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The tough methods used in the past in Northern Caucasus to fight terrorism had only worsened the situation in the region, said Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at a today's press conference.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found the Russian authorities guilty of disappearance of two residents of Chechnya in 2002 and fined Russia by 152,500 euros.

The Sumgait Appeal Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Dzhabar Savalan, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and upheld the decision of the first instance court - to keep him in custody for 2 months.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the decision of the Magas District Court to arrest Umar Aushev, accused of helping the suicide bomber who blew him up in "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24.

A criminal case has been initiated against Vyacheslav Morozov, head of the Aksai Division of the Rostov Regional Department of the Federal Service of State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography ("Rosreyestr").

On February 15, the Ukrainian authorities satisfied the request of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia to give out Vladimir Alexeev, who is accused of murdering several persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory. This was announced by Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the GPO. The detainee was extradited to Russia, along with Vyacheslav Ryabtsev, on February 9.

On February 15, a foreman was lost at "Vostochnaya" mine, located in the Krasnosulin District of the Rostov Region. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the region that a pre-inquiry check is now made on the fact.

In the Rostov Region, the prosecutor's office has brought a presentation to the head of city administration of Novocherkassk demanding to bring Vladislav Zhuravlyov, administration deputy head, to "disciplinary responsibility for extremist statements."

Magomed Selimkhanov, Deputy Head of the Government of Chechnya and Head of the Administration of the Head and the Government of the Chechen Republic, has ordered the employees of state bodies and administrations of districts and cities to bring their clothes in conformity with the norms "of the service and Vainakh ethics." This is the topic of his statement published in the section "Wiki of the Caucasus" on the website of the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week - on February 7-13 - at least 24 persons became victims of the glowing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 were killed and as many as that were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" made on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.

The man detained at the airport of Rostov-on-Don on whom thunder flashes were found is not a serviceman of the internal troops: he had documents of an army captain with him. This was stated by Vasily Panchenkov, head of the press service of the Internal Troops of the Ministry on Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

For five years already, Ali Kerimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), cannot receive his foreign passport, and, therefore, cannot go abroad. This point, as reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was discussed on February 14 at the roundtable held at the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).

The Institute of Caucasian Studies, to be founded in the near future, will help to correct understanding of the processes underway in the Caucasus. This was stated by Yuri Oleinikov, deputy plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), at the roundtable "Caucasus. Problems of understanding history".

The major last week's newsmaker in the Caucasus was bad weather, which left tens of thousands of people without heat and power, blocked federal highways with landslides and snowfalls, covered with storm and broke ships into parts; "Russian Railways" switch Chechnya and Dagestan over into the daytime operation mode; nationalists and anti-fascists once again held their actions in Moscow, however, the December version of Manege Square failed to repeat, - look these and other events in the review of the week of February 7-13, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Directors of three secondary schools of the Gudermes District of Chechnya will stand trial on charges of misuse of powers. According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, their violations were revealed by prosecutors last September.

Details are becoming known of the special operation conducted on the administrative border of the Stavropol Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia, near the village of Belomechetskaya. In the course of the operation, four fighters of the OMON (Special Militia) of the Stavropol Territory received heavy gunshot wounds, one serviceman was lost. Power agents of Karachay-Cherkessia have no losses or victims.

On February 14, advocate Gianfranco Carbone filed a complaint against refusal of political asylum in Italy to Anvar Sharipov, brother of Maryam Sharipova, who, according to the investigation, blew herself up in Moscow metro in March 2009.

As announced by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, two suicide bombers blew themselves up today in Grozny at an attempt to detain them in a city private house.

The ICRF does not rule out that Vitaly Razdobudsko could be the suicide bomber who committed the terror acts on February 14 near the militia post in the Dagestani village of Gubden; while the terror act committed three hours earlier in the same village near the militia station - was the work of his wife Maria Khorosheva. This was stated by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the ICRF.

A militiaman of the Mozdok ROVD (District Interior Division), North Ossetia, is accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy.