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In the evening on January 31, Volgograd hosted an anti-war picket demanding peace in South-East of Ukraine. It was the second on that day in the city. The picketers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they received threats.

The prosecutors' actions to demand personal data of employees of the "Civil Assistance" Committee are beyond legal norms; and the volume of requested data is such that it will be hardly prepared by the appointed deadline, said Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the Committee.

In the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), unidentified assailants beat up supporters of the "Pre-Parliament": two activists were hospitalized; two others refused from hospitalization.

The entry into force of amendments to the Law "On Turnover Tax" has been suspended until July 1; the respective decision was made today by the Government of Armenia.

Magomed's relatives have reported the disappearance of this resident of the village of Stalsky, Kizilyurt District, suggesting that could be kidnapped for his religious views.

The death of a prisoner Elshad Babaev in Baku colony is investigated under the article of abuse of office; however, Babaev's relatives insist on the investigation under the murder article.

In the period from January 25 to January 31, in the troops contact line in the area of the Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime for about 2200 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

In 2014, Northern Caucasus saw a dramatic reduction of the number of victims of the armed conflict. The "Caucasian Knot" has published detailed results of its calculations based on the data received from its own correspondents and information from open sources in the Section "Northern Caucasus – Statistics of Victims".

In the period from January 1 to December 31, 2014, in total, 525 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), including 341 killed and 184 wounded persons. In comparison with 2013, the total number of victims went down by 46.9%. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The joint inquiry conducted by investigating authorities of Russia and Armenia into the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri has no legal force, Armenian lawyers believe. Such a scheme would allow the defendant to challenge the legality of the investigation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said the lawyer Alexander Sirunyan.

The international obligations to protect human rights, presented in the UN's universal review, have been failed by Armenia. Civil society activists see no real changes in this area, said Armenian rights defenders in the debates "Human rights situation in Armenia, according to UN observations".

The successors of the suffered party in the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri have testified to investigators. According to the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia, the number of successors has increased up to five persons.

The 2014 victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus have been summed up, showing a reduction of the count of victims in all regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), except for Chechnya.

Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party, and who was hospitalized after interrogations, is at home; his condition is still grave.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has begun investigating a criminal case opened on the fact of death in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) of Gasan Gasanov, as well as of the arrest in the unrecognized republic of Dilkham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev.

Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party and hospitalized after interrogations, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) under recognizance not to leave. It is reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the today's prosecutor's inspection of the Moscow office of the Committee was caused by her criticism of the Law "On Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation".

The participants of the motor rally Makhachkala-Simferopol have reached the Crimea, where they performed their Friday namaz (prayer).

On Friday, January 30, prosecutors make inspections of Moscow offices of the "Civil Assistance" Committee and the Transparency International, having obliged the activists to provide a number of necessary documents before February 2, said Pavel Chikov, the Chairman of the "Agora" Association of Human Rights Organizations.

The parliamentary opposition demands to organize closed hearings in the Parliament on the murder of the Avetisyan family committed in the city of Gyumri, said Ruben Akopyan, the leader of the "Heritage" faction.