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On February 25, Vladikavkaz hosted the third sitting of the intergovernmental commission on socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia. It was stated that the Interdepartmental Commission (IDC) on restoration of South Ossetia had finished its work.

Today, the 19th anniversary of the tragedy in the city of Khodzhaly will be marked throughout the territory of Azerbaijan.

In the evening on February 24 in Makhachkala, an explosive device was triggered en route of a militia car. The explosion caused no casualties and victims, while the car received minor damage.

Most of the complaints received by the Office of Dagestani Ombudsperson refer to violations of citizens' socio-economic rights. This was stated on February 24 at the last session of the Parliament of Dagestan of the fourth convocation by Dagestani Ombudsperson Ummupazil Omarova. In total, the agenda of the session of the Parliament included 13 points.

The Dagestani city of Izberbash hosted a meeting within the cycle of public debates "Peace to Caucasus", after which a memorandum of joint resistance to violence, extremism, interethnic hatred and support of the peace process in the Caucasus was signed.

Today, President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov held a meeting with a group of parents, whose sons are searched and suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.

Elena Marchenko, a resident of the city of Azov, Rostov Region, is suing Irina Grinchak, a teacher of kindergarten No. 16, accusing her of abusing Elena's child. However, the teacher said that there was no abuse of Marchenko's 6-year-old child by her. The court upheld the opinion of the kindergarten teacher, but the family of Marchenko disagreed with the decision and intends to challenge it.

According to Bakanai Guseinova, advocate of Makhmud Akhmedov, 14, a resident of Dagestan, who was beaten by militiamen on July 20, 2010, now an additional check is underway. According to her story, the case, which had been virtually investigated, was suddenly requested by the Republic's Prosecutor's Office.

In the evening on February 24, unidentified persons kidnapped Shamil Sultanov, head of the division for taxation of individuals of the Department for Untsukul District of the Department of the Federal Tax Service (DFTS). This was reported by the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division).

As stated by the spokesman of the Russian FSB, the information about ten victims of shelling of the FSB sanatorium in Nalchik is not true.

By decision of the court, Vladimir Galda, Head of the Logistics Centre of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), was put into custody as a suspect of taking a bribe of 1.2 million roubles.

As stated by Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova, in her conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the inquiry and trial on her children's case are held with numerous violations.

Military actions in Northern Caucasus move more and more from Chechnya and Ingushetia to other republics of the South of Russia. There are no grounds to speak about aggravation of the situation in Northern Caucasus in general, since Chechnya and Ingushetia demonstrate positive dynamics in the count of military incidents, while in 2010 the situation in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria became much worse.

As stated by a woman-participant of the action, the jogging session "For Healthy Lifestyle" held in the Izmailovo Park had no nationalistic or political context.

Mother of Aslan Cherkesov, the main suspect of murdering Yegor Sviridov, is furious that her son, who is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) "Matrosskaya Tishina" (meaning "Sailors' Silence") was awarded a "yellow mark". The bosses of the facility give no explanation on why the mark appeared in Cherkesov's personal file.

The criminal investigation into the terror act committed in September 2004 in Beslan School in North Ossetia has been once again extended by three months. Elvira Tuaeva, one of the victims, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The democratic society of Azerbaijan is deeply disappointed by the decision of the BBC Corporation to stop broadcasting in the Azeri language and to switchover the work of the service, along with some other groups, into the format of Internet resource. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by politicians, human rights activists and public figures of the country. They call the corporation to continue broadcasting in the Azeri language.

Lawyer Kestutis Stungys, who is in charge of the defence of Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing terror act in Russia, expressed doubts on whether his client would be able to go to Russia to evidence on the case of natives of Chechnya Apti and Aishat Magmadova, accused of having recruited Kusaite for committing a terror act.

At the trial, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has demanded a total of 15 years in prison for the son of the first Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia - Tsotne, claiming to add seven years more to the existing eight-year sentence on the basis of accusations of an attempt to bribe an employee of the prison hospital with 274 US dollars.

Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has disseminated an official statement, saying that the attack on the "Imedi" TV Company, when explosive devices were neutralized next to the building of the Company, had been prepared under instruction of the Russian military officer Evgeniy Borisov and a Georgian citizen Murman Tskhadaya.