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Two victims of the explosion in "Bellagio" cafe in Volgograd were put into pharmacological coma. This was done to allow the victims to easier live through the recovery from their bodily burns, experts of the Volgograd City Hospital have explained.

Employees of the enterprise “Chechenvodocanal” in Grozny have not received their salary for already four months. A representative of the management of the enterprise states that the persons responsible for the present situation are defaulters on housing and communal services.

Employees of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Dagestan (MNRD) report that the peak situation with pelicans freezing in Dagestan has passed with minimum losses among the birds. Human rights activists and representatives of local mass media disagree and consider that the danger of mass loss of birds still remains.

The Labour party of Georgia calls for all the oppositional parties to work out a joint national declaration demanding withdrawal of Georgian military forces from Afghanistan.

In Azerbaijan, participants of the campaign "Sing for Democracy", held to draw attention to the problems of human rights in the country on the eve of the "Eurovision-2012" contest, decided to appeal to the performers who will participate in the contest.

Spontaneous rallies in connection with the terror act against Abkhazian President Alexander Ankvab were held in the cities of Sukhumi, Gudauta, Tkuarchal, and Ochamchira. Protesters expressed their indignation about the fact that none of the six attempts on Alexander Ankvab had been solved.

The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) issued a statement demanding to immediately investigate the enforced disappearance of Rustam Aushev, a 23-year-old resident of Ingushetia, establish his whereabouts and ensure the observance of his rights.

On Tuesday, February 21, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of the rights to free elections of Beibaly Abil and Khangusein Aliev, two candidates at the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan in 2005.

In the Elbrus region (Kabardino-Balkaria), the "hotline" for tourists was launched. The local authorities have decided to create it based on monitoring of forums and chat rooms on websites of travel agencies.

In Dagestan, where on February 21 the residents of the village of Gimry blocked the highway demanding to release of a detained local resident, it became known today that the detainee was released. People dispersed.

Representatives of various media and religious authorities of Azerbaijan report that more than 20 Islamists were arrested in the country in recent days. Law enforcement agencies do not officially comment on those reports.

Two residents of the Derbent District of Dagestan were arrested during the special operation on suspicion of purchasing and possession of weapons. Meanwhile, the wife of one of the detainees claims that during the search, power agents beat her husband and seized weapon, which did not belong to him.

On February 21, in Nalchik, staff members of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of the Kabardino-Balkaria met students from Syria, who are studying in the universities of the republic, and told them about the nuances of the immigration laws of Russia and the opportunities for moving to Russia.

Within the "Week of occupation", which began on February 21 in Georgia, a number of events are scheduled, in which schoolchildren of the country will listen about the "Soviet occupation" and the "Russian aggression".

As a result of an attempt at President of Abkhazia Alexander Anqauab his bodyguard perished and three officers of the President’s personal security service got wounded. The state of one of them is extremely grave, the physicians are striving for his life.

Today Garadag district court of Baku brought a judgment to release member of “Musavat” party Alshen Gasanov on parole. This was reported by Deputy Chairman of “Musavat” Giulaga Asanly.

29 residents of the settlement of Komsomolskoye detained on February, 21, were released. Three villagers are still in custody in the Department of Interior Affairs of Kizilyurt district of Dagestan. The “Caucasian Knot” correspondent received this news from resident of the settlement of Komsomolskoye Magomed Magomedov.

Defendant on the case of murder of two President Edward Kokoity’s state bodyguards Albert Tsgoev pronounced his last plea in the court of Vladikavkaz saying that he regretted for what happened and expressing condolence to the victims’ relatives.

Today, villagers have reported about mass detentions. Employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) promise to release all the detainees quite soon. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Magomed Magomedov, a resident of the village of Komsomolskoe.

Lyubov Yaroshenko, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, the mother of the pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted in the USA, intends to appeal against the decision of the New York Court and asks the Russian presidential candidates to help in deporting her son to Russia. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has promised to do everything necessary for returning the Russian citizen to his homeland.