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The Kremlin does not have the opportunity and plans to delve into the validity of the claims against Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the persecution of the Yangulbaev family: this is the prerogative of the law enforcement bodies, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov declares today.

In Saint Petersburg, passers-by supported the demand to stop the criminal proceedings in Chechnya against Zarema Musaeva and release her, says an activist, who held a picket in defence of the arrested woman.

Two natives of Chechnya have been detained in a case on an attack in Nazran on Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chair of the “Mekh-Kkhel” public organization. An attacker himself, a former OMON (riot police) fighter, has been put on the wanted list, a source reports.

Abubakar Yangulbaev has publicized his video message to his mother, Zarema Musaeva, who was arrested in Chechnya, expressing his confidence in her innocence. Visitors to the Dagestani Instagram public who have watched the video expressed their support for Yangulbaev and condemned the violence against the elderly woman.

The "DeGruyter", German academic publishing house, is starting to publish a 30-volume series of books "Europe and Circassia: 1760-1870". The new project contains many unique materials, Giorgi Mamuliya and Naima Neflyasheva, historians, have noted.

Fuad Ismailov, an activist, has been arrested in Azerbaijan for a month on charges of disobeying the police. He was detained the day after he tore off the Turkish flag in a public place, said Fikret Djafarli, the head of the public association "Investigating Centre against Torture".

In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), law enforcers have detained two local residents suspected of an armed attack with shooting on a resident of Cherkessk, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the KChR has reported. Both suspects were detained on January 31.

In the city of Nazran, Sarazhdin Sultygov, a co-chairman of the NGO "Mekkh-Kkhel", was attacked in his apartment by two men.

On January 31, two solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, were held in Makhachkala. Passers-by and motorists expressed their support for the picketers, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has informed.

Children with developmental disorders need special conditions for acquiring professional skills, activists of the NGO "Life without Tears" (LwT) have stated and launched a project to train disabled children in professions.

The institution of criminal proceedings against Zarema Musaeva, who was forcibly taken to Chechnya, was expected, and the woman would be kept in Chechnya in order to put pressure on her son, says human rights defender Igor Kalyapin.

Journalist Polad Aslanov was transferred from a prison hospital to a SIZO (pre-trial prison). The day before, doctors examined the convicted journalist for the first time in five days after the end of his hunger strike, reported a spouse of Polad Aslanov.

Ibragim Yangulbaev, a son of Zarema Musaeva, has been put on the federal wanted list in a criminal case on justification of terrorism, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

Kadyrov’s struggle with the Yangulbaev brothers and his allegation addressed to Kalyapin and Milashina; acceptance by the Armenian parliament of the resignation of Armen Sarkisyan from the post of president; preparations for the elections in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 24-30, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” called on Alexander Bastrykin, the chief of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to launch an investigation into a criminal case against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov under the article on incitement to hatred. A complaint to the ICRF has been filed in connection with the fact that Ramzan Kadyrov ranked Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, and Elena Milashina, a journalist of the “Novaya Gazeta”, as accomplices of terrorists.

Today, in Yerevan, participants of a protest action have demanded to leave the tariffs for OSAGO (compulsory motor third party liability insurance) unchanged. During the protest action, five drivers were detained for disobeying the police.

During the week of January 24-30, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The temporary suspension of the "Firdaws" is due to a minor error in paying taxes, Aishat Kadyrova, the head of the fashion house and the daughter of the head of Chechnya, has explained. The clothes designed by the "Firdaws" are very expensive and have become a status symbol in Chechnya; therefore, reports on the "Firdaws" tax problems looks unbelievable, Grozny townspeople have noted.

The defence of the "International Memorial"* has filed an appeal against the decision to liquidate the organization. They present six arguments in favour of overturning the decision.

Posters accusing Igor Kalyapin, a rights defender, of supporting terrorists have appeared in the doorway and the door of the apartment of his elderly mother in Nizhny Novgorod. Igor has suggested that posters are a consequence of Ramzan Kadyrov's statement.