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A next in turn session of the Criminal Court of Vienna, the tenth one, on the case of murder of Umar Israilov, ex-officer of President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov's security guard, took place on January, 19. A witness was interrogated during the session who denied his former evidence out of fear for his people living in Chechnya.

The explosion at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport on January 24 became the 26th terror act committed in the Russian capital since 1996, and the first one committed in a Moscow international airport. Since 1996, terrorists attacked various crowded places in Moscow: hotels, public transport stations, trade centres, concert halls, transport means and even residential buildings, killing at least 627 persons and injuring 934 ones. At least 10 of these explosions were carried out by suicide bombers. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on data from open sources.

On January 24, one miner was killed and three more injured in a collapse of the elevator cage in the mine "Rostovskaya" of the city of Gukovo, Rostov Region; one victim is in grave condition, and two have minor injuries, said the spokesman from the Ministry of Public Health of the Rostov Region.

After the terror act in Domodedovo, activists of Russian public organizations, which unite the people who suffered from terror activities, keep reminding that the state resorts only to payment of compensations, but is not responsible for the further fate of the victims, who still need medical care and rehabilitation years after the terror acts, where they suffered.

After the terror act in Domodedovo, the Internet community is trying to understand how the suicide bomber could freely enter the building with nobody checking and stopping him. Blogs express different versions of what happened.

According to the source, members of the so-called "Nogai Battalion", who took revenge on power agents for conducted special operations, could be involved in the terror act in Domodedovo Airport.

The sentence against journalist Fatullaev remains in force; this was the end of considering the journalist's appeal complaint at the Baku Court of Appeal. It was a surprise for the advocates and the journalist, because the hearing of parties' arguments had been appointed for today.

According to the updated list of victims of the terror act in Domodedovo, posted on the website of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia, among those hospitalized there were citizens of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia and France - one of each; the list also includes three citizens of Tajikistan, two citizens of Moldova and one - of Uzbekistan.

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) refused to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case dealing with the death of six Moscow schoolchildren on the Yeisk Spit in the Azov Sea on July 7, 2010, having rejected the petition of the victims, who asked to transfer the trial from the Yeisk City Court to Moscow.

Twenty persons were detained on suspicion of involvement in a mass brawl that occurred yesterday, on January 23, in the south of St Petersburg. Eight of them are the natives of Azerbaijan. At present, the suspects are questioned by law enforcement officials.

No less than 1710 people became victims of smouldering armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus in 2010. 754 people were killed and 956 more got wounded as a result of an armed conflict between enforcement agencies and armed underground. These are the results of "Caucasian Knot's" calculation based upon its own data and information from open sources.

The experts, who examined the scene of the explosion in Domodedovo, came to the conclusion that a suicide bomber blew himself up in the terminal building. Supposedly, his head was found in the venue.

The explosion was triggered near the customs control at Domodedovo; therefore, according to eyewitnesses, there are many foreign nationals among the victims of the terror act. According to the statement posted on the website of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the total count of victims went up to 152, 58 of them were hospitalized, and 31 persons died. According to other sources, 35 persons were killed.

Hostels in Grozny are liberated for internally displaced persons (IDPs), who lost their housings during the war in Chechnya and who were provided flats in 2007 in two high apartment buildings in the city of Argun at 111 Kadyrov Street and 9a Titov Street. Human rights activists assert that the authorities are conducting a "chain reaction" of evicting people from flats into hostels, and from hostels into the street.

Elena Kolosova, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, states that employees and bosses of medical institutions have disregarded the rights of the mother and the child and neglected her personal dignity. She appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the surgery made on her son Yaroslav, as she believes, badly, and with the bad attitude of the medical personnel of the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital (RCCH) in Moscow to their patients.

Now, in the aftermath of the visit to Armenia of Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, local human rights activists and politicians expect that his report on the visit will reflect the real situation with human rights in Armenia.

The displacement persons are going to lodge petitions for political asylum to the Embassies of the USA and European countries. This was announced today at a briefing, organized by the "Refugees' Civil Movement" in front of the Parliament of Georgia.

Following the decision of the kingdom's authorities, today the Norwegian police have arrested Madina Salamova, a native of North Ossetia, better known under the pseudonym of Marie Ameli, who will be soon deported to Russia because of problems with her documents.

Today in Sochi about 50 persons came out to hold another protest action against violations of citizens' rights by local authorities.

According to Sergey Kalitsov, Deputy Minister on Property and Land Relations of North Ossetia, the main idea of the ban on sale of land to foreign persons introduced in several regions of Russia is to ensure safety of these territories.