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Representatives of about five thousand former miners of Rostov region are asking the new Governor Vasily Golubev to receive them in order to move forward a request to return the payments cancelled by the local officials.

On January, 11, in Manege Square were an action of nationalist “Movement of December, 11” had been planned from 10 to several tens people according to various sources were detained. About 2 000 militiamen were on duty in the square, the area was blocked.

Prosecutor General’s and the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a joint statement in connection with the arrest of Movsum Samedov, leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA).

Lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova beaten up by militiamen has submitted a complaint to the Supreme Court of Dagestan against the actions of a judge of Sovietsky Federal court of Makhachkala who had passed the materials of the case over for an expertise.

The first week of 2011 was not calm for the republics of Northern Caucasus; Christmas was celebrated in all southern regions of Russia and in Southern Caucasus; in Georgia action of veterans ended in fines for disobedience, – look these and other events in the review of the week of January 3-9, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan issued a statement condemning the "pressure of the authorities on party members" and "groundless" accusations against them. The authors of the statement demand prompt termination of "customized" repression and release of the detainees.

On January 9, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree "On Approving the List of Pre-Border Territories, where Foreign Citizens, Stateless Persons and Foreign Legal Entities May not Hold Titles on Land". The list includes lands of six regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District and five regions of the Southern Federal District.

The main version of the murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation", in Chechnya was not confirmed in the course of investigatory actions.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the complaints filed by opposition figures and other persons in relation to the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, which were held on November 7, 2010, after the authorities of the country had agreed to pay compensations by analogy with the case "Namet Aliev versus Azerbaijan".

One of the 13 servicemen wounded as a result of an explosion in Kratsaniss training center of the Georgian Ministry of Defense died this morning. Three soldiers died after the explosion at once.

Beginning from January, 15, the Administration of Leninogorsk district of South Ossetia are enacting a ban against the use of Georgian currency lari in shops, enterprises of public catering and other public areas.

Residents of the town of Shakhty, Rostov region, have started collecting signatures under an appeal to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and Governor of the region Vasily Golubev demanding resignation of Mayor Sergey Ponamarenko.

No connection between the grenade explosion on January, 9, as a result of which Gocha Jalagonia, nominee to Popular Assembly of the republic, was injured has been established. Prosecutor General’s of Abkhazia considers the incident a result of an act of hooliganism.