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

The operational headquarters for Dagestan has made a decision to cancel the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, introduced in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District on January 25.

In the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya, some amounts are systematically deducted from salaries of public employees of social protection sphere. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the criminal case against a school teacher, who, according to investigators, used to provide militants with shelter and food, has been sent to court.

Today, Yerevan has hosted a protest action. It was held by 50 workers of the "Nairit" Chemical Factory, who demanded to resume the activities of the rubber company.

The Russian FSB Department for the Krasnodar Territory has instituted a criminal case against suspected accomplices of the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia. They are put on the wanted list.

In Ingushetia, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is checking the Foundation "Legal Initiative", and in Moscow, the autonomous non-commercial organization (ANO) "Legal Assistance-Astrea", a partner organization of the Foundation "Legal Initiative", is being checked.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started the procedure of communication on the complaint filed by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who was subjected to criminal prosecution for expressing an opinion about the people responsible for the death of Natalia Estemirova.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory have introduced changes to the regional law to return public transport benefits for pensioners.

According to the preliminary information, since January 1, 2016, 49 residents of a number of regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) died from complications of influenza. The highest numbers of deaths were registered in the Volgograd Region and Adygea.

At the meeting, members of the Federation Council have pronounced the early termination of the powers of Vyacheslav Derev, a Senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, at his request.

All the activists of the "Yabloko" Party, detained during a protest action for the resignation of the Chechen leader, are released from the police station. Sergey Mitrokhin, a member of the Party's Federal Political Committee, has said that he was twice searched and that his mobile phone was seized from him.

Abdula Makhachev, the former Dagestani Deputy Minister of Sport, is arrested on suspicion of fraud with gas networks, since the Dagestani leader pays careful attention to that sphere in the conditions of the crisis. This opinion was expressed by Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief of the news agency "Derbent".

At the plenary session held on January 26, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has examined two documents relating to the Karabakh conflict. MPs have adopted one of the resolutions proposed by the Azerbaijani side, but did not support another one.

In Dagestan, in the course of the special operation in the village of Andi, a relative of the owner of the destroyed house got shrapnel wounds. This was reported by a local resident.

Today, Musa Khadisov, an advocate of Anzor Gubashev, has reported that after the defendants and their defenders examine the materials of the case, it will be sent to the Prosecutor's Office. The information on the completion of the investigation has also been confirmed by Vadim Prokhorov, an advocate of the victim party.

In front of the building of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergey Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the "Yabloko" Party, and Anton Antonov-Ovseenko, the head of the Party's Moscow public reception, have tried to hold a picket with the demand of the resignation of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

In Grozny, residents report on CCTV notifications in mosques. According to an official from the Grozny administration, surveillance cameras are installed in the mosques for security reasons.

While clearing the ruins of a destroyed house after the special operation carried out in the village of Andi, law enforcers found a body of a militant. This was reported by a source from the Dagestani law enforcement bodies. The law enforcers are still engaged in clearing the ruins of the destroyed house.

Investigators believe that a 31-year-old female resident of Ingushetia rendered assistance to members of the armed underground: the woman provided the militants with information and followed their instructions.