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The Moscow City Court has changed the pre-trial restriction measure to Svetlana Trishina, who was kept in custody in the criminal case of the terror act in the "Domodedovo" Airport. The defendant will stay under house arrest until February 28, the "Interfax" reports.

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has postponed the consideration of the appeal filed by defendants sentenced in the criminal case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, until March 9. The decision has been made because of the absence of an interpreter and one of the advocates.

Today, the Azerbaijani Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by human rights defender Intigam Aliev against the verdict of guilty. The defence of Intigam Aliev intends to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Investigators believe that a resident of North Ossetia has been trained at a militants' camp in Syria and is fighting in the ranks of the "Islamic State", banned in Russia.

On February 23, in Baku, public prosecutor delivered the final speech at the trial in the case of the death of journalist Rasim Aliev. The public prosecutor has suggested sentencing all five defendants to 11.5-14 years of imprisonment.

After the improvement of the weather conditions, the traffic along the Transcaucasian Highway has been resumed.

The prosecution of Vardges Gaspari, a supporter of the National Armenian Congress is caused by his political views and civil position, says a joint statement of 12 human rights organizations of Armenia.

The date of presenting the report on the situation in Chechnya was not accidentally coincident with the anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes; is an attempt to emphasize solidarity with the Chechen people, who are the first feels to feel the effects of Ramzan Kadyrov's ruling, said Ilya Yashin.

Magomedali Murliev had not suspected that his car was stuffed with explosives, and had not prepared himself for the role of a suicide bomber, the "LifeNews" has reported, citing its source from law enforcement bodies.

Residents of Ingushetia have marked the 72nd anniversary of the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples by a rally and a collective memorial prayer at the Memorial of Fame in Nazran.

Ramzan Kadyrov governs Chechnya in the Putin-style power flavoured with demonstrative Islamization. He increases military power in the republic, uses law enforcers loyal to him personally, and thus threatens the national security of Russia. This was stated by Ilya Yashin in his report on the situation in the Chechen Republic.

Today, at the Moscow office of the PARNAS Party, the presentation of the Ilya Yashin's report on the situation in Chechnya has been interrupted by a report on a bomb. Media representatives were evacuated. Earlier, a man from the audience has accused Ilya Yashin of lack of patriotism.

The report entitled "A Threat to National Security", prepared by oppositionist Ilya Yashin and devoted to the Chechen leader, appeared to be published for a short time on the website "Open Russia" prior to the due time because of a technical error.

Today marks the 72nd anniversary from the beginning of the Stalin deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples. For the third year, Chechnya holds no commemorative events on this date, while people outside the republic mark the date.

At the next meeting, the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream" is to pronounce the decision whether the "Industry Will Save Georgia" Party will stay among the members of the coalition. The conflict within the coalition arose from the statements made by Georgy Topadze, the leader of the "Industry Will Save Georgia" Party, concerning the Georgian Minister of Defence.

Arthur Bagdasaryan, former Speaker of Parliament and Secretary of Security Council under President of Armenia, has been elected the chairman of the association. The "Armenian Renaissance" includes 12 parties and 138 public organizations.

An advocate of Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the "Constituent Parliament", who was arrested on suspicion of using violence against a public authority, has filed a complaint against his client's arrest to the Court of Cassation.

A check by power agents of an anonymous report about a bomb planted in the office of the PARNAS Party had to do with an attempt to disrupt the presentation of the report about the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, scheduled February 23, said Ilya Yashin, a co-chairman of the party.

Death of head of North Ossetia Tamerlan Aguzarov; car explosion at GIBDD (traffic police) post in Dagestan by suicide bomber; approval of conviction of Azerbaijani rights defender Rasul Jafarov; termination of Savchenko's trial; issuance of permit to build bridge across the Kerch Strait; cancellation of judgement in the case of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 15-21, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Regular release of stories about public humiliation by Ramzan Kadyrov of supporters of Salafi concept of Islam enhances the atmosphere of fear in Chechnya and creates the image of the republic as a totalitarian state inside the state. This opinion was expressed by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".