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The complaints of Anzor and Shagid Gubashev about their custody conditions and delays in consideration of their appeals in Boris Nemtsov’s murder case were accepted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), but it has made no decisions on payment compensations to the brothers, said their advocate.

The sentence passed to Oksana Sevastidi, a resident of Sochi, convicted on charges of treason, should be cancelled, says the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The armed clashes that broke out on January 30 in the Chechen town of Shali and led to casualties was either a pre-planned militants’ attack, or an occasional accident, due to which power agents had thwarted crimes of the supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia. The divergence of versions has caused both controversies in power agents’ statements and local residents’ stories.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has opened a case on a fraud with a land plot lease against Nikolai Borodin, a participant of the “tractor march” of farmers from the Krasnodar Territory, and Elena Petrova, the wife of another protester. Borodin suggests that they are prosecuted for their participation in the protest movement.

Last night, the health condition of Nerses Pogosyan, arrested in Yerevan on suspicion of having links with Zhirair Sefilyan, sharply aggravated; and he stopped the protest hunger strike. Prison doctors assessed his condition as satisfactory.

In the case of planned assassination of the leader of the Chechen Republic in the spring of 2016, the investigators' versions is based on the testimonies of Shamkhan Magomadov, Beslan Zakaraev, and Aziz Alviev, detained in May 2016 after an attack on a checkpoint in the Grozny District. Meanwhile, two of them have close relations with the Yamadaev family, the "Rosbalt" reports.

Residents of the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya, detained on January 31 on suspicion of intending to leave for Syria to join the militants, were plotting killings of policemen. This was reported by a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

A resident of Nalchik and a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, detained in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), are suspected of preparations for leaving for Syria to join militants. This was reported by a source from the regional law enforcement bodies.

Khasan Mezhidov, a resident of Shali, wounded in the course of the night shootout of January 30, still stays at hospital. He underwent surgery. After that, his condition is serious, but stable, report family members of the man. According to them, Khasan Mezhidov needs long-term medical treatment.

In Baku, participants of an action have expressed their protest against the policy pursued by leaders of the opposition "Musavat" Party and its criticism of the Azerbaijani authorities.

The Stavropol authorities refuse to return to Muslims a historical mosque and refer to various pretexts. At present, building of the historical mosque hosts an art gallery. This was reported by Albir Krganov, the chair of the Spiritual Assembly of Russian Muslims and the Mufti of Moscow.

For more than a week, law enforcers of Chechnya have been keeping Anzor Aliev, a Sunzha resident, demanding from his relatives to give out his brother, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", where the Aliev family appealed for help, has reported.

Since January 11, relatives cannot establish the whereabouts of Movsar Rashidov, who had abdicated, in the presence of Ramzan Kadyrov, his son Magomed Rashidov. They suggest that he was kidnapped by power agents.

In Chechnya, power agents check the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that receive foreign funding; their employees are accused of "engagement in subversive activities," the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The Embassy of Iran in Baku has issued a statement, blaming "certain media structures of Azerbaijan for unwillingness to expand bilateral relations." Azerbaijani civil activists believe that the statement referred to the publications that had caused the inquiry into the activities of the ReAl.

Today, the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan districts Kentron and Nork-Marash has sentenced Arsen Mkrtumyan, Gagik Mikaelyan and Soso Margaryan to three years in prison each, finding them guilty of using violence against policemen during riots in Yerevan.

The three young men, killed at night on January 30 in Shali had been instructed by Syrian militants to attack policemen and commit terror acts, said a law enforcement source.

On February 1, the Derbent residents, who are protesting against resettlement, met Ibragim Kazibekov, the Minister of Construction and Housing of Dagestan, and Ali Khazbulatov, the permanent representative of the head of the republic in Southern Dagestan. People brought posters to the meeting: "We want no other’s property, but we won’t give away ours!" and "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin! Stop the construction!"

On February 1, the Baku City Prosecutor's Office refused to open a criminal case about the torture of the blogger Mekhman Guseinov during his custody at the police. His advocate intends to challenge the refusal.

Since the start of the year, at least five persons were killed in Azerbaijan, whom power agents declared to be religious extremists. The level of terror threat in the country is on the rise, believe the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".