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The chief physician of one of Vladikavkaz polyclinics was appointed to this position without completing a higher school and without the relevant work experience, said the chair of the city assembly. The Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has presented the doctor as a worthy specialist, but promised to check the authenticity of his diplomas.

By decision of the authorities, regional branches of the oppositional "People's Front Party of Azerbaijan" (PFPA) and the "Musavat" Party have been evicted from their offices in the Azerbaijani town of Sheki. The parties treat this decision as politically motivated.

Today, Mikail Kartoev, a resident of Malgobek, was detained by power agents and taken away to some unknown place, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported; Mukharbek Kartoev, the detainee’s father, has appealed to the HRC for help.

The Kadyrov’s demand to his officials to attract investments may result in extortions in Chechnya, the economist Mikhail Delyagin believes. His colleague Mikhail Chernyshov is sure that without specific plans this demand is pure demagoguery.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the extension of house arrest of Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, accused of public justification of terrorism in his words about Abdulla Gappaev, who was killed in Dagestan.

Today, advocates Alaudi Musaev and Nadezhda Ermolaeva have filed to the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic an appeal in the case against Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The defence requests to cancel the verdict pronounced by the Shali District Court and the decision of the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic to leave the sentence without changes.

The birth of the third child and the recognition of another child as disabled is not a reason to reconsider the decision on eviction of a family with many children from temporary housing. This decision was pronounced by the court of Sochi.

Construction of the museum "Russia is my history" in the Lenin Komsomol Park has been prevented due to the efforts of the public and the mass appeals of Makhachkala residents to the federal centre. This opinion is voiced by opponents of the construction of the museum in the Lenin Komsomol Park.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has received a complaint against the verdict to Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", who is serving his sentence on the charge of public calls for extremism. This was reported by his advocate Natasha Dobreva.

Mine clearing activities have been launched in the village of Chodjuk Mardjanly controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. 200 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) declared their willingness to return to the village.

At today's court session on the case of the Sochi builder Mardiros Demerchyan, the judge acted objectively, by pointing to investigator’s mistakes and contradictions in testimonies, said the representative of the Fund "Public Verdict".

Belarus has extradited the blogger Alexander Lapshin, who is supporting the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan in order to strengthen its relations in the energy sector, the Armenian experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", are sure.

Power agents are checking passports in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, said local residents.

The inaction of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the issue of deporting by Belarus to Azerbaijan of the blogger Alexander Lapshin threatens the talks of the parties of the Karabakh conflict, members of the Nagorno-Karabakh Committee "Helsinki Initiative-92" believe.

In Tbilisi, two transgender women injured in an attack get medical treatment at the hospital. They were seriously injured. This was reported by Giorgi Tatishvili, the leader of the Centre for Transgender Women.

Lawyer Sergey Zemtsov, who represents the interests of participants of the "tractor march", has been attacked this night. This was reported by Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the Kuban farmers' movement "Polite Farmers".

The authorities of Russia, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh are disappointed by the Belarusian authorities' decision to extradite Alexander Lapshin, a citizen of Russia, to Azerbaijan. Alexander Lapshin arrived in Baku on February 7.

All 22 natives of Chechnya detained in Austria sought refugee status. Two of them left under arrest are refused of asylum, and they face deportation. In Austria, many Chechen refugees have failed to integrate into the local society, and appearance of their names in the criminal chronicle is of high interest to local media.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed an appeal filed by lawyer Alaif Gasanov against the decisions of lower courts, which dismissed his claims for recognition of the illegality of his exception from the Bar Association of Azerbaijan.

In December 2013, Islam Shogenov, a defendant in the case of an attempt to create Caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was busy studying, when, according to prosecutors, he was shadowing the police officer, who was later attacked, said the wife of Islam Shogenov.