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Employees of one of Grozny hospitals complain that they are forced to take hens produced by the "Tsentaroy" Poultry Farm, located in the family village of Chechen President - Khosi-Yurt (Tsentaroy), Kurchaloi District, as part of their salaries.

Today, Chechens and Ingushes, wherever they live, mark the 66th anniversary of deportation of Ingush and Chechen nationals to Central Asia and Siberia. Mourning actions were held in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, and in the countries of Europe where these nationals live.

The workforce employed at reconstruction of the Gimri Motorway Tunnel (MWT) in Dagestan believe that their work is slavish, working conditions are inhuman, and the wages that get for their job are ridiculous. The administration of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dorstroyholding" categorically objects and sees competitors' intrigues in such statements.

The Prosecutor's Office is conducting a check in the Semikarakor District, Rostov Region, on the fact of address of more than 400 persons, including children, to hospital with the diarrhoea syndrome. All of them addressed for medical aid to the Central District Hospital of Semikarakor in the period of February 17-21.

After clearing the carriageway, the Highway, closed in North Ossetia from about midnight on February 22, is again operating in its usual mode.

The Elista City Court has passed a verdict of guilty to the lady-chief state tax inspector of the Divisions of Field Checks No. 1 for Elista of the Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service (IFTS) of Russia. She was found guilty of taking a bribe for illegal inactivity.

Last year, Armenia managed to resist the challenges of the global economic crisis and preserve a stable macroeconomic situation in the country. The results of January show some economic growth, and the country has entered the stage of restoring its economy, said Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia at the International Forum "Bridge".

Tsotne - son of the ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, accused of an attempt of deliberate murder, causing light injuries, espionage and anti-governmental plot, will be defended by two advocates. The second defender was appointed by the court under request of the first one - Keti Bekauri.

In the evening on February 21, an unidentified explosive was triggered in one of saunas of the city of Kaspiisk; fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.

The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Chechnya has joined the struggle against spread of AIDS in the territory of the republic. Henceforth, the young people, intending to marry, should present the mullah, who registers new families according to Moslem traditions, with their medical certificates that they have no HIV-infection and AIDS-virus. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiyat.

In the area of the Big Sochi clearing of the railway track from the mud is over. Train traffic was completely resumed at 9:14 a.m. Moscow time, reports Nikolai Shustov, head of the Department for Sochi of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

February 23 will be 66 years after deportation of Chechens under Stalin's order, when about half of the population of former Chechen-Ingushetia was lost from famine, frosts and illnesses. Chechnya will mark this tragic anniversary with mourning actions, immolations and various religious ceremonies.

Power agencies and units of Chechnya have been switched over to reinforced service regime for the period of celebrations of the Homeland Defender Day, 66th anniversary of Stalinist deportation and Birthday of Prophet Muhammad to be held on February 23-26.

On February 20-21, the capital of Armenia hosted a meeting of NGO leaders from Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia within the limits of the Strasbourg dialogue. They discussed ways of further interaction of civil societies in conflict zones.

In Beslan today, an unidentified explosive blew up. By preliminary data, the explosion killed a girl of eight, and her two brothers were wounded and hospitalized.

The public charitable organization in Sochi, engaged in taking care of outcast animals, may be deprived of its premises, since the bosses of the Federal State Educational Establishment of Secondary Vocational Training "Sochi Economic-Technological College" is going to hand over these premises occupied by animals defenders and belonging to the college to some security entity.

Appointment of new head of Dagestan; detention of human rights activists in Chechnya; special operation in Ingushetia, which entailed loss of peaceful residents; transfer of Armenian-Turkish Protocols to Parliament of Armenia for ratification; amendments to mass media legislation in Azerbaijan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 8-14, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, Georgia held the funeral of its sledge (toboggan) racer Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in an accident in Canada several hours prior to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver.

Today Makhachkala hosted inauguration of Magomedsalam Magomedov to the post of President of Dagestan. The new leader promised to bring the republic out of crisis, eradicate corruption and attract investors to Dagestan.

Today, the magistrate court of Novorossisk has ruled to arrest the human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, who represents the interests of Major Alexei Dymovskiy, for seven days. Yesterday, the court found Karastelyov guilty of holding a non-authorized rally and fined by two thousand roubles.