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Members of the Chechen Diaspora in France received an order from Moscow to kill Vladimir Osechkin, a human rights defender, the Gulagu.net project that he heads has reported. Osechkin himself has linked the preparation of his assassination attempt with his activities.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicly classified the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel* as a terrorist; these statements fall under the article on inciting hatred or enmity, the TV Channel has pointed out.

Former patients of the prison hospital located in Rostov-on-Don told that they were starved, tied to beds and injected with potent drugs. Vazgen Zargaryan, a prisoner, was "treated" there for more than 10 times, and once was tied up for 71 days.

During a court session in Grozny, Zarema Musaeva felt bad; and the ruling to arrest her was made when she was unconscious.

Soldier Ilkin Zokhrabov died from a gunshot, and investigators called the incident a suicide. However, relatives of the deceased soldier believe he was killed. The mother of the deceased went out with a picket to the building of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan. The woman demands a fair investigation.

A brother and a sister of Aishat, a native of Dagestan, living in Moscow, insulted and humiliated her after the kidnapping, and her father voiced death threats.

A complaint filed by Azerbaijani activist Fuad Ismayilov, who was arrested for a month on the charge of disobedience to the police, was left without satisfaction. Fuad Ismayilov complained that he was beaten during and after his detention, his advocate reported.

Members of units of international terrorist organizations were plotting terror acts in educational institutions in Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and the Stavropol Territory, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

The village of Karmir Shouka in Nagorno-Karabakh is being shelled every day from the Azerbaijani side, despite the presence of peacekeepers, and local residents are afraid to take their children to kindergarten.

Members of the team of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, are no longer going to comment on the situation with his critics to journalists, and will not react to the statements made by opponents of regional authorities, Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister of Information of Chechnya, has stated.

Daud Muradov, deported to Russia from France, has died, the Assembly of European Chechens (AEC) has informed on the Facebook. The Assembly has recalled that the deportation of Chechens is on a stream, and called on the French authorities to protect emigrants' rights.

Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, was transferred from the town of Balashov to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Nizhny Novgorod, from where he they should be sent to the Vladimir Region, his sister, Marina Tumgoeva, has informed. According to her story, her brother received threats; and she fears for his life.

It is unlikely that the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) will begin checking the Chechen leadership's threat statements against the Yangulbaevs, human rights defenders believe. Abubakar Yangulbaev vowed to seek an inquiry into the threats addressed to his family.

Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositional politician, has demanded from the court to cancel the conclusion of the prosecutor's office that he had traumatized himself at the police station.

The Kremlin approves of Ramzan Kadyrov's policy in Chechnya and will not dismiss him, despite the popularity of the petition launched by Ilya Yashin, a Moscow oppositionist, political analysts believe.

A woman from Ingushetia stays in Syria and is engaged in preparing food for militants of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”) and providing medical treatment to them, investigators suspect.

Aishat, a native of Dagestan, whom her relatives tried to kidnap and return home, stays in a depressed state, and she has been assigned the help of a psychologist, the crisis centre reports. The police have launched an investigation into the incident, an advocate of the young woman says.

Moscow opposition politician Ilya Yashin posted on the “Change.Org” website a petition to the President of Russia with a request for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov from the post of the leader of Chechnya. The petition has already been signed by more than 20,000 people.

The situation in the village of Gapanly in the Terter District of Azerbaijan, which was shelled by the Armenian military forces on the night of February 6, is calm. Villagers are engaged in their daily activities, and children have gone to school, say local residents.

Eight military servicemen, including those taken prisoner of war (POWs) on November 16, 2021, have been returned to Armenia, the Azerbaijani State Commission for POWs has informed.