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Malsag Uzhakhov, the chairman of the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush People, has faced the third criminal charge.

During their Friday raid conducted on January 17, 2020, law enforcers demanded documents not only from those who drove away from the “Tangim” Mosque in Makhachkala in their cars, but also from pedestrians. They stopped more people than usual.

After escaping from her relatives in Baku, the Russian citizen, Sevgiya Ismailova, is in a shelter of one of the NGOs. On January 17, her relatives, in the presence of policemen, returned Ismailova's documents; she is preparing to return to Russia.

Ramzan Kadyrov’s another temporary sick leave doesn’t threaten his political image; however, the new Russian Prime Minister may have questions for the head of Chechnya, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

In the Stavropol Territory, the court found Timur Oziev, a participant of a rally in Magas, guilty of assaulting a fighter of the National Guard of Russia for political reasons.

Georgy Kutoyan, the former director of the National Security Service of Armenia, was found dead with a gunshot wound. This was reported by Naira Arutyunyan, the press secretary for the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

The recommendations of the Chechen Ministry of Tourism on choosing appropriate clothes when visiting the republic were voiced amid a small interest of tourists in the region, note agents of the travel agencies. Dress code tips for Chechen guests are appropriate, but violating those dress code rules will not create problems for tourists, human rights defenders suggest.

In Chechnya, during raids, gas service workers enter yards of people's houses without asking for permission and threaten to cut them off the service, local residents report. Instagram users explained the gas debts by the poor situation of Chechen residents.

According to a survey published by the National Democratic Institute, more than half of Georgian residents consider the activities of the country's authorities as ineffective. The decline in the confidence in the authorities is caused by the deterioration in the economic situation of people, explain political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Yunis Safarov, a defendant in the case on an attempted assassination of the Ganja Mayor, demanded from the court to ensure the publicity of the trial and also claimed a violation of his rights to visits of relatives and phone calls at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In the past year, the number of checkpoints on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia has increased. So far, law enforcers are calm and do not cause unnecessary problems to residents of Ingushetia who travel to the neighbouring republic, residents of the Sunzha District said.

The court has placed Giorgi Ichukaidze, accused of taking a Georgian border guard hostage on the border with Azerbaijan, behind bars. The man explained that he was not going to attack the border guard, but only wanted to drive Azerbaijani law enforcers away from the David Gareja Monastery Complex.

Akhmed Barakhoev is charged with creating an extremist community, while investigators have accused Barakh Chemurziev and Ismail Nalgiev of taking part in this community. Human rights defenders urge to stop criminally prosecuting them.

Sevgiya Ismailova, an eighteen-year-old Russian citizen, has escaped from her relatives in Azerbaijan, who held her by force; now, she is under the care of local activists. The girl’s mother denies violence against her.

Nine out of twenty activists found guilty of taking part in non-sanctioned protest actions held in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, are pensioners, who stated that they are unable to pay the awarded fines.

Armenian contract soldier Arthur Mezhlumyan was wounded at a combat post and was hospitalized in sever condition.

At a court hearing in Zheleznovodsk, Ingush activist Rezvan Ozdoev pleaded not guilty to assaulting a fighter of the National Guard of Russia during a rally in March 2019. The defence demanded to question a victim whose name was not disclosed.

Law enforcers forced residents of the Kurchaloi District, punished for driving in a state of alcoholic intoxication, to clean the mosque territory. One of the chiefs of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) called such violators "terrorists" and promised to seize their cars.

OSCE mission members reported on the calm situation in the Karabakh conflict zone amid a statement about machine gun attacks claimed by Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani side has failed to fulfil the obligation to conduct monitoring, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

Instagram users argued about the reasons for the Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to appoint a successor amid the absence of the timely official explanations.