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Levon Aronyan, a chess player from Armenia, is the third in the rating list published on January 1 by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

The Oktyabrsky District of Grozny, the Chechen capital, opened the 12th block, where large-scale reconstruction works were carried out since October 2012. During 2.5 months, more than 200 private houses were built there; and communication lines were laid.

In Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, the New Year celebrations gathered thousands of residents. The festivities passed under reinforced security measures and without incidents. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source in the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

Five residents of Maikop conducted a series of solo pickets in support of demand of emergency evacuation of Syrian Circassians.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, announced the termination of persecution of supporters of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Families of Georgian peacekeepers killed in Afghanistan in the line of duty will receive lifetime pensions. This was stated by President Mikhail Saakashvili during his meeting with soldiers of the Georgian peacekeeping contingent, held in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on January 1.

On December, 31, 2012, Bacho Dolidze, Press Speaker of Mayor’s office of Tbilisi, was summoned for interrogation to Isani-Samgor district police department. He was interrogated about the oppositional action in May of 2011 in Tbilisi and the offers made to the participants of the meeting by Bacho Akhalaya, Minister of Interior Affairs of that time.

Ruben Aivazyan, representative of “Prosperous Armenia” party, submitted his documents to CEC for nomination as candidate for presidency, officials of CEC told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. He is already the 15th contender to the presidency of Armenia.

20 companies producing wine in Georgia are preparing to export their production to the Russian Federation. Consultations with the respective Russian bodies have already been held, Center of Georgian-Russian economic cooperation reported.

At night of January, 1, power was cut off in a number of districts of Sochi. Operations control center called technological disturbances the reason why over 50 thousand people were left without power on the New Year's night.

Residents of Sochi are mourning about the death of Yuri Lvov, a famous architect of the city who opposed chaotic town-planning of the health resort and outstanding buildings based on his architecture design stayed in the memory of the townsmen.

On December, 31, unidentified ammunition exploded in the territory of a firing range near the settlement of Prudboy, Volgograd region. A security guard perished as a result of the explosion.

Headquarters of International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) reported the details of death of Georgian serviceman Georgy Kikadze who disappeared and was later found dead.

The peasants of the stanitsa of Medvedovskaya, Krasnodar region, decided to suspend their hunger strike before the beginning of a dialogue with representatives of local authorities.

Residents and guests of Sochi state the danger of walking along the streets because of unceasing construction of high-rise buildings, the absence of sidewalks and traffic of large-size freight transport in the city.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Astrakhan Region has revealed violations of the legislation on road safety: the inspection has revealed the inability of the city administration to take sufficient measures to clear snow from the roads.

The "Caucasian Knot" has decided to mark and thank – by the outcomes of the year – the most active and interesting, in our opinion, commentators of our materials. Our moderators have appointed winners in four thematic groups. The prize winners will be awarded with portable USB-connected hard drive having capacity of 1 TB.

Today, Bacho Dolidze, the spokesperson of Tbilisi Mayoralty was summoned to the police department. His interrogation had to do with the crackdown of the oppositional rally in May 2011, said Dolidze.

Ali Israilov, the father of Umar Israilov, an ex-bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov, who was shot dead in Vienna, has told in an exclusive interview to the "Caucasian Knot" about his son's relationships with Kadyrov and the reasons that had forced Umar to leave Chechnya, and also about the documentary evidence in his hand about the refusal of Austrian authorities to attract Kosum Yashurkaev to responsibility for murdering Umar.

In the evening on December 30, on Temryuk-Krasnodar road, a policeman hit down two women to death, the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Krasnodar Territory reports.