflets calling not to celebrate the New Year were released from IVS (temporary detention facility).

The Taganka Court of Moscow arrested seven natives of Northern Caucasus, who participated in the conflict with trainees of the GIBDD (road traffic police) that occurred on January 5.

In the course of the court session that was held today at the Tbilisi City Court on the case against Irakli Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence, nine witnesses retracted their statements.

The "National Unity" Party, the "Social Democrat Hanchakyan Party", the "Constitutional Law Union" Party and the "Christian Democratic Union" Party have expressed their support for the candidacy of incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan at the presidential election.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), 80 young persons from Syria who arrived in Nalchik on the eve of the New Year started their studies. This was reported by Anatoly Kodzokov, the head of the Foreign Relations Department of the KBSU.

In the Dusheti District of Georgia, heavy snowfall cut off 30 villages from the outside world. Traffic on the roads to the villages is very difficult, and there is a danger of avalanches.

The suspected militants killed in the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria could be identified only after genetic analysis, since their bodies are too badly burned. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, investigators identified suspected organizers of Zorb entertainment, and the question of filing charge against them is under consideration. This was reported by Sergey Shuvaev, Senior Assistant on Media Relations of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).

The investigation into the case against Alexei Budik, former staff member of the penal colony IK-1 accused of beating a prisoner has been completed. The criminal case with the approved indictment was brought to the court. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Rostov Region.