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The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has ignored the arguments about complete innocence of the oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, and mitigated his sentence insignificantly, his advocates have stated.

In Yerevan, about 2000 people gathered for an action held on the anniversary of the Sumgait pogroms. The activists have demanded from the authorities to make no territorial concessions in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

A citizen of Uzbekistan, who, according to the FSB, intended to join militants in Syria, has been deported from Russia, the FSB reports today.

The performance "Hunting for Men", shown in the capital of Dagestan, drew criticism from fighters for morality, including MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov. The producer of the performance apologized to residents of the republic and noted that actors of the theatre team received threats in social networks.

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported that the court has granted a complaint about a refusal to recognize the officials' inaction after a special operation in the Dagestani village of Vremenny.

In the Gudermes District of Chechnya, leaders of public institutions threaten to dismiss employees who express their dissatisfaction with cleaning from garbage the outskirts of the municipality during the month of subbotniks (voluntary cleaning works) announced by the authorities, local residents report.

An earthquake of magnitude of 3.4 points has been registered today at three kilometres from the village of Dylym, Kazbek District. No information about the victims and destructions was reported.

The positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 26 times in the Karabakh conflict zone; three border villages got under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

Today, on February 26, Azerbaijan commemorates the victims of the Khojaly tragedy. On this day, 27 years ago, during the Karabakh conflict, the town of Khojaly was captured, which led to mass civilian casualties. On the eve of the anniversary of the mournful date, the events dedicated to Khojaly victims were held both in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Samvel Babayan, a former Defence Minister, has demanded explanations from law enforcement bodies after he knew that he had been deprived of his citizenship of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The participants of the protest action held at the building of the Armenian Government have demanded to return the premiums issued to state officials back into the budget. Within 12 days, the letter of demand addressed to the government gathered 12,000 signatures, said Ani Kaginyan, one of the protesters.

The man, who was shot dead after attacking a policeman in the village of Bakhtemir of the Astrakhan Region, had not attracted law enforcers' attention and was not registered by psychiatrists. No terrorist motives can be seen in the attacker's actions, the spokesman of the regional branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.

The Gurdjaani District Court has refused to release David Kirkitadze, an activist of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, from custody, despite the petition with 15,000 signatures, presented by the defence.

The dissatisfaction of residents of Chechnya with the ban on official mourning events on the anniversary of deportation became so obvious in eight years that the authorities had to reckon with it, believes Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations. Dmitry Oreshkin, a political analyst, has added that by making concessions to his people, Ramzan Kadyrov improved his authority, while not making the Kremlin angry.

The four students from Ingushetia detained in Cairo found their custody conditions in prison to be tolerable, but complained about the non-provision of an advocate and an interpreter at the trial, their relatives said. The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has called the fifth detainee, whose fate is unknown, to be an alleged recruiter of militants.

Policemen have detained the man, who tried to commit suicide near the building of the Armenian Government, where an action was held today demanding the resignation of the head of the Urtsadzor community.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of deportation of the Vainakhs, Chechnya has organized a large-scale distribution of foodstuffs to the poor. Religious rites have been held in the republic's cities and district centres.

The 75th anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people; CTO in Dagestan; update in the list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 18-24, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On February 24, residents of the Bakhtemir village reported to the police about a man with a gun walking down the street. Law enforcers came to the place and demanded from the man to hand over his gun, but he opened fire on them and was killed by return fire. One policeman was hospitalized with wounds in serious condition. He stays in a coma, investigators report today.

The positions of the Azerbaijani forces in the Karabakh conflict zone have been shelled 25 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.