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Disturbances in the Azerbaijani city of Ismailly; anniversary of the terror act in the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport; celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad and death of militants' leaders Gakaev brothers in Chechnya; acknowledgement by the Moscow City Court of the verdict to Rasul Mirzaev as legitimate; recall of licence from the major in Dagestan "Express"; demand of Cossacks in Rostov-on-Don to recognize them as a nation; resignation of Mayor of Akhtubinsk in Astrakhan Region, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 21-27, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Leader of a paramilitary group (PMG) under the alias of “Pilek” was killed in the mountains of Chechnya during a special operation together with Gakaev brothers, Head of Chechnya declared.

12 gunmen were killed in a special operation in the mountains of Chechnya, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia informed confirming that brothers Muslim and Hussein Gakaev were identified among those killed. One policeman was killed, too, and seven more got wounded.

Alexander Evtukhov, witness on the case of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder, was provided with state defence, official representative of Committee of Inquiry (CI) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin informed.

Law enforcement bodies failed to find gunmen in the mountainous area of Shatoy district of Chechnya.

Today European Court of Human Rights brought a verdict on the case “Suleimanov vs. Russia” obliging the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay a compensation to the relatives of kidnapped resident of Chechnya Tamerlan Suleimanov.

In 2012, at least 1225 persons fell victim to the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; including 700 killed and at least 525 more wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Colonel Yuri Budanov’s murderer had a Slavic appearance, Alexander Evtukhov whom the defendant’s attorney considers the “key witness” on the case evidenced in Moscow city court today. Evtukhov declared that he had never seen the defendant.

Murder of a judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan and information about a possible dismissal of the head of the region; audit of the preparation process for presidential election in Armenia by the PACE and application about a hunger strike of one of the presidential candidates; acquittal in Georgia of a Chechen Chataev accused of storing a bomb; a murder and burial in Moscow of Aslan Usoyan, a criminal authority and a native of Georgia; election of the speaker of the parliament of Adygea and start of preparing election of the head of region in Ingushetia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of January 14-20, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

City court of Tbilisi acquitted citizen of the Russian Federation Ahmed Chataev detained during a special operation in Lopota gorge, lawyer Nino Andriashvili reported.

A special operation of search and liquidation of a group of supposed gunmen is going on in the high-mountain Shatoisky district of Chechnya.

Today in Moscow the defence of Yusup Temerkhanov suspected of murder of colonel Yuri Budanov accused secret services of kidnapping witness Alexander Evtukhov. Evtukhov himself denied the information of his disappearance.

In 2012, in the Chechen Republic, at least 174 persons suffered from the armed conflict ongoing in Northern Caucasus; of whom at least 82 persons were killed and 92 more were wounded. The number of victims is somewhat smaller than in 2011, when there were 201 of them. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the data received from its own correspondents and on information from other open sources. The number of victims in 2012 in the republic can be essentially higher, if we take into account the official data.

No less than 174 persons in Chechnya became victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012. 82 out of them were killed and 92 got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own correspondents’ data and information from open sources.

A great number of refugees, among them natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus, in particular, those from Chechnya, crowded at the border of Syria and Turkey.