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The officials and human rights activists of Azerbaijan disagreed in their attitude towards the National plan of actions in the sphere of increase of effectiveness in protection of human rights and freedoms signed by President Ilham Aliev on the New Year’s eve.

Over the period of 2011, no less than 173 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Kabardino-Balkaria, 129 of them were killed and 44 got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on the data from its staff correspondents and other open sources.

In 2011, at least 14 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in North Ossetia, of them 4 persons were killed and 10 more injured. The figure is much lower than in 2010, when there were 195 victims, the reason is in the absence of terror acts. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.

Today, the managers of some Georgian television, radio and printed media have issued a memorandum on cooperation with the aim to protect the interests of media in Georgia and agreed to establish the NGO entitled "Solidarity for Media Freedom".

In 2011, at least 34 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia, of whom 22 persons were killed and 12 more injured. The number of victims far exceeds the figure for 2010, when the republic had 4 victims. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.

Zviad Sichinava, President of the Football Federation of Georgia, has amnestied five footballers earlier disqualified for organizing "fixed" matches.

In the city of Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region), investigators accuse Elena Grigorieva, 43, a member of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, of "inciting hatred or enmity." The believer herself denies the charges and complains about "threats and blackmail" from an FSB agent.

On January 3, two residents of Dagestan addressed the local police and reported disappearance of their relatives.

The police in Rostov region established the identity of the participants of a mass scuffle that took place in Novocherkassk in the evening of January, 2.

In 2011, at least 14 persons fell victim of the armed conflict in North Ossetia, of whom 4 persons were killed and 10 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.

Since 2012 mental health of the people doing military service in Chechnya will be estimated with the help of the computer.

A new appeal from 76 Circassians living in Syria with a request to help them to move to their historical homeland has been sent to the leadership of Russia and authorities of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.