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The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which upheld the verdict to Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, has come into force – she has been sent to a colony. The family will appeal against this decision.

Despite the deteriorating weather conditions, more than 100 opposition supporters remain in a round-the-clock camp in front of the Armenian parliament and continue to block the entrances and exits of the building. The protesters announced that they would leave the territory only after the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister.

When they participated in the filming, Beka Kurdanov and Darina Taova, musicians from Nalchik, did not know that the film of the "Editors" project would be devoted to the situation with the women's rights in Northern Caucasus.

Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan seeks to avoid confrontation with Nikol Pashinyan amid the scandalous change in the administration of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The President of Armenia also wants to maintain neutrality in the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the opposition, political analysts suggest.

Turkmen blogger Rozgeldy Choliev will not be sent home. The Russian Migration Service accepted his application and informed the man that he had been granted temporary asylum for three months. However, Rozgeldy Choliev, who planned to join his family in Cherkessk, still stays in the neutral zone of the Sheremetyevo airport, human rights activists report.

When deciding to evict Khamid Indreev, a resident of the village of Nartan, and his family from the house, a court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) misinterpreted the housing legislation, the cassation court has ruled. The advocate has expressed hope that the case will be reconsidered in Indreev's favour.

About 1 billion roubles from the state budget have been spent for guarding Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members over the past five years, the Open Media writes, citing the data from the portal of state purchases.

A court in Austria has sentenced five natives of Chechnya who persecuted women for what they thought was inappropriate behaviour.

The village of Mkhitarashen is surrounded by Azerbaijani militaries on three sides, and needs protection of peacemakers, who are not there yet, said Mkhitar Arustamyan, the head of the community. As a result of the war, the village lost its agricultural lands; and now people live only on social benefits, villagers have complained.

The problem of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus is acute, including in connection with the growth of religiosity, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the president of the "Caucasus. Peace. Development" Centre. It is necessary to talk about the violation of women's rights taking into account the cultural specifics of the region, says Olga Pavlova, an Islamologist.

In Yerevan, the protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, continue blocking the entrances and exits of the building of the Armenian Parliament, despite the bad weather. They plan to block the auxiliary entrance to the parliament behind the police cordon.

A video posted by the National Antiterrorist Committee shows that after a shootout with a resident of Makhachkala, law enforcers threw a grenade inside his house and burst into it.

Organizers of the attempt on Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov's life did not plan the possibility for the killer they hired to escape from Germany after the crime, and his further fate did not bother them, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, soldiers escorted a convoy of trucks that delivered equipment and construction materials to the Kelbadjar District controlled by Azerbaijan to restore residential buildings and social facilities.

In Makhachkala, a counterterrorist operation took place for the first time since December 2016, when law enforcers killed Rustam Asilderov, the leader of a terrorist organization.

In Makhachkala, a man, who was shooting at law enforcers, was killed by return fire, a source reported.

The ban on leaving Azerbaijan should be conditioned only by a court decision; and citizens should be notified about the imposed ban on going abroad, the Ombudsperson, Sabina Alieva, believes. Activists treat her proposal submitted to the Parliament as relevant.

A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) has been launched in the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala after a group of people rendered armed resistance to law enforcers, the operative headquarters has informed.

Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has described the torture that law enforcers subjected him to during the investigation, trying to knock out testimonies against Ali Kerimli the PFPA leader. The Prosecutor's Office has ignored his complaints about the torture, the advocate has stated.

Social network users have criticized Alexei Pivovarov's project after the release of a film about the situation with women's rights in Northern Caucasus. The authors of the film have presented the region to the audience one-sidedly and made rough generalizations, local residents believe.