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An application with a request to suspend the liquidation procedure of the "International Memorial"* was sent to the Appellate Board of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) by the organization's lawyers. They refer to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which has decided to apply interim measures to the organization until the consideration by the ECtHR of the complaint against the law on foreign agents.

Valery Fadeev, the chief of the Human Rights Council, addressed the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a proposal to transfer the investigation into a Zarema Musaeva’s case to the federal level or to investigators from the ICRF’s Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

According to human rights defenders and Caucasian experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, relatives of the Yangulbaev family were forced to curse and threaten them, fearing for their safety, but the declaration of revenge by relatives led to real danger for members of the Yangulbaev family.

A court in Baku held a hearing to consider an appeal filed by oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, who was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for injuring a fellow villager. At trial, Agil Gumbatov pleaded not guilty and requested the court to acquit him.

Amid a scandal involving the threats from the Chechen authorities to the Yangulbaev family, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has announced that the tradition of blood feuds does not comply with the laws of Russia.

Mikhail Saakashvili and his defence requested the judge to oblige the Penitentiary Service to let a private doctor visit the arrested politician. However, the court dismissed the request.

When commenting on the refusal of the Chechen Ministry of Tourism to pay for travel reports, travel bloggers explained their desire to receive money for advertising attractions by the cost of travel and the production of high-quality content.

Ilya Smolin, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), died after being detained in the city of Yeisk due to his heart problems, the police have informed. His parents have drawn attention to the haematomas on the body of their son, and demanded that a prosecutor's examination to be held of the circumstances of his death.

On February 3, an expert discussion on the reform of the legislation on foreign agents, organized by the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), was held online by using the Zoom platform.

The court has imposed a fine on the owner of the Yeniavaz.az online outlet after he refused to remove the Facebook post about the investigators' version that the activist, Tofig Yagublu, had injured himself at the police station.

Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya has treated the words of his colleague Adam Delimkhanov, who threatened to cut off Yangulbaevs' heads and those of the translators of his words into Russian, as a metaphor. The promise to "cut off heads" together with the announcement of blood feuds is a real threat of murder, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*, has objected.

The highways of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the Stavropol Territory see columns of military equipment, with which the Grozny OMON (riot police) and "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) are equipped. The machines are moving in a northwest direction towards the Ukrainian border, the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) has informed.

The decision of the qualification board of judges of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to terminate the powers of a retired judge is contrary to the law and will be appealed against, Saidi Yangulbaev has stated.

Akhmed Sagov, the head of the "Bart" Ingush Cultural and Educational Centre, who attended the rally against the Yangulbaevs in Grozny and called on residents of Ingushetia to take part therein, has no right to speak on behalf of the Ingush nation, Instagram users have pointed out.

The meeting of the head of Chechnya with the Russian president amid the growing resonance of Kadyrov's struggle against Yangulbaevs looks like a Kremlin's attempt to gently correct the governor, but this will not affect the stability of Kadyrov's positions, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

The Chechen Board of Judges has terminated the resignation of the former judge Saidi Yangulbaev, thus depriving him of immunity.

Today, motorists have held another protest action in Yerevan against the increase in OSAGO (mandatory motor civic insurance) tariffs. One of the protesters was detained for pasting leaflets.

At a rally in the village of Goity, relatives of the Yangublaev and Musaev families and members of the Keloi teip (family clan) renounced their relatives and promised to take revenge on them, the "Grozny" TV Company has reported. Some users, commenting on the story about the rally on the TV Company's Instagram page, demanded to release Zarema Musaeva.

One of the topics discussed during a meeting of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, held in the Kremlin was the work of law enforcement bodies, Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary, has informed.

At a protest action in Baku, Aigyun Gumbatova, a spouse of convicted activist, complained that after her husband, oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, was sent to a penal colony, the family faced difficulties, and the Azerbaijan’s authorities obstructed the registration of documents for child benefits. Three activist’s three children took part in the protest action.