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Today, the first anniversary of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is marked by residents and guests of the city; the main events take place in the mountain and coastal clusters. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Sochi Airport plans to service 170 flights, including 20 charter ones.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Stavropol Territory plans to launch a new website, where single Muslims could meet each other. Dating through social networks is not contradictory to the norms of Islam, said the Council of Muftis of Russia.

On February 6, the State Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Shusha held a presentation of the album by the Canadian photographer Grair Baze Khacheryan. The event was a part of the campaign dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923.

The Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia is now examining an assumption about some relationships of Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri and members of this family.

Anzor Shkhanukov, the Imam of the "Mansour" Mosque, who was attacked in Nalchik by unidentified persons, will return to work on February 9, said the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Now, the churchman is on sick leave after discharge from the hospital.

On February 6, the police in Grozny released Magomed Khazbiev, the head of the Ingush branch of the Party of People's Freedom, from the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), said his advocate Khedy Ibrieva.

The tension on the contact line of the parties to the Karabakh conflict stresses the need to resume the dialogue of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible, the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe stated in their joint statement.

About 100 resettlers from the Agdam District, living now in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, have attacked the local police station after they learnt about the death of the detainee Sabukha Dunyamaliev. There are victims of the attack.

Today, the Lesken District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced a local resident Ratmir Gazhev to 2 years and 4 months in prison on charges of aiding militants and illegal arms trafficking.

Gevork Safaryan and Ayk Grigoryan, activists of the initiative group "Pre-Parliament", were taken to the police in Yerevan right before their press conference dedicated to the disperse of the motor rally in the NKR. Three hours later, they were released.

Today, Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was detained on suspicion of organizing disorders at the Russian General Consulate in Gyumri, has been released from the Akhuryan temporary detention facility (IVS) under recognizance not to leave.

The oppositional parliamentary troika has postponed the consideration of the issue of the closed hearing on the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, because of the incident that occurred during the motor rally in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), said Naira Zograbyan, the secretary of the "Prosperous Armenia" faction.

In the evening on February 5, in a shootout on the border, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan was killed.

A commemoration party of the victims of the tragedy in the village of Novye Aldy, Chechen Republic, was held on February 5 in Saint Petersburg. The participants of the party sent a letter to President of Russia and the Russian Prosecutor General, demanding to investigate the crimes committed 15 years ago in the village.

The court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced two natives of the Republic of Ingushetia to 6 months of imprisonment each on charges of inflicting bodily harm under the motive of ethnic hatred.

The Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – NKR) and non-parliamentary parties have condemned the crackdown of the motor rally organized by Armenian oppositionists. They believe that the incident has spoiled the international image of the NKR.

On February 5, the Public Prosecutor of the Shirak Region of Armenia refused to release from custody Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was detained on suspicion of provoking disorders at the Russian General Consulate in Gyumri, said the suspect's advocate.

The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) will demand from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office to present materials on the verification of Ramzan Kadyrov's statements on responsibility of relatives for militants' actions. After examination, the results of the verification may be challenged. This was reported by Anton Ryzhov, the head of the JMG.

Armenian law enforcers report about detention of Mnatsakan Aleksanyan in Gyumri, who is suspected of the riots at the General Consulate of Russia.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the law enforcement bodies have prepared for publication the identikit images of two persons suspected of beating Anzor Shkhanukov, the imam of "Mansour" Mosque in Nalchik.