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On 13 January, on the New Year under the "old style", within the campaign "Kuban - to Russian President", six new video appeals of residents of the Krasnodar Territory to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev appeared on the Internet.

Power agents of Chechnya check information about possible death of the militant leader Dokku Umarov, a source from law enforcement bodies said today.

A resident of Maikop was detained on suspicion of publishing materials on the Internet containing appeals to extremism and terrorist activities.

Tonight, one person was killed and two more were wounded in the explosion of a land mine at the railway in the Grozny District of Chechnya.

Now, when webcams have been installed near the Mount of Elbrus, competitions in alpine skiing and snowboarding can be watched in real time. Besides, tourists can see the weather conditions and choose the most suitable time for rest.

Armenia found itself among the ten countries, where last year the highest growth in foodstuff prices was registered. These are the findings of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Football Club "Terek" (Chechnya) has decided to refuse to cooperate with the Spanish coach Victor Munyos; Isa Baitiev was appointed as the head coach of the "Terek" FC.

After the death of Maxim Sychov, a student from Rostov-on-Don, who was killed in a fight with his fellow student and hostel neighbour - a native of Ingushetia, activists of youth organizations of the city announced creation of a public organization aimed to help in settling interethnic conflicts.

On January 14, an explosion in a cafe in the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, killed three persons; according to different sources the number of other victims varies from five to nine.

Helping people in defending their rights in Chechnya is a threat to one's life. This was stated by human rights activists and journalists at the trial "Kadyrov versus Orlov".

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania rejected the application of Egle Kusaite on publicity of her trial on charges of preparing a terror act in Russia and asking to combine her case with the one against Magmadovs, natives of Chechnya, accused of recruiting her.

The check conducted by the Investigatory Committee of the Volgograd Region found no confirmations of the fact that pupils of the orphanage were illegally placed to the mental hospital and narcology dispensary.

A new criminal case has been initiated against Sergey Tsapok and Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz, supposed leaders of the criminal gang that operated in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, on the fact of the crime committed by them in 2008, as reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation.

According to the Russian FSB, an officer of one of the military units of the Southern Military District was detained as a suspect of spying for Georgia.

On January 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh issued a comment on the statement of the Polish Embassy in Baku about the undesirability for Polish citizens to visit Nagorno-Karabakh without the permit of Azerbaijani authorities. Nagorno-Karabakh fears that other European countries may follow Poland.

In the nearest future, Shamsail Saraliev, Minister for Foreign Relations of Chechnya, will go to Lithuania to discuss the issue of return of Gataevs' children to Chechnya with the local Migration Service and the Committee on Tutorship.

The European Union welcomes release from prison of two bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade and hopes for soon release of journalist Fatullaev. This was stated today in Baku by Jose-Manuel Barroso, head of the European Commission, who answered local journalists' question about his satisfaction with the state of democracy in Azerbaijan.

Yesterday, on January 13, law enforcers found a knapsack with firearms and ammunition at the railway station in Beslan.

As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, an ethnical Armenian, who had no registration in Russia, tried to commit suicide in the reception office of the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

Today in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, an explosion in a cafe killed four persons and wounded five more, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation reports.