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On Thursday, David Khakim, a Sochi civil activist, who was detained on charges of disobeying the police, was let off from the special detention facility of the Sochi OVD (Interior Division).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed its decision on the case "Djabrailov et al versus Russia", by recognizing the responsibility of Russian law enforcement bodies for the kidnapping and probable death of 13 residents of Chechnya.

On February 26, the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy, Azerbaijani hackers broke about 300 Armenian websites; however, the governmental ones did not suffer, said Vache Gabrielyan, the Minister-Chief of the Government Office of Armenia.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the scene of events, the drugstore, located in Nalchik near the Central Marketplace, which was blown up, is now guarded by the police; it is closed; and all the drugs were taken away.

Last year, a total of 31 terror acts were registered in the Russian Federation; the most difficult situation is in Northern Caucasus, used by hostile forces from abroad as a "destabilization detonator," said Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

At the session of the Moscow City Court (MCC), where the murder of Anna Politkovskaya is considered, Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", told about the evidence presented to the newspaper by Oleg Golubovich, a witness for the prosecution, who fears to come to Russia, because of the threat to his life.

The information about the expulsion of Grigory Uchkurov from the Cossack community after he identified the participants of the scuffle with Pussy Riot and criticized the Cossacks involved in the incident, is untrue, say members of the Sochi Cossack community.

In prison of Makhachkala, law enforcers beat Arthur Djanbatyrov, a resident of Leninkent. This was reported by his advocate Aziz Kurbanov.

Azerbaijan commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the tragedy in the town of Khodjaly in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is considered one of the most tragic pages in the history of the state. The country holds mourning ceremonies. Armenia states that Azerbaijan is trying to falsify history.

The judicial board on civil cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has dismissed an appeal against the refusal to recognize the regional branch of the "For Human Rights" as foreign agent. This was reported by advocate Alexei Glukhov, who represented the interests of the organization in the court.

The court has sentenced Ruslan Dadaev, the former deputy head of the Kalach District of the Volgograd Region, to a multimillion fine on charges of taking bribes when buying apartments for children-orphans, said the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

In Sochi, Cossack Grigory Uchkurov has stated that on the video record, he had identified Nikolai Kuts, Ataman of the Central District Cossack Community of Sochi, among participants with the incident with the "Pussy Riot" that occurred on February 19. On February 25, Grigory Uchkurov was expelled from the Kuban Cossack Army.

Driver of a car stopped at the border between Dagestan and the Stavropol Territory was detained after policemen found ammunition for rifled-bore weapons in his vehicle. This was reported the GIBDD (road police) of the Stavropol Territory.

On February 25, at the Moscow City Court (MCC), at the trial of the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", prosecutors continued presenting to the court the evidence against the defendants, despite the fact that one of the defence lawyers demanded to postpone the trial.

Following the "roundtable" "Are Priority Projects of Dagestan's President a Venture or Reality?", representatives of 15 NGOs, national communities, and political parties of Dagestan asked President Vladimir Putin to dismiss the Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov.

The cases against Sochi activists Olga Noskovets and David Khakim were instituted to isolate them during the Olympic closing ceremony. This opinion was expressed by Dmitry Shevchenko, Deputy Coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus".

Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the custody of the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov until June 1 this year. The investigator has petitioned for the extension, because, according to his story, other defendants in the case give confessions, but complain that Amirov threatens them.

Today, Judge Maslakova from the Khosta District Court has issued a decision on recognition of Olga Noskovets, an activist "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", guilty of disobeying the police.

On February 26, the Far-Eastern Primorsky Territory will start the Torch Relay of the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. The Flame of the 2014 Paralympicswill visit eight regions of Russia and on March 6 will be lit at the "Roza Khutor" Sochi ski resort.

Until the body of Doku (Dokku) Umarov, the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz", is demonstrated, any rumours about his death will only be predictions, Orhan Cemal, a special correspondent of the newspaper "Izvestia", has noted in his comment on the information that appeared on the Internet that Umarov was poisoned. The reporter believes that the information about Umarov's death has the right to exist.