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Azamat Tsugkiev, an operative agent, failed to explain the discrepancies in his testimony and in the excerpt from the hospital, where Vladimir Tskaev, a Vladikavkaz resident, was taken. During interrogation in court, Tsugkiev referred to the Russian Constitution in order not to answer the questions of the advocate of Tskaev's widow.

In its resolution, the lower house of the Belgian Parliament has called on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to negotiate a peace agreement that respects the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh and the right of its people to self-determination.

Law enforcers are forcing the convicts in the case of the attack on Nalchik to drop their claims against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), their advocate has stated. The organization "Legal Initiative", which represents the interests of victims of torture, was also attacked.

In Chechnya, investigators treat the testimonies of relatives of the missing Movsar Umarov that he had been held by law enforcers as trustworthy. The investigators' position contradicts the statements of the Russia' representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), rights defenders assert.

A Russian officer was killed during demining operations near Shushi. The accident in the zone of recent hostilities occurred on December 17.

The law enforcement bodies often too early declare as militants the people they killed, human rights defenders claim. The Chechen law enforcement bodies have enough technical means to avoid identification errors, like in case of Kazbek Baidulaev, notes Reserve FSB Colonel Gennady Gudkov.

Movement across the land border with Russia will resume no earlier than March 1 due to an increase in the number of coronavirus infection cases in both countries and due to the strict quarantine in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia announces.

In Chechnya, after two December shootouts with law enforcers, the number of armed incidents in the republic has reached four since the early 2020, like throughout the year of 2019. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

In Georgia, six opposition supporters detained at a protest face heavy fines, advocate Tengiz Kakhidze reports. Courts more often fine people for participating in political actions, activists note.

The death of 23-year-old programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili was a suicide, the Georgian Prosecutor's Office (PO) has announced the results of the inquiry into the case.

A Moscow court has ruled to place Sirazhudin Mamedov, a freestyle wrestling coach, suspected of assisting terrorism, behind bars for two months.

Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh receive financial support from the Armenian government, but to receive it they have to queue at the post office for two days, residents of Stepanakert have complained. The settlers are waiting for payments in connection with the loss of their housing.

The Russia's Embassy in Cairo has called on the Egyptian Prosecutor General to allow the extradition of four Ingush students kept in a local prison for two years on charges of extremism.

After a scuffle with the police, the participants of the action in support of Inal Djabiev, who died after interrogation within the case of the attempted murder of the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), managed to set up an awning to protect them from the rain.

The prosecution has asked to sentence two defendants in the case on the attempted murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden to ten and eight years in prison accordingly.

The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have asked Azerbaijan to provide the information about the fate of 73 Armenian military servicemen who had disappeared in the Gadrut District, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ombudsperson has stated.

The audio record of the interrogation speaks in favour of investigators' version about use of drugs by the Instagram blogger, Malika Djikaeva, some social media users have noted. Their opponents insist that the drugs had been planted by Chechen law enforcers.

More than 40 Armenian military servicemen killed during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict have been found in the Fizuli and Djebrail Districts. Since the start of searches, they have found over 930 bodies of militaries, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

An attempt to expand the zone of the peacekeepers' responsibility to the Gadrut District did not lead to deterioration in relations between Moscow and Baku, political analyst Igor Korotchenko and Caucasian expert Vladimir Sotnikov believe.

A DPS (road-and-patrol service) checkpoint where a shootout has taken place today is located on the outskirts of Kurchaloi, far from residential buildings, a local resident says.