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In 2011, at least 34 persons fell victim of armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia, of whom 22 persons were killed and 12 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.

Reception of requests from the people who wish to make a hajj for free or on charitable quotas allotted by Foundation of Suleiman Kerimov, member of Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation, started in Dagestan since January, 1. Within the framework of this charitable program poor Moslems from different regions of Northern Caucasus annually go on a hajj.

A new appeal from 76 Circassians living in Syria with a request to help them to move to their historical homeland has been sent to the leadership of Russia and authorities of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.

At least six persons were lost and four more wounded over the past week, that is, from December 26 to January 1, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Stavropol Regional Court is considering a number of complaints lodged by Yuri Gridnev, the head of the local "MinPrirody" (Ministry of Natural Resources), against alienation of land plots in the territory of the state reserve "Russkiy Les" (Russian Forest), located near the city of Stavropol in the vicinity of the village of Grushevoy.

In Dagestan, sappers have neutralized a bomb planted in the city industrial zone of Khasavyurt. The information about an improvised explosive device (IED) came to the police from local residents.

Today, residents of Chechnya commemorate Kunta-Haji Kishiev, one of the most famous and respected saints. In Chechen mosques religious leaders are reading the Koran and perform rituals of mavlid and dhikr. All large dwelling settlements hold the rites of oblation with distribution of sacrificial meat among poor families, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Georgia, the political parties, which have overcome the electoral threshold and which have put at least two women on their party lists of ten candidates, will receive additional funding from the state budget in the amount of 10 percent. The relevant amendments were made in late December last year in the Law "On Political Associations of Citizens".

The restoration of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the conflict zones with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is the top priority for the Georgian Government and the OSCE, said Sergi Kapanadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

A resident of Novocherkassk perished as a result of a mass scuffle that took place on January, 2. Two more people were taken to hospital.

Prosecutor General’s of the Russian Federation revealed violations in barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi after it carried out an inspection in reply to the ecologists’ reports of numerous violations of nature conservation legislation in this conservation zone.

Public Prosecutor’s office in the Republic of Dagestan re-established the dwelling rights of Aminat Omarova, one-hundred-years-old widow of a participant of the Great Patriotic War, by means of trial.

Regional court of Rostov-on-Don left Alexander Tolmachev, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Upolnomochen Zaiuvit” and journal “Pro Rostov”, in custody.

Today in Sochi, a human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has been set free after his 10-day arrest for disobeying the police.

The passengers of the bus, which overturned in a traffic accident in the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, have been sent home – to the Stavropol Territory.

The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has convicted two detained participants of the unauthorized march in the capital of North Ossetia on December 30, 2011.

Within six months to come, Azerbaijan should draft its strategy for using renewable sources of energy for 2012-2020, which would allow bringing the share of renewable sources up to 20 percent in total country's energy consumption. This order was signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev.

In 2011, the Russian Federation saw 397 instances of oppression against members of the international religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by believers themselves, who state increased pressure on them. Officials from law enforcement bodies claim that they are acting in accordance with the law.

Today a bus of a tourist company overturned in Cherkessk district of Kabardino-Balkaria. One person perished, seven more got wounded.

Law enforcement bodies of Georgia have returned a painting by Niko Pirosmani, a famous primitivist painter, back to the country. The painting "Organ-Grinder", which had been illegally taken out of Georgia a few years ago, was offered for sale in a foreign country in the "black market".