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A Rostov woman posted on the Internet a photo showing workers painting at night a bridge near the "Rostselmash" plant. Social network users associated the painting works with the expected Putin's visit to the city.

Law enforcers issued for Oyub Titiev, who claimed having eating problems, a pass for four visits to a dentist. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on January 31.

Unidentified people tried to force a son of Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of a Salafi mosque, into their car. This was reported by the Imam himself.

Imam Tesaev, a 21-year-old wrestler from Chechnya, is suspected of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court, and an attempt to recruit his friends and acquaintances to the ranks of militants. The athlete is put on the federal wanted list, the "Kommersant" reports today.

On January 31, the ceremony of awarding the Andrei Sakharov Prize for "Journalism as an Act" to mark the merits of journalists and rights defenders was held in Moscow. Among the winners of the Sakharov Prize were Elena Milashina, Pavel Kanygin and Ali Feruz, correspondents of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko, Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel, the edition "Takie Dela" and the "Caucasian Knot".

Following a complaint filed by Miroslav Valkovich, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent questions to the government of Russia regarding the detention of a coordinator of oppositionist Alexei Navalny's office at a protest action held in Krasnodar on March 26, 2017.

The suspended ceiling at the "Varketili" metro station was mounted on top of the old structure. The founder of the company, which carried out the repairs, stated that this was a demand of the Tbilisi Mayoralty.

An application about the kidnapping of Kazim Nurmagomedov was submitted by his relatives to the on duty section of the Basmanny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Moscow. The Kazim’s whereabouts is still unknown, said his relatives.

Today, 47 miners have held a picket at the "Antratsit" Culture House; they read out an appeal to Yuri Chaika, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, and started collecting signatures to it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. The Gukovo picketers demanded to take measures to eliminate ground depressions formed after mines are flooded, and prevent an ecological catastrophe.

Today, Moscow law enforcers have detained Kazim Nurmagomedov, a father of a native of Makhachkala, accused of financing terrorists. This has been reported by an advocate.

The state of the people injured in collapse of a ceiling at a metro station has improved, but they continue to stay in a hospital. The Ministry for Public Health and the Tbilisi Mayoralty will pay the costs for the medical treatment of the victims.

Except for the charges of robbery and violence, Timur Khamkhoev, a main defendant in the case of torture at the Ingush police, is charged with forgery of documents, the "Kommersant" reported on January 30.

In the territory of Iraq, 18 women and about 30 children from Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and other regions of Russia were found in capture. In a letter to her mother, one of the captured women wrote that she was in fact in slavery with other women and children.

On January 30, a meeting of the Pardon Issues Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held in Baku.

On January 24, opera singer Giorgi Todua, a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, gave a concert in his hometown of Gali. The singer made no political statements during the concert. Meanwhile, in his interview published two days after the performance, he says he does not recognize the independence of Abkhazia.

Alan Chekhoev, a resident of Alagir, has complained that his 19-year-old son Oleg was severely beaten after his detention.

After Ksenia Sobchak’s picket in defence of Oyub Titiev, held by her in Grozny, users of social networks, including well-known oppositionists, rights defenders and journalists, diverged about the reasons for the presidential candidate, and on whether her arrival in Grozny was a PR act.

Authorities are obliged to protect sexual minorities from manifestations of homophobia and investigate hate crimes, activists of the NGO “Movement for Equality” have stated.

An officer of a Grozny law enforcement unit has been killed by his subordinate from a Kalashnikov submachine gun, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed by a source from the military enlistment office.

128 residents from the Dagestani village of Vremenny have filed to the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala a complaint of officials' failure to pay compensation for the property damaged during a special operation, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.