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Supporters of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia" have handed over a letter to the Armenian representative office of the Council of Europe (CE). In their letter, the activists request to condemn the prosecution of Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the "Constituent Parliament", and other arrested activists.

In Azerbaijan, prisoner Nourani Ibragimov died at the penitentiary institution No. 6. According to his farther, the prisoner's body bears numerous signs of physical violence. Officials from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have confirmed the fact of the prisoner's death; however, they still refuse to comment on the circumstances and causes of the incident.

The request of the Saint Petersburg Deputy Maxim Reznik, demanding to check the statements of Ramzan Kadyrov for extremism, has been resent by the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. Maxim Reznik intends to challenge the GPO's decision.

The Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Stavropol Territorial Court decided to quash the verdict to Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov. The Imam has been released under recognizance not to leave, said his advocate.

The explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint in the Derbent District was committed by a suicide bomber from the IS unit in Northern Caucasus, says the statement of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.

According to various sources, the power of the explosion, triggered at the Djemikent checkpoint of the GIBDD (traffic police), was 30-50 kilos of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. There is a version that there were two bombs in the blasted car.

On February 13, residents of the city of Argun gathered in the local mosque to publicly condemn young men and women, accused of supporting radical Islam and calling to go to warfare in Syria. The gathering was also held with participation of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who reported about the events on the following day in his Instagram.

According to the law enforcement bodies, the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) was committed by members of the "Southern" grouping of militants.

This morning, an explosion has occurred near the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. The incident happened after one of the cars had approached the checkpoint for verification of documents. The law enforcement bodies admit that the explosion could be committed by a man whose remains were found at the place of the explosion.

In the evening on February 14, a group of four persons entered the house of a secondary school teacher of the village of Djuli. They tied his wife and kidnapped the teacher. Today, a source from the law enforcement bodies has reported that the teacher was taken away in a car, which was later discovered in the village of Khuchni, the centre of the Tabasaran District.

Protests of parishioners of Salafi mosque in Derbent after detention of its Imam; decision of Volgograd authorities to build a new house in place of destroyed one; large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 8-14, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ruslan Mukhudinov, accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, who was put on the wanted list, returned from the United Arab Emirates to Chechnya and accompanied his family members out from Chechnya, the "Rosbalt" reports with reference to its sources.

During the week on February 8-14, 2016, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Celebration of holidays like Saint Valentine's Day contradicts the canons of Islam and the cultural traditions of Dagestan and Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by local residents.

Two citizens of Moldova, accused of drug trafficking, were subjected to violence in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 23/1 of Krasnodar. This was reported by a person representing their defence and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the KrasnodarTerritory. The lawyer has filed an appeal on the matter to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The police questioned leaders of truck drivers from 14 regions of Dagestan, truck drivers report. During interrogations, "policemen ask them whether truck drivers support extremist positions," truck drivers claim.

Today, Northern Avenue in Yerevan has hosted the annual international dance flash mob "One Billion Rising". The event was organized "in order to stop violence against women and girls," reports the website of the NGO "Society without Violence".

In Stepanakert, more than 30 veterans have gathered in the central square of the city to mark the 28th anniversary of the first rally of activists of the national liberation movement. The participants of the gathering have voiced the demand to intensify the foreign policy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In Volgograd, the Mayoralty intends to evict Lydia Petrova, a veteran of the World War II, from a one-room apartment. Officials claim that Lydia Petrova occupies the apartments illegally. The woman treats the requirement of the Mayoralty as unfair.

Sappers have defused an artillery shell, found in a village in the Tavush Region of Armenia.