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In Rostov-on-Don, Eduard Avanesyan, the former deputy chief of the Inspection of the Federal Tax Service in the Proletarsky District of the city of Rostov-on-Don, and Vyacheslav Avanesiyan, the former chief state tax inspector of the same inspection, accused of receiving large bribes, were conditionally sentenced.

A special operation is going on in Dagestan. Additional forces, including military aviation, have been brought up to the site of the operation. According to more precise information, one gunman was killed and one serviceman wounded as a result of armed confrontation.

Criminal proceedings were started in Astrakhan against Gennady Didenko, Deputy Mayor of the city, Chairman of housing and communal services Committee. He is suspected of abuse of authority and negligence.

According to more precise data, today ten officers of law enforcement bodies got wounded and one perished in Kizilyurt district of Dagestan as a result of unsuccessful neutralization of an explosive device. This was reported by district police department.

Today, the deputy prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory brought to court a criminal case against staff members of the regional clinical centre of specialized types of medical care and managers of commercial organizations accused of theft of medical products in the amount of 20,184 million roubles. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory.

At the defence's motion, the Saratov Garrison Military Court has changed pre-trial restriction to recognizance not to leave for soldier Andrei Popov, accused of desertion, who earlier stated that he had been held in slavery in Dagestan. During the court hearings, two prosecutors' witnesses were also questioned.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, police officers from the Nalchik UVD (Interior Department) detained a 31-year-old district police inspector, suspected of raping and murdering a local female resident.

Yesterday, January, 9, the personnel of law enforcement bodies in Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria killed a man who put up armed resistance. This was reported by a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry (CI) in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Human rights defenders criticize the Georgian Code of Administrative Offences; protest action of Vladikavkaz residents against operation of "Electrozink" Factory; Orthodox believers of the Caucasus celebrate Christmas; complaint of Azerbaijani UN representative against violations of ceasefire in Karabakh conflict zone; first in the new year skirmish in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria with casualties and victims, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 2-8, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Dmitry Abramov, a martial arts trainer, who was wounded during the shooting, arranged on January 2 in Volgograd by a native of Chechnya, has died from his gunshot wounds in a Volgograd hospital.

Georgian football player Georgiy Demetradze, convicted for "membership in thieves' world", has addressed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg with a complaint against the government of Georgia, said his advocate Marika Pkhaladze.

As a result of 15 suicide bombings committed in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Moscow, 64 persons were killed, and at least 224 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the information of its own correspondents and other open sources.

According to recent data, five members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were liquidated in a special operation undertaken in the Vedeno District of Chechnya, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

As a result of 15 suicide bombings committed in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Moscow, 64 persons were killed, and at least 224 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the information of its own correspondents and other open sources.

In 2011, at least 201 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Chechnya: at least 95 persons were killed and 106 more persons were wounded. The death toll lists 62 persons, which, according to the official data, were considered to be militants, 21 power agents and 12 civilians. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.