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If Chechnya copes with turning into a mounting skiing resort, as President Ramzan Kadyrov dreams, then, in the opinion of western experts, "it will be one of the most radical breakthroughs in global tourism."

The Russian ICPO has dismissed charges from Magomed Edilsultanov, a defendant in the case on the murders of the editor-in-chief of the Russian Forbes Paul Khlebnikov and former vice-premier of Chechnya Yan Sergunin.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a human rights defender and employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", committed in Chechnya in July 2009, was provoked by Boris Berezovsky with the aim to compromise the republic's authorities.

According to Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman in Chechnya, there are no grounds to accuse any republic's power agency of kidnapping Islam Umarpashaev, a resident of Chechnya. The head of the press service of the MIA on the Chechen Republic refused to communicate with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on the kidnapping issue.

The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation denies the information spread today by certain media that the inquiry has identified the suspect of murdering Orthodox priest Daniel Sysoev; however, the criminal hides abroad.

Today, the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has notified the victims in the murder case of Hero of Russia, ex-deputy Ruslan Yamadaev that they can start familiarizing themselves with the materials of the case.

President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has held a meeting with bosses of local power agencies. The main topic was service discipline in subdivisions and counteraction to illegal drugs circulation.

The state prosecution has refused to appeal against the verdict passed by the Novgorod Regional Court on the case of the first explosion of the "Neva-Express" train in 2007. In the course of investigation of this crime, the bribe case was returned to the first instance court.

In the course of the visit of the members of the Public Observation Commission (POC) of Novorossisk to the Krasnodar-based IVS (temporary isolation facility), ex-Major of Militia Alexei Dymovskiy said that he felt no pressure. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee of Human Rights and Alexei Dymovskiy's official representative.

Tomorrow, on January 26, the cassation complaint, lodged by the convicts for a bribe in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, where they declare their innocence, will be considered.

Supporters of Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who was detained on January 22 and brought to temporary isolation facility (known also as "IVS") in Krasnodar, have gathered today in his support.

The local MIA reports that a young man suspected of kidnapping a minor back in 1999 has been detained.

Today, at about 3 p.m., at the metro station "Culture Park-Ring" in Moscow, unidentified persons made an attempt on the life of Evgeniy Arkhipov, chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights. Mr Arkhipov is known for presenting the interests of Matveevka, a village near Moscow, which last autumn was in the centre of scandal in connection with preparations for 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

The criminal process on the attack on law enforcement bodies of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), committed on October 13, 2005, is now at the stage of interrogating witnesses. One of them - Kazbek Taashev, an employee of the road sentry service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the KBR, - said, in answer to an advocate's question on how they differentiated Wahhabites from traditional Moslems, that the difference was in the formers' "shaving off moustaches and wearing beards, shaped unusually for our people."