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By the end of January, the number of residents of Chechnya, who are banned from leaving Russia because of their debts, amounted to 22,000, the Federal Court Marshal Service (FCMS) has reported. Some local residents find the restriction disproportionate to the debt amounts.

The Qatar's Minister of Energy is interested in the proposal of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov to attract investors to the construction of mini hydraulic power plants (mini-HPPs) in the republic. In will allow unloading the Ingush energy system, Musa Tsitskiev, the acting head of the republic's committee for industry and energy, explained to the "Caucasian Knot".

After he was denied the refugee status in Ukraine, the former president of Georgia may be extradited to his homeland, if he continues his oppositional activities in Ukraine, Stanislav Fedorchuk, a Ukrainian political analyst, believes. Extradition of Saakashvili will cause disapproval of the West and trigger mass protests in Georgia, Nika Chitadze and Gela Vasadze, Georgian political analysts, are convinced.

About 1000 militaries and 100 units of equipment took part in combat firing at the Russian military base in Abkhazia, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.

On February 8, the European Parliament plans to discuss the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Chechen branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The HRC has handed the materials on the Titiev's case to the European Parliament, said Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the HRC "Memorial".

Experts of the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) found three grenades, two packages with explosives and an artillery shell in a village of the Agstafa District.

Fifteen mothers, whose sons had disappeared in Dagestan, have appealed to the acting head of the republic Vladimir Vasiliev and Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to investigate the disappearance of their sons.

Samir Babaev and Makhir Guliev, activists of the "Muslim Unity", have been arrested in Azerbaijan for illegal drug dealing and disobeying the police.

The decision to hold the presidential election in Azerbaijan six months ahead of schedule was caused by the anticipation of an economic crisis and the intention to make use of the situation in Russia, the economist Natig Djafarli and the journalist Khadija Ismayilova believe.

In Iraq, a one-year-old girl was found, whose three brothers has been returned to Chechnya, the office of the head and the government of Chechnya has reported. However, public organizations of Chechnya assert that the return of women and children from the Middle East has stalled.

Abdusamad Gamidov, the head of the government of Dagestan, his deputies and the former minister of education were involved in embezzling the money allocated for the implementation of social programmes, investigators believe. The officials will be delivered to Moscow.

FSB agents started searches at the places of Abdusamad Gamidov, the acting government head, and his deputies Shamil Isaev and Rayudin Yusufov. This was reported by sources of the "Chernovik" (Draft) in the law enforcement bodies.

Collapse of the ceiling at the "Varketili" metro station in Tbilisi; Volgograd parade in honour of the 75th anniversary of the victory at Stalingrad; detention of the chief architect in Makhachkala; election of the new Mayor in the capital of Adygea; detention in custody of the plenipotentiary of the Governor for the Stavropol territory; inclusion in the US "Kremlin list" of officials and businessmen from the Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 29-February 4, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Relatives of Ali Umarov and Rasul Tatamgadjiev cannot locate their whereabouts and assume that they had been kidnapped by law enforcers. Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan claimed knowing nothing about the young people, advocate Selim Magomedov reported.

At the Judo European Cup held in Bulgaria, Ismail Chasygov from Ingushetia and Georgy Elbakiev from North Ossetia won gold medals.

During the week of January 29-February 4, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The victory of boxer Murat Gassiev in the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series was marked by residents of Vladikavkaz with shooting in the streets and festivities.

The "Tashir" Charitable Fund has granted 4000 US dollars to the families, into which the fourth child was born in 2017.

The incident in Volgodonsk lyceum No. 16 was reported by pupils' parents, who learned about it from their children. According to their version, during her lesson a female mathematics teacher chastised a girl, who had her hair non-braided, and cut off a strand of girl's hair.

For the fourth day in a row, several dozen people are protesting against the ban to trade near the marketplace in Zugdidi. Today, there were several clashes of traders and policemen; one of the protesting women was taken to the police station.