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The village of Perevi in Georgia, which was quitted by Russian troops, faces typical problems of many villages of this country, located in deep province. Young people leave it in search of employment; the school is in deplorable condition; and the doctor serves several surrounding villages.

According to local residents, at the administrative border with Georgia, security services of South Ossetia are verifying whether certificates issued for crossing the border comply with the data available at the Ossetian check point.

Establishment in Azerbaijan of the Civil Movement for Democracy named "Public Chamber" is aimed at increasing the political participation and involvement of the population in governing the country. This was stated by Panakh Gusein, a member of the Coordinating Board of the Movement.

On January 10, the session of the European Parliament in Brussels will discuss the situation with kidnappings in Ingushetia. Ibragim Lyanov and Madina Lyanova, independent human rights activists from this republic, who represent interests of their countrymen in Europe, were among initiators of the debates.

Valery Suchkov, a member of the City-Planning Council of Sochi and a well-known public activist, who was hospitalized with traumas on January 7, is sure that the attack on him was pre-planned and related to his public activities.

Araz Abdullaev, halfback of “Neftchi” Football Club (Baku) and youth combined team of Azerbaijan, is moving to the famous English team “Everton”. He will become the first representative of Azerbaijani football in the English Premier League.

According to the latest data, four men perished during an attack at a checkpoint in Lenin district of Grozny on January, 9, and from six to eight persons got wounding of different extent of gravity.

Today the families of the Georgian sailors captured by pirates of Somali are holding an action of protest in front of the building of the Supreme Council of Adzharia in Batumi to draw Georgian Government’s attention to the hostages’ fates.

European Court of Human Rights has dismissed actions on almost half of the cases against Georgia connected with the events of 2008 because of failure to submit necessary information by the claimants, a representative of Press service of the Court reported.

In 2010, Armenia saw reduction of the level of dollarization by 3-4 percent, as Arthur Dzhavadyan, Chairman of the Central Bank, has summed up. According to his story, the reduction of the dollarization of the economy was reached by still slow but certain reduction of the current account deficit, as well as by neutralization of the dram devaluation.

In the course of a quarrel that burst out in a bar in the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region, two men opened fire on the visitors. One person was killed and two more wounded. The gunmen were detained.

The TV Company "Maestro" will partially resume its broadcasting on January 10. However, no money for full-scale operation has been found yet.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended the detention term of blogger Alaudin Dudko, also known under the nickname ingushetiya_ru, by three months more. The investigation into his case is still on.

Employees of the Nariman District Police Department of the city of Baku have detained Mokhsun Samedov, leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), his driver Mirgusein Kazymov, Vagif Abdullaev, head of the organizational division of the IPA, and a member of the Party Elchin Gasanov.

On January 7, activists of opposition movements "Solidarity", "United Civil Front" and "Left-Wing Front" held solo pickets in support of political prisoners. The organizers report about militiamen's attempts to detain them.

The Christmas procession "Alilo", which has 15 centuries of history, was held on January 7 in Georgia. During the "Alilo" donations were gathered to be later distributed among orphanages, old-age homes, hospitals and needy families.

Twelve non-governmental organizations of Georgia have signed a joint statement with a demand that the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Prosecutor General's of Georgia should carry out an impartial investigation of dispersal of the veterans’ action in Tbilisi.

According to the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Labour, in 2011 the emphasis in the fight on unemployment will be placed on development of small businesses.

The People's Party, its supporters, as well as many of the viewers of the TV Channel "ALM", will continue their struggle for justice. This was stated by Tigran Karapetyan, leader of the People's Party and the owner of the "ALM", at a rally in Yerevan, where about one thousand persons gathered.

Valery Suchkov, a member of the Sochi City Planning Council and an active public figure, was hospitalized with traumas. He was told that he was hit by a car. Suchkov himself believes that he was a victim of an intentional attack.