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According to Anzor Nibo, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Shapsugiya", the most important issue for the Adygs-Shapsugs, living near the Black Sea, is the land issue and the fact that the statute of the Krasnodar Territory had not fixed the fact of residence of Shapsugs as the indigenous nation. At the same time, Anzor Nibo and Madjid Chachukh, Chairman of the public organization "Adyge Khase" of the Adygs-Shapsugs, living near the Black Sea, do not think that the regional authorities pay little attention to the nation.

In 2011, in Azerbaijan, 12 persons blew up on unexploded landmines and shells, four of them were killed and eight wounded. This was reported by Khafiz Safikhanov, Chairman of the public association "Campaign to Ban Landmines".

Today, the deputy prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory brought to court a criminal case against staff members of the regional clinical centre of specialized types of medical care and managers of commercial organizations accused of theft of medical products in the amount of 20,184 million roubles. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory.

At the defence's motion, the Saratov Garrison Military Court has changed pre-trial restriction to recognizance not to leave for soldier Andrei Popov, accused of desertion, who earlier stated that he had been held in slavery in Dagestan. During the court hearings, two prosecutors' witnesses were also questioned.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its decision on the lawsuits of the four candidates in the parliamentary elections of 2005 in Azerbaijan, the decision of the central Election Commission (CEC) to cancel the election results was declared unlawful.

The village of Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan is completely blocked by law enforcement agents and soldiers; the village is approached by heavy military equipment. This was reported by residents of the village.

In Astrakhan, the court found guilty Alexander Kirpichenko, the activist of the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), the journalist of the newspaper "Astrakhanskaya Pravda", accused of violating the established order of the rally, and sentenced him to a fine of 500 roubles.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, police officers from the Nalchik UVD (Interior Department) detained a 31-year-old district police inspector, suspected of raping and murdering a local female resident.

On January 10, in Nazran, in the "Assa" Hotel, the winners of the contest "Civil Society Heroes", established by the human rights organization "MASHR", were awarded.

A system of video meetings started functioning in penal institution No 16 of Rustavi, Georgia. Earlier, the system of video meetings was introduced in penal institution No 11 for underage convicts as well as in colony No 15 of Ksan and colony No 2 of Kutaisi.

On January, 9, the Upper Chamber of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its primary decision on the case "Charygov and others vs. Armenia" consideration of which was started upon a lawsuit of six citizens of Azerbaijan replaced from the zone on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

On January, 9, a protest march against the arrest of Alexander Tolmachev, Editor-in-Chief of journal "Pro Rostov" and newspaper "Upolnomochen Zaiavit", was held in Novocherkassk. About 300 people took part in the march.

Yesterday, January, 9, the personnel of law enforcement bodies in Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria killed a man who put up armed resistance. This was reported by a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry (CI) in Kabardino-Balkaria.

The Georgian seamen released from captivity of Somalia pirates will arrive in Georgia not earlier than one week; they need to pass their medical examination in Kenya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Sergo Devadze, the father of one of the seamen.

Dmitry Abramov, a martial arts trainer, who was wounded during the shooting, arranged on January 2 in Volgograd by a native of Chechnya, has died from his gunshot wounds in a Volgograd hospital.

Georgian football player Georgiy Demetradze, convicted for "membership in thieves' world", has addressed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg with a complaint against the government of Georgia, said his advocate Marika Pkhaladze.

At night on January 8, at the intersection of Gagarin and Krasnoarmeiskaya Streets, in the territory of the children's educational centre, several dozens of green plants were cut down, Sochi residents report. The administration officials say that the cuttings were legal and refer to the decision of the court. Sochi residents also report about other mass felling of trees - in Kurortny Avenue and in Ordzhonikidze and Sokolov Streets.

A seven year old boy died when attacked by stray dogs in Novocherkassk, said the MIA of the Rostov Region.

On January 8 in Baku, at the sitting of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC), its Coordination Board (CB) was re-elected; and the tasks of this oppositional formation for 2012 were discussed, namely: a demand to release 16 convicts after the last year's spring protest actions, and to raise the issue of resignation of President Ilham Aliev.

As a result of 15 suicide bombings committed in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Moscow, 64 persons were killed, and at least 224 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the information of its own correspondents and other open sources.