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Belarus has extradited the blogger Alexander Lapshin, who is supporting the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan in order to strengthen its relations in the energy sector, the Armenian experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", are sure.

Power agents are checking passports in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, said local residents.

The inaction of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the issue of deporting by Belarus to Azerbaijan of the blogger Alexander Lapshin threatens the talks of the parties of the Karabakh conflict, members of the Nagorno-Karabakh Committee "Helsinki Initiative-92" believe.

In Tbilisi, two transgender women injured in an attack get medical treatment at the hospital. They were seriously injured. This was reported by Giorgi Tatishvili, the leader of the Centre for Transgender Women.

Lawyer Sergey Zemtsov, who represents the interests of participants of the "tractor march", has been attacked this night. This was reported by Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the Kuban farmers' movement "Polite Farmers".

The authorities of Russia, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh are disappointed by the Belarusian authorities' decision to extradite Alexander Lapshin, a citizen of Russia, to Azerbaijan. Alexander Lapshin arrived in Baku on February 7.

All 22 natives of Chechnya detained in Austria sought refugee status. Two of them left under arrest are refused of asylum, and they face deportation. In Austria, many Chechen refugees have failed to integrate into the local society, and appearance of their names in the criminal chronicle is of high interest to local media.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed an appeal filed by lawyer Alaif Gasanov against the decisions of lower courts, which dismissed his claims for recognition of the illegality of his exception from the Bar Association of Azerbaijan.

In December 2013, Islam Shogenov, a defendant in the case of an attempt to create Caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was busy studying, when, according to prosecutors, he was shadowing the police officer, who was later attacked, said the wife of Islam Shogenov.

During their visit to inspect SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 3 in Khasavyurt, members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan revealed four cases of inmates’ beatings.

The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", plans to file to the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic an appeal against his verdict, pronounced by the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya.

The museum "Russia is my history" will not be constructed in the Lenin Komsomol Park, and it will be built at the site on Imam Shamil Avenue selected for the construction. This was reported by the leader of Dagestan. He has explained that the decision was made "after a broad public debate."

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision concerning compensation in the amount of 10,750 euros to be paid to Islam Turpulkhanov for the bad conditions of detention at the penitentiary institution No. 22 of the Arkhangelsk Region.

The defence has appealed against institution of criminal proceedings against Nikolai Borodin, a participant of the "tractor march". Farmers believe that raiders seek criminal prosecution of protestors.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the complaint filed by journalist Alexander Lashmankin and 22 other applicants and ordered Russia to pay them 183,550 euros for failures to sanction rallies. The mentioned rallies also include an unsanctioned rally in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

The young men, detained on January 31 in the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya on suspicion of trying to leave for Syria to join the ranks of militants, stayed at a police station for three days. They were released for the time of preliminary investigation. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

At the meeting concerning the investment climate in the region, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has asked the local leaders to take responsibility and to attract extra-budgetary funds. He has threatened to dismiss those who fail to obey to his instructions.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District of Dagestan, and law enforcers are engaged in search for militants and their accomplices. This was reported by the operational headquarters.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has revoked a residence permit issued to Rabbi Arieh Edelkopf, a US citizen. The MIA's officials have explained their decision by the fact that Rabbi Arieh Edelkopf poses a threat to national security.

For the ninth day, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abkhazia, who sewed their mouths in protest, continue their hunger strike with the demand to the Georgian Ministry of Social Protection to re-evaluate the conditions of their stay in hospital in Zugdidi.