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In the Gudermes District of Chechnya, leaders of public institutions threaten to dismiss employees who express their dissatisfaction with cleaning from garbage the outskirts of the municipality during the month of subbotniks (voluntary cleaning works) announced by the authorities, local residents report.

An earthquake of magnitude of 3.4 points has been registered today at three kilometres from the village of Dylym, Kazbek District. No information about the victims and destructions was reported.

The positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 26 times in the Karabakh conflict zone; three border villages got under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

Today, on February 26, Azerbaijan commemorates the victims of the Khojaly tragedy. On this day, 27 years ago, during the Karabakh conflict, the town of Khojaly was captured, which led to mass civilian casualties. On the eve of the anniversary of the mournful date, the events dedicated to Khojaly victims were held both in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Samvel Babayan, a former Defence Minister, has demanded explanations from law enforcement bodies after he knew that he had been deprived of his citizenship of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The participants of the protest action held at the building of the Armenian Government have demanded to return the premiums issued to state officials back into the budget. Within 12 days, the letter of demand addressed to the government gathered 12,000 signatures, said Ani Kaginyan, one of the protesters.

The man, who was shot dead after attacking a policeman in the village of Bakhtemir of the Astrakhan Region, had not attracted law enforcers' attention and was not registered by psychiatrists. No terrorist motives can be seen in the attacker's actions, the spokesman of the regional branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.

The Gurdjaani District Court has refused to release David Kirkitadze, an activist of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, from custody, despite the petition with 15,000 signatures, presented by the defence.

The dissatisfaction of residents of Chechnya with the ban on official mourning events on the anniversary of deportation became so obvious in eight years that the authorities had to reckon with it, believes Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations. Dmitry Oreshkin, a political analyst, has added that by making concessions to his people, Ramzan Kadyrov improved his authority, while not making the Kremlin angry.

The four students from Ingushetia detained in Cairo found their custody conditions in prison to be tolerable, but complained about the non-provision of an advocate and an interpreter at the trial, their relatives said. The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has called the fifth detainee, whose fate is unknown, to be an alleged recruiter of militants.

Policemen have detained the man, who tried to commit suicide near the building of the Armenian Government, where an action was held today demanding the resignation of the head of the Urtsadzor community.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of deportation of the Vainakhs, Chechnya has organized a large-scale distribution of foodstuffs to the poor. Religious rites have been held in the republic's cities and district centres.

On February 24, residents of the Bakhtemir village reported to the police about a man with a gun walking down the street. Law enforcers came to the place and demanded from the man to hand over his gun, but he opened fire on them and was killed by return fire. One policeman was hospitalized with wounds in serious condition. He stays in a coma, investigators report today.

The positions of the Azerbaijani forces in the Karabakh conflict zone have been shelled 25 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

During the week of February 18-24, 2019, a man was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Participants of a march in memory of Boris Nemtsov demanded to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko, and all Russian political prisoners. The marchers also called for the investigation into the murders of Natalia Estemirova and Anna Politkovskaya.

On the anniversary of Boris Nemtsov's murder, in Volgograd, seven activists held solo pickets, criticizing the superficial investigation of the crime.

The employees of the international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) have joined the march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow demanding the release Oyub Titiev, a Chechen human rights defender. The action also included a collection of signatures in support of Titiev, activists told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The practice of prohibiting travel abroad, as a method of political pressure, is widespread in Azerbaijan, says the 20-page study entitled "Freedom of Travel in Azerbaijan: Politically Motivated Travel Bans", published by the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies (CEMDS).

Commemoration of 1944 deportation of Chechens and Ingushes took place on February 23 at the monument to victims of Stalinist repression in the village of Yaryk-Su in Dagestan. Akkin Chechens and delegations from Chechnya and Ingushetia took part in the event.