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The former Minister of Sports and Youth of Georgia Lado Vardzelashvili has been detained under the murder case of Davy Siradze, the head of the Department for Youth Matters of the above Ministry.

An opposition rally was held in Yerevan, in Freedom Square, where Raffi Ovannisyan, an ex-presidential candidate and the current leader of the "Heritage" Party, called the audience to fight to the end for their rights and for return of "stolen votes at the election."

As reported by the Ingush Security Council, power agents of Ingushetia killed two suspected militants in the territory of the district adjacent to the border with Chechnya; both casualties have been identified.

The Chechen MPs have approved amendments to the Republic's Law "On the Order of Submitting Notifications about Holding Meetings, Rallies, Demonstrations, Marches and Pickets".

Today, on February 22, the majority of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Assembly), made up by the members of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has addressed the General Public Prosecutor and the Minister of Finance of Georgia with a demand to stop appointing interrogations of Deputies on the days, when they have their sessions.

The criminal case against Ruslan Meiriev, the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, and Ali Yandiev, the former head of the Nazran ROVD (District Interior Division), accused of negligence, will be considered by the Magas District Court without jury. This decision was made by the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia.

On February 19, the Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Ilgar Damirov considered the appeal filed by the newspaper "Azadlyg" and its correspondent Ramin Deko against the decision of the first instance court with regard to lawsuits filed by Kyabira Mamedova, the owner of the shopping centre "Bina".

In the next two or three days, 12 students from Syria expected to arrive till February 20 will arrive in Nalchik. This was reported by Djatkar Samir, the leader of the Syrian national groups at the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).

Today, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has arrested in absentia Givi Targamadze, a Georgian MP. Thus, the Court has granted the motion of the investigating authorities of the Russian Federation that accuse the Georgian politician of preparation for organizing mass riots in Moscow in 2012.

The meeting of Serzh Sargsyan, who was elected the Armenian President, and Raffi Ovannisyan, a former candidate at the presidential election, the leader of the opposition "Heritage" Party, has finished.

23 local residents detained in the Vedeno District of Chechnya on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground were released. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a representative of the power bodies of the region.

Today, in Azerbaijan, the Sumgait Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Mubariz Akhmedov began the consideration on the merits of the appeal filed by Nigyar Yagublu, a 24-year-old activist of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party. The defence filed a motion to change the restriction measure to the defendant from custody to home arrest; however, the Judge dismissed the motion.

Today, in Sukhumi, about 100 persons took part in a rally to protest against price rise and for transparency and accountability of the ministries, departments and state-owned companies.

On February 21, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan chaired by Judge Farkhad Karimov considered the appeal filed by Movsum Samedov, the leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), and five other activists of the political organization. The Court dismissed the appeal of the defendants and left them in prison.

Today, at a special meeting, deputies of the Volgograd Regional Duma approved the candidacy of Oleg Kersanov to occupy the position of the head the Government of the Region.

Staff members of the diagnostic laboratory of the company "KazTransGas-Tbilisi" went on strike, demanding the reinstatement of their dismissed colleagues.

Socially vulnerable residents of Tbilisi held a protest action at the State Chancellery. The action lasted two hours and ended with expulsion of its participants from the building by the police.

Today, the Moscow Regional Court continued the consideration of the case on the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport committed in January 2011. During the court session, the Court granted the motion filed by public prosecutor to question through videoconference two witnesses who are serving their sentences in penitentiary institutions in Dagestan and in the Murmansk Region.

Today, in Nalchik, the rally in support of relatives of disappeared local residents has ended after an older brother of one of the kidnapped persons met Ruslan Eshugaov, Secretary of the Council on Economic and Public Safety of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). This was stated by participants of the protest action.

Aslan Dobriev, a detained head of the Nazran District of Ingushetia, is being checked by law enforcement bodies for involvement in the criminal case instituted under article "fraud through abuse of power". This was reported by the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).