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In Chechnya, Movsar Rashidov, a resident of Shali, detained in January, has been released from custody. This was reported by the man's relatives. He was hospitalized in serious condition.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus and kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), was visited by his mother. Besides, at the SIZO, he was also visited by his new advocate hired by his family members. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies.

Process of shooting of the documentary film "When I get back-3" dedicated to natives of Kalmykia and Kalmyks from other regions, killed during the second Chechen military campaign and during the counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Northern Caucasus, has been postponed because of funding problems. This was reported by filmmakers.

On February 23, more than 1000 people came to the Zavokzalny District to lay flowers at the memorial to soldiers who died in World War II. About 500 city residents attended the memorial in the residential district of New Sochi and the mass grave in the old cemetery in Dagomys Street, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Paris, Strasbourg, Berlin, Vienna, and other European cities hosted actions in memory of deported Chechen and Ingush people.

The fundraising in the amount of 96,214 US dollars for de-mining a site near the village of Lachin, Shaumyan District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been launched by the charity organization named “ONEArmenia”.

Elchin Ismailly has joined a list of journalists arrested in Azerbaijan "on trumped-up charges," says the statement of the international organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB). A representative of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has stated that in the country journalists are persecuted even for criticizing local authorities.

Gas workers have removed the gate, penetrated into the yard and disconnected the cottage in the village for Olympic settlers, which is occupied, since February 2015, by the Saveliev family, from the gas supply.

The legality of the law adopted in Ingushetia to ban any perpetuation of Stalin’s memory should be checked the prosecutor's office, Valery Rashkin, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has stated, the “Echo Moskvy” Radio has reported today.

On February 22, Mineralnye Vody was to host a press conference dedicated to a new "tractor march" of Kuban farmers. According to the organizers, the event did not take place because of pressure from law enforcers. However, the farmers are not going to give up their protest action.

On February 23, no official events dedicated to the anniversary of the Stalin's deportation of Chechens are to be carried out in Chechnya. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader and government.

On February 22, Abdusamad Gamidov, Prime Minister of Dagestan, met residents of Derbent, who do not want to move out of their dilapidated houses from the city centre to the area of the industrial zone. The city residents demanded to remove Minister Kazibekov from the resettlement programme and to carry out a new examination of their houses.

The body of Islam Lorsanov, killed on January 25 at a police station in Grozny after he shelled policemen, has not been not given out to his relatives, despite the promises of law enforcers. This was reported by a source close to the killed man's family members. According to the source, after the incident, law enforcers detained two younger brothers of the killed man.

Gor Khudinyan, an officer of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army, has died as a result of an injury. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

As of February 22, the amount of 272,000 roubles came to the special account opened by the Krasnodar regional branch of the Russian Red Cross to help fire victims who lost their apartments because of a fire in Krasnodar.

At the today's court hearing in the case against Sochi builder Mardiros Demerchyan, the court has questioned two policemen. They said nothing about the circumstances of the Sochi builder's detention, reported Mardiros Demerchyan.

In Armenia, the lack of high-quality inclusive education and of government support are forcing parents to send their children with disabilities to boarding schools and children's homes, and that means discrimination. This was stated by the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

The forum "Let’s Return Russian Constitution to Dagestan!" in Moscow ended with adoption of the final resolution, in which Russian authorities are invited to dismiss Ramazan Abdulatipov and hold direct election of the head of Dagestan.

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary of deportation, the Deputies of the People's Assembly (Parliament) of Ingushetia have adopted, in the first reading, a draft law, which bans to perpetuate the memory of Stalin in the region.

Rustam Mallamagomedov, a Dagestan's representative in the Association of Russian Carriers (ARC) and a participant of the "tractor march" of Krasnodar farmers, was taken last night to a Moscow police station, said a member of the ARC.