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Four persons were killed and one person detained after giving an armed resistence to law enforcers, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has reported today.

The Georgian commando Giorgi Tsertsvadze, who was detained in Kiev at the request of Russia, and then released under the decision of the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office, has appealed to the Ukrainian authorities for political asylum for himself and his family.

In the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya, power agents detained seven local residents who were about to go to Syria to join the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, law enforcers have reported.

The 36-year-old Nadezhda Degtyaryova, who committed suicide after the judgement to evict her out into the street, has been buried in Sochi. Nadezhda's mother blames the persons involved in the alienation of their apartment of her daughter's death.

An appeal to the Turkish Federation of Caucasian Associations (KAFFED) to resume contacts with the International Circassian Association (ICA) was addressed by Asker Sokht, the deputy head of "Adyge Khase" of the KrasnodarTerritory. His appeal was supported by Khauti Sokhrokov, the President of the ICA, and Ali Aslanov, its member.

Today, Azer Gasymly and Erkin Gadirli, activists of the "Real Alternative" (ReAl) movement, were interrogated at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan. Members of the ReAl have treated the interrogations as pressure on the movement.

The activist Andrias Gukasyan, accused of organizing mass disorders in the Yerevan district of Sari Tag, in fact held demonstrators from clashing with the police, the international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has stated.

The placement of the mobile exhibition "The Holocaust: Destruction, Liberation, Salvation" in the premises of the Regional Duma was denied by local MPs.

As reported by Batyr Boromangnaev, the chairman of the Kalmyk branch of the "Yabloko" Party, policemen have detained the activist, who held in Elista a solo picket against the socio-economic policy of the republic's authorities.

The reconciliation of Isa Yamadaev with Ramzan Kadyrov could be formal; therefore, the development of a conflict situation is possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", in their comments on the inquiry into the attempt on the head of Chechnya.

In Syria, in the ranks of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russian by court's decision, about 1200 residents of Dagestan are fighting, Abdurashid Magomedov, the head of the republic's MIA, has stated today.

Last night, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the dwelling settlements of Kvanada and Gimerso of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters of the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported. According to his story, the CTO regime is in force since 4:00 a.m. Moscow time.

On January 30, Shali hosted a rally of citizens, who demanded to evict the families of the killed militants out of the republic, the city administration has reported. The rally was attended by several hundred people.

The bodies of the militants killed at night on January 30 in the city of Shali will not be given out to their relatives for burial, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. "In accordance with the federal legislation, the bodies of the terrorists will be buried in unmarked graves without notifying their relatives," a source from the MIA told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Representatives of 10 Russian cities took part in the project seminar "Museum and Communities" held in the city of Derbent.

Power agents have found the father of Magomed Rashidov, who, according to Chechen authorities, headed the attack on policemen in Shali. The father has renounced his son Magomed, Ramzan Kadyrov has written in his Instagram.

At the Dagestani-Chechnya border, power agents stopped the advocate Elena Denisenko, who was on her way to the trial of Abdusalam Ramazanov, from continuing her travel, and took away her passport for examination.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the complaints of the defence of Anzor and Shagid Gubashev about their custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and about late considerations of their appeals lodged in the case of Boris Nemtsov's murder, the advocate of Anzor Gubashev has stated today.

In the period from December 17, 2016, to January 30, 2017, Chechnya registered at least 8 armed incidents, including militants' attacks on law enforcers and special operations. As a result of those incidents, 26 people were killed, and seven others were wounded.

The Chechen police have trailed organizers of the failed assassination attempt on the life of Ramzan Kadyrov in Benoi, including the Yamadaev family members, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.