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A criminal case on propaganda of Nazi symbols has been instituted against Alexander Tokarev, an editor of the "Astrakhanskaya Pravda", after the newspaper published an article about the prohibition of the Communist Party in Ukraine.

Advocate Timur Lakunov, who represents the interests of Eduard Mironov, sentenced to life imprisonment, has called the decision of the Court of Appeal a biased and announced the intention to challenge it at cassation instance.

The reconstruction of Kabardinskaya Street in Nalchik is on for 1.5 years, leaving entrepreneurs without incomes, said the owners of local shops and travel agencies. Entrepreneurs demand from the authorities to speed up the reconstruction, the city administration has promised to complete the works by May 1.

A temporary passenger crossing between the river Sarpinsky Island and Volgograd is organized by the municipal rescue service, but it operates only twice a day and carries people by a snowmobile, not a steamer, the island residents complain. The Mayoralty promises to launch regular transportation from February 10.

During 2015, Dagestani law enforcement bodies and reconciliation commission received 65 applications on abandoning terrorist activities, said the participants of the sitting of the republic's antiterrorist commission.

The body of an employee of the Azerbaijani oil platform "Gyuneshli", who died in a fire, was found off the coast of Turkmenistan. Thus, the number of casualties of the fire had reached 12; and 18 more people are still regarded missing.

Today, defendants in the criminal case on the murder of the Russian politician have been informed the completion of the investigation. They and their advocates will soon begin to examine the case materials. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

In the territory of the Buynaksk, Karabudakhkent and Kumtorkalin Districts, power agents are seeking for members of illegal armed formations (IAF), said the spokesman of the operative headquarters in Dagestan.

Drivers of heavy-duty trucks of Dagestan have reported about their summoning to police "for talks", after they decided to set up an association of truckers in the republic.

The first group tenants of the destroyed house in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd have received their lump sum compensations for their ruined housing, said a source from the city administration.

The OSCE Minsk Group is trying to freeze the Karabakh conflict and puts pressure on the PACE deputies, who rejected the resolution on the escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has stated.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the return of privileged public transport fare did not affect the pensioners, whose pensions exceed the need criterion defined at 15,400 roubles per month. Sochi retirees argue that this level is too high, and the transport costs will be a blow to their family budgets.

Journalists covering the events in the Caucasus face pressure and restrictions in obtaining the information. This was announced by winners of the contest in memory of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. While preparing materials about the region, journalists should take high responsibility, the winners have stressed.

In Shamkhal, a suburban residential settlement of Makhachkala, the Salafi mosque will be reopened only after the appointment of a new imam. This was reported by members of the Salafi community and a source from the local police station.

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of provocation, resulting in the death of soldier Nakhid Fikret oglu Safarov.

The Suleiman-Stalsky District Court has found a local resident Ignat Abdurakhmanov guilty of helping participants of the armed underground, as well as of illegal possession of an explosive device.

Russian sanctions against Turkey will not affect the economy of Abkhazia, but will boost local agriculture, said Shamil Adzimba, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic.

An official of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported on prevention of the attempt to transfer fighters of the "Islamic State" (IS) to Russia and of terror acts plotted by a group of Russian citizens who swore allegiance to the IS. Meanwhile, in 2015, in Russia, the NAC registered the decrease in the number of terrorist crimes by 2.5 times.

A native of the village of Balakhani, suspected of belonging to militants, has surrendered voluntarily, said a source from the administration of the Untsukul District of Dagestan. The republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed the fact of voluntary surrender.

The first place in the contest in honour of Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Ahmednabiyev was granted to Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta".