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Zulfugar Heyirkhabar, a reporter of the Azerbaijani News Agency "Salamnews", was beaten today in Baku at performance of his professional duties. It happened in the morning in the crossing of the Istiglaliyat Avenue and Adyl Babaev Street, where the journalist was filming his report about gas explosion in the cafe "Karvan."

In Stavropol, a failure of some part in water supply line resulted in absence of water in School No. 11, kindergarten "Rostock", gerontology centre, cardiac centre and district Tashla, where private cottages are located. In total, the failure left about 4000 persons without water.

The leading Russian rating agency "Expert" made a study, which concludes that Adygea was ranked first in nomination "High level of public safety" and took the lead in the rating of investment attractiveness among Russian regions by the outcomes of 2008-2009.

Due to placement of Russian united military bases in Abkhazia, the Black Sea Fleet of Russia will become less vulnerable. This is the opinion of Admiral Vladimir Komoedov, former Commander of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and now Deputy of the State Duma. According to President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh, the issue of BSF transfer from Crimea to Abkhazia is not discussed, as Abkhazia has enough Russian troops to cope with Georgian threats.

An action in defence of Utrish and Baikal will take place on February 20 in Krasnodar. A rally and a march will be already the fourth public action in defence of Utrish in Krasnodar for the last two and a half months. On that day, participation of activists of all sorts of public and political organizations, and residents of Krasnodar concerned of the situation is expected. On the same day, a rally in defence of Baikal and Utrish will take place in Moscow.

Alexei Dymovskiy, a former employee of the UVD (Interior Department) of Novorossisk, now kept in SIZO (pre-trial detention facility) accused of a swindle, will take a complex mental examination.

Employees of the Chechen MIA, mainly the units dealing with minors and local inspections, are engaged, since February 11, in searching actions aimed to reveal of homeless and neglected children. The broad-scale operation "Homeless Child" will continue till February 20.

The delegation of the UK Parliament, headed by Lord Judd, former PACE Rapporteur on Chechnya, finished its visit to the Chechen Republic. The meeting of the delegation with Ombudsman in Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev was on the brink of cancellation, since the latter wanted to refuse to meet the British MPs in protest against the attitude of the UK Parliament to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who had placed in the Internet a video appeal with criticism of the work of the militia and was later accused of swindle, has lodged a claim to the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar asking to restore him at work at the UVD (Department of Interior) of the city of Novorossisk.

Today in Azerbaijan, the Baku Appeal Court, presided by Gail Mamedov, continued consideration of the complaint lodged by young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade.

Victor Biryukov, head of the Department for Information and PR of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the city of Moscow, has refuted information that several fighters of Moscow OMON (special-purpose militia unit) were wounded in a skirmish in the Untsukul District of Dagestan.

Today in Kremlin, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has named President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili a persona non grata for the Russian Federation, having added that he "will never have any business" with the incumbent head of Georgia.

In the end of 2009, the Centre of Medical-Sanitary Examination held a control physical examination of invalids. After that, some of them were dissatisfied with change of the category or complete lifting of their disability status, and with deprivation of privileges.

In Sochi, swindlers who operate in the labour market are selling passes to the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy", which allow getting to Olympic objects.

The overwhelming majority of Armenian migrants (96 percent), working today in Turkey, are women, most of them engaged in household work. This is the outcome of the study performed by the Foundation "Cooperation Eurasia".

Georgian authorities plan to go to international courts with claims against Russia and demand compensation worth several dozens billion US dollars for the damage caused, in the opinion of the Georgian party, by Russia's actions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia from early 1990s.

The Ministry of Taxes and Dues of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), located in Azerbaijan, has extended the audit of the documents of the Regional Resource Centre of Human Rights and Democracy. The employees of the Centre assert that they are pressed on.

The relations of Tbilisi and Moscow will improve at least by 2013, said Eduard Shevardnadze, ex-president of Georgia.

On February 16, a rally of representatives of the Kumyk nation took place in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. The participants adopted an appeal to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev.

Today, the group of British MPs - members of the Human Rights Group, making their acquaintance visit to Chechnya, met university students in Grozny and visited a gymnasia and a boarding school for children-orphans and children, left without parental care.