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According to various sources, the power of the explosion, triggered at the Djemikent checkpoint of the GIBDD (traffic police), was 30-50 kilos of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. There is a version that there were two bombs in the blasted car.

On February 13, residents of the city of Argun gathered in the local mosque to publicly condemn young men and women, accused of supporting radical Islam and calling to go to warfare in Syria. The gathering was also held with participation of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who reported about the events on the following day in his Instagram.

According to the law enforcement bodies, the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) was committed by members of the "Southern" grouping of militants.

This morning, an explosion has occurred near the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. The incident happened after one of the cars had approached the checkpoint for verification of documents. The law enforcement bodies admit that the explosion could be committed by a man whose remains were found at the place of the explosion.

In the evening on February 14, a group of four persons entered the house of a secondary school teacher of the village of Djuli. They tied his wife and kidnapped the teacher. Today, a source from the law enforcement bodies has reported that the teacher was taken away in a car, which was later discovered in the village of Khuchni, the centre of the Tabasaran District.

Protests of parishioners of Salafi mosque in Derbent after detention of its Imam; decision of Volgograd authorities to build a new house in place of destroyed one; large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 8-14, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ruslan Mukhudinov, accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, who was put on the wanted list, returned from the United Arab Emirates to Chechnya and accompanied his family members out from Chechnya, the "Rosbalt" reports with reference to its sources.

During the week on February 8-14, 2016, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Celebration of holidays like Saint Valentine's Day contradicts the canons of Islam and the cultural traditions of Dagestan and Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by local residents.

Two citizens of Moldova, accused of drug trafficking, were subjected to violence in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 23/1 of Krasnodar. This was reported by a person representing their defence and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the KrasnodarTerritory. The lawyer has filed an appeal on the matter to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The police questioned leaders of truck drivers from 14 regions of Dagestan, truck drivers report. During interrogations, "policemen ask them whether truck drivers support extremist positions," truck drivers claim.

Today, Northern Avenue in Yerevan has hosted the annual international dance flash mob "One Billion Rising". The event was organized "in order to stop violence against women and girls," reports the website of the NGO "Society without Violence".

In Stepanakert, more than 30 veterans have gathered in the central square of the city to mark the 28th anniversary of the first rally of activists of the national liberation movement. The participants of the gathering have voiced the demand to intensify the foreign policy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Volgograd, the Mayoralty intends to evict Lydia Petrova, a veteran of the World War II, from a one-room apartment. Officials claim that Lydia Petrova occupies the apartments illegally. The woman treats the requirement of the Mayoralty as unfair.

Sappers have defused an artillery shell, found in a village in the Tavush Region of Armenia.

Khava Tangieva, a resident of Ingushetia, who lost her child in the hospital of Malgobek, is trying to adjudge compensation of the damage caused to her health. At the first session, the court decided to summon the investigator, who had run the inquiry into the events at the hospital, as the third party, and demanded to ensure the appearance of doctors.

Talekh Khasmamedov, the head of the organization "Rights and Law", was placed into the colony dungeon, after the wife issued a statement about his serious health problems, said Talekh's mother. The Alliance "Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners" has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop the inhuman treatment of Khasmamedov.

The court that considers the lawsuit of the Doskhoev family, whose new-born baby died in the Malgobek hospital, has demanded to present documents to confirm that doctors had been brought to disciplinary responsibility, as well as to ensure the appearance of doctors and the investigator.

The main reasons for the spread of early marriages in Georgia are difficult social situation of families and poor awareness about human rights, experts believe.

Law enforcers have completed their special operation in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, which was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, said the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters. The results of the CTO are not reported.