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The Stavropol authorities have cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in several districts of the Territory after a series of murders of men, whose bodies were found in cars. This is reported by the press service of the operative headquarters of the FSB for the Stavropol Territory.

In the city of Adler, policemen of the Tsentralny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Sochi detained Yakov Babakov, a native of Dagestan, whose brother had recently converted to Islam, said Babakov's relatives.

The 2014 Olympics is "an attractive target for terrorists"; therefore, the Americans willing to visit the Sochi Olympics "should be careful about their safety", the US Department of State has stated. By urging its citizens "to be vigilant", the US Office reminds them about the terror acts in Volgograd, which is about 680 kilometres away from Sochi.

Members of the organization named "Former Political Prisoners" have criticized the acquittal by the Gori City Court of former employees of the Ksani Prison No. 15.

Relatives of Sakinat Gadjieva, a resident of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, who disappeared on January 9 along with her 4-year-old child, cannot locate her whereabouts.

In preventing terror acts on the eve of the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia can receive only informational assistance from the Pentagon. This was reported by Alexander Goltz, a military expert, a deputy editor of the online publication "The Daily Journal", when he commented on the information about the offer of the US Department of Defence to provide appropriate assistance to the Russian Federation.

In the Stavropol Territory, military men from stationed army units are brought in to protect public order. All vehicles and people entering the borders of the region are subjected to inspection.

The decision passed by the European Court of Human Rights on 20 complaints lodged by relatives of 36 residents of Chechnya, who disappeared in 2000-2006, which puts the responsibility for the kidnappings on Russian militaries, is unprecedented, said Alexander Cherkasov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, who was detained during the "Million Mask March" on November 5, 2013, in Yerevan, and who later went on hunger strike, was taken from his SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the prison hospital, said his wife Ruzanna Badalyan.

Relatives of Magomed Ibragimov, a resident of Khasavyurt, who was detained by power agents at night on January 5, have stated today that they cannot find his whereabouts.