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In Taganrog, a court recognized five local residents as violators of the procedure for holding a public event on January 31 and imposed fines on them. The activists refused to plead guilty and decided to find money to hire an advocate to appeal against the court's decisions on fines.

More than 7000 family members of the military servicemen, who perished during the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict will receive social benefits, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Labour has announced.

At a protest action held by opposition supporters who demanded to cancel a discussion by Parliament of amendments to the Armenian Judicial Code, policemen detained several activists.

Two law enforcers, questioned in court under the case of Ingush activists accused of creating an extremist community, have stated that they have no claims against the defendants, the advocate has informed.

Three residents of the Fizuli District have blown themselves up by a mine. One of them died and two others were wounded, the ANAMA demining agency has reported.

Other 111 refugees have arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia accompanied by peacemakers, making, by the evening of February 2, the total number of returnees in excess of 52,000, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

For the second day, Polad Aslanov, an Azerbaijani journalist, has been on a hunger strike demanding to objectively consider his appeal against the verdict in a high treason case. 19 months he spent at SIZO (pre-trial prison), have undermined his health, his wife asserts.

Participation of residents of small towns of Southern Russia in actions in support of Alexei Navalny indicate a penetration of protest moods deep into the country, by analogy with Belarus, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

Two Chechen travel agencies offered their clients to present their friends a "special forces tour" to the republic on February 23. No such events are acceptable on the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakh people, Facebook users note.

Akhmed Kabilov, a resident of the capital of Chechnya, who was detained on December 29, 2020, is found at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny. He is charged under the article on illegal possession of weapons, the HRC "Memorial"* reports.

Adam Khashiev, one of the men detained during a special operation in Nazran, was unreasonably accused of aiding and abetting terrorists, since he is engaged in the wholesale of food and had an intention to expand his business, says a spouse of Adam Khashiev. In her address to human rights defenders, the woman called them on not to allow fabrication of criminal case against her husband.

The Ingush Council of Alims (Islam experts) made a decision to expel drug dealers from religious communities after the leader of the republic had called them on to join in solving the problem of drug trafficking.

An open letter to Alexei Navalny with gratitude for his investigation about a palace built on the historical lands of Circassians near Gelendzhik has been signed by people not known to the Circassian public, and there are doubts about its authenticity, activists Ramazan Tlemeshok and Asker Sokht note.

This morning, units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 20 times by opening machine gun fire at the territory in the direction of the border combat point, the Azerbaijani State Border Service has stated. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refuted this statement.

The police have posted a video clip on the Instagram showing a talk of policemen of the Urus-Martan District with the drivers who had violated traffic rules. Social network users have reproached law enforcers for violating the mask regime.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar has considered the cases of 14 activists detained in connection with the action in support of Alexei Navalny held on January 31.

While the court was considering his appeal against a 16-year sentence in a high treason case, Polad Aslanov, an Azerbaijani journalist, announced a hunger strike. At the court of appeal, he claimed protraction of his case consideration, demanded a fair trial and transfer to house arrest.

The film "Goryanki" (Female Highlanders) by a film director from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has been chosen to take part in the American documentary film contest.

Magomed Alamov, the head of the North-Caucasian branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT), and Konstantin Gusev, a Committee's lawyer, were arrested for ten days after they observed an action in support of Alexei Navalny, held on January 31 in Pyatigorsk.

The South-Ossetian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has appointed a new examination in Inal Djabiev's case; it will be conducted in Moscow. Experts who have already made their conclusions will have to justify their conclusions, Oksana Sotieva, Inal's widow, has explained.