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The data from Professor Richard McLaren’s report about the system of falsification of doping tests in Russia have no sufficient proofs, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has declared.

The Armenia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has joined the statement of the MoD of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), made in connection with the incident in the Karabakh conflict zone, having accused the Azerbaijan counterpart of sabotage and disinformation. The Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported Azerbaijan’s attempted attack to the OSCE.

Gyulyaga Aslanly, the head of the office of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, was questioned at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan; the incumbent and the former chairs of the party have also been summoned for questioning. They figure as witnesses in the case of receiving by country residents of the emigrant status abroad under false documents.

Over 500 producers and sellers of agricultural goods of the Krasnodar Territory have been deprived of the opportunity to trade on weekdays at seven fairs in Sochi, because of the decision of the city Mayor. He has reduced the number of trading days from four to two, allowing trading only on weekends.

The State Museum of GULAG History hosted a commemoration event of 1944 deportation victims. Participants told that in Chechnya and Ingushetia February 23 is marked as mourning day; and deportees’ families still experience problems upon return.

Residents of the resort micro-district Maly Akhun have held a meeting with the chair of the territorial self-government body (known as TOS) and decided to send via him an appeal to the Sochi Mayor with a request to cancel the development of the territory of the local national park.

As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Azerbaijani militaries have shelled from cannons and machine guns the contact line, including the territory of the village of Talish.

Despite protests of the opposition, Georgian MPs have adopted a package of bills on introduction of a new system of secret surveillance and wiretapping.

Zelimkhan Evloev, the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, has suggested addressing the federal centre with a request to mark October 30 as the Day of Memory and Grief. The press service of the Ingush Parliament has explained that it does not mean a transfer of the Memory Day of Deportation Victims from February 23.

Residents of the Makhachkala settlement of Semender have held an action with a demand from officials to abandon the project of building an animal shelter in the territory of an abandoned farm. The shelter will be located close to residential buildings, they have stated.

The case of defaming the police by the blogger Mekhman Guseinov cannot be a criminal one, since, according to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), defamation cases are considered in the civil process. This was stated by Elchin Sadygov, a Guseinov’s advocate. Guseinov himself intends to continue his blogger’s activities.

In Makhachkala, city residents are themselves engaged in shooting of stray dogs. This was reported by members of animal rights organizations "Ecolife" and "Zoolife". Animal rights defenders create patrols to stop the active shooting of animals.

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.