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In Sochi, at the gathering of city residents Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov has urged the city residents not to go to a rally organized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and sanctioned by the authorities. The rally was devoted to the protection of the rights of pensioners.

The Russian federal authorities "must respond to a series of barely veiled threats against several prominent rights defenders, media figures and politicians, pronounced by the political leadership of the Chechen Republic." "Such threats should be taken seriously," says a statement posted on the website of the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

Today, members of the "League of Krasnodar Amateur Boxers" have held a training session in front of the Mayoralty. The athletes said they would workout in the street, since they lost their gym.

Today, the participants of the action in support of Gevorg Safaryan and Yke Kyuregyan, who are on hunger strike in Nubarashen Prison, have appealed to the diplomatic corps asking to pay attention to the problem of political prisoners in Armenia.

Nils Muiznieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CE), has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with the complaint of the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova against her illegal arrest, says the statement of the Commissioner's office, received today by the "Caucasian Knot".

The court has dismissed the appeals filed against the sentences to Maxim Baklagin, Vyacheslav Isaev, and Mikhail Volkov, who were sentenced in the criminal case against the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known in Russia as BORN).

Yesterday, on January 20, the investigating bodies of Kalmykia reported that a criminal case was instituted against officials from the penal colony No. 1 of the Department for the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

Zhanna Nemtsova, a daughter of Boris Nemtsov, does not agree with the statement made by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), who reported that the murder of Boris Nemtsov had been solved. Zhanna Nemtsova believes that the ICRF does not intend to solve the crime completely.

Krasnodar hosted a series of solo pickets, which participants criticized the statements made by Chechen leader concerning the non-systemic opposition. According to the picketers, they stopped their protest action after the intervention of two young men, who supported Ramzan Kadyrov.

On January 25, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will discuss the possibility of the use of the tools of international law to find the persons responsible for the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Members of the Boris Nemtsov' family and his associates are invited to attend the hearing, the "Kommersant" reports.

In Azerbaijan, people have marked the Day of Memory and Mourning and paid tribute to the people who fell victim to the special operation carried out by the Soviet troops in Baku on January 20, 1990.

Gevorg Safaryan, a supporter of the National Salvation Front "New Armenia" and member of the "Constituent Parliament", accused of using force against a power official, protests against his transfer to another prison cell.

The murder of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was solved in 2015, said Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the statement of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, will be presented personally to President Putin, to avoid unnecessary discussions, said Evgeny Bobrov, Deputy Chairman of the Council.

Chechen officials and deputies of various levels urge residents of Chechnya "to support Kadyrov in his fight against the 'fifth column'." The authorities have obliged state employees and pupils to come to the actions in support of Kadyrov, residents of Chechnya report.

The Armenian police have reacted to the appeal of the Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan, who asked to clear out the legality of policemen's actions during the incident, in which Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the "Constituent Parliament" was detained.

In Nalchik, special purpose vehicles have left the territory around the house destroyed during the special counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out by law enforcers on January 15-16.

In Dagestan, Patimat Nugaeva, the last resident of the village of Amuzgi, died. After the death of the woman, the village, well-known for the production of cold arms, has become completely empty. The local authorities attract tourists to this village and its neighbourhood to explore the local attractions.

Yke Kyuregyan, sentenced to nine years of imprisonment on the charge of shooting near the courthouse, has refused to drink water.

In the Rostov Region, three young women have become defendants in a criminal case instituted under the article on preparation of a terror act. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.