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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the governments of Azerbaijan and Hungary to present the official answers in the complaint filed by relatives of Gurgen Margaryan, an officer of the Armenian Armed Forces, who was killed by Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.

The case against a resident of the village of Kashkhatau, charged with storing a shotgun, two pistols and ammunition, has been sent to the court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Olga Kozinskaya, a candidate for the City Assembly of Sochi from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has challenged the judgment to refuse to cancel the election results on constituency No. 9.

The swine flu incidence in Georgia remains complex: the H1N1 virus has been confirmed by laboratory analysis in 153 persons; two more patients died from complications; and the total number of this year's deaths from the virus made five persons.

In most republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the epidemic threshold for influenza virus is not surpassed yet. So far, no quarantine measures have been introduced in Dagestan and Chechnya.

Supporters of Gusein Gamzatov are preparing a lawsuit against the decision of the City Assembly to dismiss him from the post of the head of Buynaksk. The extraordinary session of the Assembly, where the decision was made, was held with violations, said Zairbek Valiev, one of the Deputies.

Nadezhda Savchenko could not, with her wounded arm, climb the tower and correct from there the fire on Russian journalists, two witnesses for the defence have stated today at the session of the Donetsk City Court. Lyudmila Kozlovskaya, President of the Fund "Open Dialogue", is convinced of Savchenko's innocence.

By decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia, the prison terms of Shamil Gazimagomedov, Magomed Ibragimov, Ramazan Khalizov and Vladimir Khalizov were reduced by two months, said the advocate Rustam Yunusov. The SC upheld the life imprisonment for convicted Murad Ataev and Shamil Abdulazizov.

As a result of consideration of appeals, the maximum reduction of the prison term made only 1.5 years, said the advocates of the convicts for the attack on Nalchik.

A resident of the Dagestani village of Andi received a shrapnel wound during a special operation, said the spokesman of the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), thus confirming the information of the "Caucasian Knot" of January 26.

The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has refused to abolish life sentences to five persons, convicted in the case of the attack on Nalchik, while reducing the sentences to some other figurants in the case.

The regional State Labour Inspectorate is involves in checking information about systematic deductions from salaries of employees of the social protection system of the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya.

In 2015, in Northern Caucasus, power agents kept putting pressure on Salafis, while rights defenders were harassed, states the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in the Russian chapter of its report on the human rights situation.

In Azerbaijan, the year 2015 was marked by ruthless repressions against the civil society and mass media; and only a serious international pressure on the authorities can stop the process, says the annual report on human rights released by the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Four local activists report about summons to district policemen for discussing the circumstances of the pensioners' unsanctioned rally in Sochi. The questioning is conducted on the order of the bosses of city police, said one of district policemen.

Gusein Gamzatov, a former head of Buynaksk, and Osman Osmanov, a member of the "Veterans' Party" have united and stood for dissolution of the City Assembly, said Osmanov's former supporters, explaining why they now support Zakarya Amirov, the protégé of Dagestani authorities. According to their version, it has not split the party, although three fellows refuse to support them.

Yesterday, a court in Grozny sentenced Sultanbek Akavov, a resident of Dagestan, to two years in prison, finding him guilty of illicit trafficking in explosives.

In central Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, they have started the main construction works of erecting a skyscraper, "Akhmat Tower", the highest building not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The tower will have 108 floors, and its opening up will create up to a thousand workplaces.

Residents of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya must get official permits for going to forest to gather wild garlic (ramson). Permits are issued "for security of residents themselves," officials said.

The Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) denies the threat of physical violence against activist Gevorg Safaryan kept at the Nubarashen Prison.