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Law enforcers have detained Rasul Gasan, a graphic designer, and forced him to remove from social networks his satirical clip, in which the policemen standing in a cordon during a protest rally against election frauds are dancing a folk dance.

The cost of a Hajj tour for Azerbaijani Muslims is 4490 US dollars, while Georgian Muslims can make their Hajj to Saudi Arabia for USD 3800. This is higher than the minimum tour cost for pilgrims from Dagestan – USD 2610.

On February 18, Elena Milashina, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, submitted an application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a demand to investigate the attack on her and the lawyer Marina Dubrovina, committed in Grozny.

A court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Zelimkhan Bapkhoev, a participant in clashes with law enforcers in Magas, to one and a half years in a settlement colony. He will be back at large on March 2, his advocate has stated.

Most of the manganese ore mines have stopped working, because of the protest action launched by residents of the village of Shukruti, who are seeking compensation from the "Georgian Manganese" Company for their damaged houses.

Relatives of three residents of Derbent reported their disappearance in Grozny. One of the disappeared persons criticized the authorities of Chechnya, and shortly before their disappearance, the Derbent residents posted a video on social networks with them smoking in front of the "Heart of Chechnya" Mosque. Instagram users suggested that fact became the reason for their disappearance.

The Parliament of Georgia supported the appointment of Irakli Shotadze to the position of General Prosecutor of Georgia. Opposition MPs boycotted the parliament meeting.

In Grozny, five hipsters have told authors of the project "(Un)safe city" that non-standard clothes, rap enthusiasm or atheistic views cause condemnation in the Chechen society and may become a reason for detention of a person by law enforcers.

Today, in the Stavropol Territory, a court has found Ingush activist Akhmed Nalgiev guilty of attacking law enforcers during protests against the border agreement with Chechnya. The defence did not agree with the verdict of guilty.

Today, the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow has pronounced a verdict in a case on financing terrorists. Shavri Gadjiev, a resident of Makhachkala, who is accused of transferring 10,000 roubles to terrorists, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, accused of treason, has testified at a trial in the Baku Court on Grave Crimes. The defendant denies the charges brought against him and claims that he is being prosecuted for his professional journalistic activities.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

During the hearings in a case against Yunis Safarov and other persons accused of participating in the Ganja events, the defence requested the court to transfer the trial to Ganja or the Baku Court on Grave Crimes. The court pronounced a decision to send the motion to the Ganja Court of Appeal for consideration and postponed the trial indefinitely.

The statement of Alexei Erkhov, the Russian Ambassador to Ankara, about the voluntary resettlement of Circassians to Turkey during the Caucasian War and about their criminal way of life fail to reflect the historical reality, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

In Azerbaijan, Fakhraddin Abbasov has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on charges of appealing against the integrity of the state, treason and incitement to hostility. The sentence cannot be called objective, human rights defenders assert.

The phone billing of the person, arrested on suspicion of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, confirms his multiple calls to special agents of the Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau), a joint investigation conducted by The Insider, Bellingcat and Der Spiegel reveals. In their turn, former special agents treat these journalists' findings as fake and provocation.

The introduction of the visa fee is the main reason for the increase in the cost of a Hajj travel, representatives of the accredited tour operators have explained.

The Eleventh Congress of Dagestani Chechens was dedicated to restoration of the Aukh District and ended with the announcement of a nationwide rally. Residents of Chechnya have supported the idea.

In Tbilisi, oppositionists started an action in front of the parliament building to protest against the appointment of Irakli Shotadze the General Prosecutor of Georgia. As a result, a clash occurred between protesters and law enforcers.

In Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, and Stavropol, three bookstores suspended their operation to support the "Book Strike" in protest against the verdict in a case against the "Set" (Network)*.