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Mekhman Guseinov, Director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), is sentenced to imprisonment in connection with his activities as a journalist and a blogger. This opinion was voiced by activists of civil society in Azerbaijan.

On March 4, a free screening of the film by Vladimir Kara-Murza "Nemtsov" is scheduled in Rostov-on-Don, as well as the presentation of the projects "Otkrytoe Pravo" (Open Law) and "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Both events are organized with the support of the "Open Russia" movement, Anastasia Shevchenko, the regional coordinator of the movement, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to her story, the organizers have already faced attempts to disrupt the events.

Today, it became known what answers the Russian party has sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case of torture applied to Sochi builder Mardiros Demerchyan, Oleg Novikov, an employee of the "Public Verdict", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On March 2, a monument in the shape of a cross, dedicated to the events of 2000, was set up in the Argun Gorge, where a fight took place of Pskov paratroopers with the armed grouping commanded by Khattab.

This morning, policemen have demanded from the sit-in strikers in support of Arthur Sargsyan, arrested for helping members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, to leave Freedom Square in Yerevan, said Shagen Arutyunyan, the initiator of the strike.

Authorities of Poland refuse to grant asylum to residents of Chechnya, thus, exposing them to danger, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated in its report.

On March 2, the Public Chamber of Dagestan held a public hearing dedicated to solving problems of homeless animals in the urban environment. The event was attended by members of Makhachkala animal rights organizations "Zoolife" and "Ecolife", officials of the Makhachkala administration, and members of the Moscow Bar Association and animal rights experts of the organization "Zoopravo".

Today, the Surakhani District Court of Baku has sentenced blogger Mekhman Guseinov, Director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), to two years of imprisonment on the charge of defamation. He was taken into custody at the courtroom.

Yesterday, on March 2, advocates Musa Abdulkadirov and Sapiyat Magomedova appealed to the Kizilyurt District Prosecutor's Office with a demand to provide access to the investigative actions in the case against of a resident of Dagestan suspected of possession of weapons and drugs.

The car, in which law enforcers found explosives and a Kalashnikov submachine gun, belonged to an accomplice of the "Southern" armed grouping of militants. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

The resolution, which calls on the US administration to work closely with Georgia in the spheres of defence and security, has been adopted by majority votes of the Congress.

FSB agents have stopped the actions of a user of a social network registered under nickname "Philip Lis", who incited a minor girl from Astrakhan to commit suicide. This was reported by investigators.

In Armenia, the participants of the sit-in strike held in Freedom Square in support of Arthur Sargsyan report about threats received from the police. Despite this, they intend to continue their protest.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has partially satisfied the complaint of the defence, which asked to release the oppositional leader Asif Yusifli, and reduced his prison term from six to five years.

Nafigulla Ashirov, Co-Chair of the Council of Muftis of Russia and Supreme Mufti of the Asian part of Russia, is sceptical about the idea of “educating Muslims in the way shown in the ‘Stop Haram’ programme."

Today, the Moscow Sakharov Centre has started a press conference entitled "White Spots" and dedicated to the Dubrovka terror act. At the opening of the event, the lawyer Karinna Moskalenko said that the press conference would discuss primarily the fates of those who suffered from actions of power agents, who assaulted the theatrical centre.

The Prime Minister of Dagestan has ordered to allocate funds to tenants of the apartments, destroyed in May 2016 during a counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in Derbent.

In Derbent, law enforcers evacuated to a safety place the car, in which they found explosives and a Kalashnikov submachine gun. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture", has also appealed to the chief of the Department for Grozny of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) with a request to start disciplinary proceedings against the policemen who refused to initiate a criminal case on the fact of an attack on him in the Chechen capital.

When commenting on the results of the trip to Dagestan, Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC), has placed full responsibility for the elections in the regions on the leaders of the subjects of the Russian Federation.