Georgia will not be represented at the Davos Economic Forum this year. Georgian media, citing the Government Administration, report that Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze did not receive an invitation.

A 16-year-old boy has been detained in Kabardino-Balkaria on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack against law enforcement officers.

A car accident involving high-ranking officials occurred in Grozny, according to several sources, including the opposition movement Niyso. The son of the Chechen leader, 18-year-old Adam Kadyrov, was reportedly hospitalized and then flown to Moscow. According to Niyso, Grozny was cordoned off, and the new republican hospital was closed, "all for the sake of one man."

Murat Adam, a lawyer with the Almaty City Bar Association who defended Chechen refugee Mansur Movlaev, has been disbarred. He considers the decision politically motivated and intends to appeal it.