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The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in three districts of Dagestan, where power agents are searching for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters.

The exercises of the Southern Military District (SMD) have political context and are intended to master various scenarios of the air warfare and defence for the Black Sea Fleet, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The families of casualties and victims of the explosion at the Djemikent traffic police checkpoint in the Derbent District of Dagestan will receive financial aid from the government, depending on the gravity of injuries, the press service of the republic's government has reported.

The woman, who was seriously wounded by the explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint in the Derbent District, has died in hospital, said Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of Dagestan. Thus, according to official data, she is the fourth casualty of the blast, including the suicide bomber.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of the right to life of Apti Dalakov, a resident of Ingushetia, who was killed by law enforcers in 2007. His uncle was awarded a compensation for moral harm in the amount of 60,000 euros, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.

The Imam of the city of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov, who was yesterday released by the decision of the Stavropol Territorial Court, is at large from his colony. The decision was enforced immediately after the Courier Service has brought the judgement of the appeal court to the colony.

The number of Russians, who consider the situation in Northern Caucasus prosperous, is reducing, indicates the latest opinion poll conducted by the "Levada-Centre". According to sociologists, the "Crimean syndrome" is gradually ceasing to affect the moods of Russians; and, in parallel, people are losing confidence in the stabilization of situation in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

In Derbent, power agents destroyed an explosive device in the house of Abutdin Khanmagomedov, who had sworn to the "Islamic State" (IS) said one of townspeople.

Elzhan Talibov, 46, the father of Admir Talibov, suspected of triggering an explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint, was brought to the ROVD (District Interior Division) of Derbent, said a law enforcement source from Dagestan.

Builders plan to completely dismantle the multi-storey house destroyed by explosion by March 15. The demolition of the house will cost 16,370,000 budget roubles.

One of the detainees, according to law enforcers, took part in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS), which is banned in Russia; the second is suspected of complicity.

Representatives of Amur Khakulov, a convict in the case on the attack on Nalchik, have sent a request to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take urgent measures in connection with the deterioration of his health. Khakulov needs haemodialysis and takes pills, said his wife.

Yusup Bartykhanov, a member of the tender committee for the selection of candidates for the post of Mayor of Buynaksk, is suspected of illegal purchase and possession of weapons and drugs. This was reported by a source from the Buynaksk City Court. According to the source, the Court has taken Yusup Bartykhanov in custody for two months.

The Azerbaijani Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal filed by advocates of human rights defender Rasul Jafarov and upheld his earlier sentence.

In Chechnya, law enforcers have enhanced security measures after the terror act, committed in the Derbent District of Dagestan in the morning of February 15. Residents of Chechnya report on numerous mobile police checkpoints, arranged on the main roads.

Supporters of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia" have handed over a letter to the Armenian representative office of the Council of Europe (CE). In their letter, the activists request to condemn the prosecution of Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the "Constituent Parliament", and other arrested activists.

In Azerbaijan, prisoner Nourani Ibragimov died at the penitentiary institution No. 6. According to his farther, the prisoner's body bears numerous signs of physical violence. Officials from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have confirmed the fact of the prisoner's death; however, they still refuse to comment on the circumstances and causes of the incident.

The request of the Saint Petersburg Deputy Maxim Reznik, demanding to check the statements of Ramzan Kadyrov for extremism, has been resent by the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. Maxim Reznik intends to challenge the GPO's decision.

The Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Stavropol Territorial Court decided to quash the verdict to Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov. The Imam has been released under recognizance not to leave, said his advocate.

The explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint in the Derbent District was committed by a suicide bomber from the IS unit in Northern Caucasus, says the statement of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.