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On February 14, the conference hall of the Dagestan State Pedagogical University in Makhachkala hosted a presentation of the documentary film "Abandoned Villages of Dagestan" shot by the Dagestani Historical and Geographical Society (DagHGS).

A car belonging to the advocate of Zaur Dadaev, defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, was shelled. This was reported by the defender himself.

Today, the Investigating Department (ID) for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has cancelled its earlier refusal to open a criminal case against the power agents, who had kidnapped Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, threatened him with death and planted drugs on him, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev.

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office ignores complaints of Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a resident of the republic, about his unlawful persecution by the Chechen police, Alexander Cherkasov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", said in his appeal to the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) of Russia.

Azerbaijani authorities have realized the error of their decision to pay allowances to internally displaced persons (IDPs) instead of providing them with utility benefits, the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated in their comments on the President's decision to restore the benefits.

Ramzan Kadyrov has received from the Moscow Jewish Religious Community a video record of the statement of Pinchas Goldschmidt, who apologized for his words about Muslims-terrorists, Olga Esaulova, the spokeswoman of the community, told the "Caucasian Knot". Kadyrov himself, when speaking about Goldschmidt’s apologies, mistakenly called him the Chief Rabbi of Russia.

According to Oleg Petrov, a farmer, today, Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the "Polite Farmers” movement, was detained by law enforcers. "I managed to call him and talked to him for a few minutes, he said that he’s suspected of bribing a medic," Oleg Petrov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Said Saipudinov, a resident of the Makhachkala neighbourhood of Shamkhal, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives on February 13, is kept at one of police divisions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Relatives of the young people, detained in January in the Kurchaloi and Shali Districts of Chechnya, state that they have no information about their whereabouts and fate. The police refused to specify the number of detainees and stated the ongoing investigation.

An advocate has demanded to recognize illegal a search carried out without a court order in the house of Rakhim Veliev, an activist of the Azerbaijani movement "Nida", during which a mobile phone and a PC were seized. The defence intends to challenge the court's decision.

A US citizen sentenced in absentia in Uzbekistan on the charge of terrorism has been detained at the airport in Batumi. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia.

Today, at the beginning of the court hearing in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, Zaurbek Sadakhanov, a lawyer of defendant Khamzat Bakhaev, has reported that unidentified criminals broke a window in his car and stole a bag and all the documents in the case, reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has dismissed the complaint filed by a female resident of the republic, excluded by the administration of Elista from the number of participants of the programme "Affordable Housing for Young Families" in connection with the fact that the woman celebrated her 35th birthday. The complainant intends to file a cassation appeal.

In the Nazran District, law enforcers found a hiding with ammunition, hand grenades, and camouflage uniform, which belonged to a member of the armed underground, killed in 2015. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The North-Caucasian District Military Court has dismissed several motions filed by Ukrainian citizen Arthur Panov, charged of plotting a terror act in the centre of Rostov-on-Don. After that, the defendant declared the beginning of a dry indefinite hunger strike.

Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, convicted for murdering a football fan Yegor Sviridov, is tortured in jail, his mother told rights defenders.

The decision to hold a constitutional referendum in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) contradicts to the position of the international community, which recognizes this territory as a part of Azerbaijan; therefore, the outcomes of the referendum have no legal force, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced today.

Supporters of Arthur Sargsyan, accused of helping the "Sasna Tsrer" grouping, have treated his prosecution as unjustified. They managed to convey a letter demanding the release Sargsyan to the Public Prosecutor General.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started its communication with the Azerbaijani government on two sets of cases involving complaints about violations of the freedom of assembly and refusal to register NGOs. The ECtHR offers the authorities to answer the asked questions within three months.

Arthur Sargsyan, accused of helping members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, is unable to get out of his bed, but intends to continue his hunger strike in protest against his arrest, said the advocate Tigran Egoryan.