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Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who is serving his 20-year term for the riots in Nardaran, was sentenced to additional five months on charges of keeping prohibited items in his prison cell.

In Stepanakert, activists organize a march and a rally on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement.

An action against violence applied to women was a response to a brawl that occurred in the sitting hall of the Yerevan Council of Elders and a statement made by activists of the "Apricot Country" Party about the violence used by men against them.

At today's session of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala, Zagidat Abakarova gave testimony, in which she stated that she had not participated in any warfare, and had not held any weapons in her hands.

At today's sitting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, activists of the "Apricot Country" brought cans with samples of sewage water taken from an open area near Nubarashen Prison, but were physically abused in the brawl with their colleagues.

Investigators have refused to institute criminal proceedings after a release of a video showing the beating of teenagers in Chechnya and referred to the absence of the event of a crime, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.

Kurchaloi is not the first settlement in Chechnya, where people are being evicted from the centre because of reconstruction, reported an official of the district administration. He refused to mention the dates for the start of construction of new houses for them. Local residents complained about the inconvenience in connection with the forced relocation to their relatives' places. 

The verdict pronounced against Sardar Babaev, sentenced to three years of imprisonment for violating the requirements of religious ceremonies, will be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the theologian's defence has reported.

After a counterterrorist operation (CTO) was carried out in the Nazran District, Yunus-Bek Evkurov instructed his subordinates to toughen inspections of the municipalities, as well as passengers arriving in the region and their luggage. Accomplices of the suspects killed in the special operation are promised leniency in case if they voluntarily surrender to the police, the press service of the Ingush leader reports.

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has announced that Oyub Titiev is being prosecuted because of his human rights activities and demanded to release him.

On February 12, the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDSC) released its statement in connection with the fact that the early presidential election were scheduled for April 11, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The statement voiced by General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika about houses of officials in Dagestan located on the Caspian Sea coast was preceded by a long silence of the Prosecutor's Office on the issue. Meanwhile, the information about those houses was available to the public long ago, said journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The defence of Magomedtagir Gadjiev has appealed against the decision of the court to select against a truck driver, suspected of possession of weapons, the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of detention in custody. Relatives and fellow villagers of Magomedtagir Gadjiev believe he is not guilty.

The first prayer took place in the cathedral mosque still under construction in Cherkessk.

The events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the start of the liberation movement began in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Aslan Shikhakhmedov, a former employee of the Derbent District Administration, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives, was found in a Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), his advocate Murad Velikhanov has stated, adding that law enforcers demanded from Shikhakhmedov to testify against officials of the Derbent District Administration.

Four of the returnees from international terrorist organizations acting in Syria were killed, 13 others were convicted, Oleg Zharikov, the Public Prosecutor of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated today.

Today, employees of the State Border Service of Ukraine have returned Mikhail Saakashvili to the country, from where he penetrated into the Ukrainian territory. "The person was in Ukraine illegally, and therefore, with the observance of all legal formalities, he was returned to the country, from where he arrived with violation of the law," says the statement posted on the website of the Service.

Today, 50 tons of coal have been shipped to former employees of the "Kingcoal" Group of Companies, the Information Policy Department of the Government of the Rostov Region has stated.

Reports about the wealth of detained officials and a gold pistol found at the Abdusamid Gamidov's house are a traditional way to attract public attention to the activities of investigators. This opinion was voiced by journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".