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As reported by bosses of the mine "Zamchalovskaya", located in settlement Almazny near the city of Gukovo, Rostov Region, a miner has perished at work. The local prosecutor's office is supervising the check of the fact of death.

Indeed, remains of Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ingushetia, were found in the place of the terror act at the "Domodedovo"; however, the investigation has no sufficient grounds to believe that Evloev was the suicide bomber, said a source from law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.

As stated by the above bodies, most of them were children of migrants from Central Asian countries.

On February 7, the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan communities Centre and Nork-Marash, chaired by Judge Karine Petrosyan, partially satisfied the suit of three Armenian MPs against the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak" claiming compensation for publication of untrue information.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which had repeatedly received signals of gross violations of human rights by employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Republic of Dagestan, has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Dagestan, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Dagestan and Ombudsman of the Republic of Dagestan with a request to check all the allegations of possible crimes committed against citizens.

The Greek ship owner company has promised the relatives of the sailors captured by Somali pirates that the men would be released at the end of February.

A note from an organization "Black Hawks - Anti-Wahabits" was found in Nalchik, near the house where the family of Astemir Mamishev who is in federal search for suspicion of involvement in a number of high-sounding murders in Kabardino-Balkaria lives.

Gas explosion took place in the territory of one of the oil fields in the capital of Azerbaijan. A man got injured as a result and died in hospital later on.

Today is exactly 11 years after Russian power agents conducted a special operation in the village of Novye Aldy, Chechnya, where at least 56 civilians were murdered.

Tonight, after anonymous report about a planted bomb, several hundreds of people were evacuated from the building of the Karachay-Cherkessia Drama and Comedy Theatre, where the beauty contest "Miss Cherkessk" was held. However, no bomb was found in the theatre.

The newly appointed business ombudsman, whose mission is to protect businessmen's rights of and to mediate between them and the government, starts his work in Georgia.

It became known today about the death of Magomed Gamzatov, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, a Didoy by nationality, who in early January addressed the Parliament of Georgia for help in addressing the problems of Didoys - development of language, culture, and recognition of them to be a separate ethnic group.

This year, Armenia will form a new division of rescuers by analogy of the American rescue service "911".

The Club "Young Dragon" from Dagestan was the winner of the fifth open all-style Cup of "Friendship of North-Caucasian Nations" in martial arts and mixed wrestling under the rules of Mix-Fight, which took place on January 28-30 in the city of Teberda, Karachay-Cherkessia.

Despite protests of believers, the ban on headscarves (hijabs) in schools, introduced last November in Azerbaijan, remains in force.

Anvar Sharipov, a brother of Maryam Sharipova, one of the female suicide bombers, who blew themselves up in Moscow metro in March 2009, was rejected political asylum in Italy.

The Vilnius officials responsible for tutorship did not allow the consul of the Russian Federation, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chechnya and the delegation that arrived with them to visit the children, whose guardian is Malik Gataev.

On February 4, in the capital of Azerbaijan, a five-story building of the hostel, where displaced persons had been accommodated, was set on fire. One person died; according to different sources 4-5 more were injured.

Azerbaijan continues evacuating its citizens from Egypt. In the period from January 31 to February 3, 60 persons came home from there.

Because of increasing incidence of influenza, all educational institutions of Volgograd are under quarantine; and all the lessons are cancelled.