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In Astrakhan, policemen have released Alexei Navalny's supporters after drawing up a confiscation protocol of leaflets, Alexander Kogut, the head of the local Navalny's office, has stated.

In spite of cold weather and strong wind, residents of Baku have come today to the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate those who perished as a result of the invasion of Soviet troops to Baku on January 20, 1990.

Policemen have detained three employees of the Astrakhan Navalny's office, who were disseminating leaflets in the city centre.

Musa Musaev, the Makhachkala Mayor, did not exceed his powers at allocating the land plot; the case against him was instituted without due grounds, said Suleiman Azuev, his advocate.

Modern Russian military vehicles and ammunition are delivered to the Baku port and will be transferred to the armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports.

Alexander Valov, the editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was detained by the police for 48 hours after a search conducted in his apartment.

The traditional annual march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, held in Moscow, attracted more participants than the organizers had expected. The posters that people carried included those demanding to stop repressing rights defenders, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

According to Moscow law enforcers, the today's march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", was over 500 people strong.

Today, Yerevan has hosted an action against price hike, which turned into a march across the city centre. According to the organizer, the opposition "Elk" bloc, several thousand people took part in the march.

Today, French law enforcers have allowed Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, a three-day trip to his relative living in Russia.

The European Union (EU) has expressed deep concern over the detention and arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the HRC "Memorial" office in the Chechen Republic. This is said in the EU's statement "On Human Rights Violations against HRC 'Memorial' in Russia" dated January 18, which is available at the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, policemen have searched the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". In the course thereof, an ashtray and cigarettes were found, which were not in the office before that, rights defenders assert.

In a separate chapter focused on Russia in the World Report prepared by the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), authors mention persecution of gays and mass execution of suspected militants in Chechnya.

Today, Serzh Sargsyan has proposed to Armen Sargsyan, Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to run for presidency. According to the preliminary information, the presidential election will be held on March 2.

Today, sources from the law enforcement bodies have reported about searches conducted in a house of Makhachkala Mayor Musa Musaev, as well as in his personal office in the city administration.

During the past three days, Chechen policemen twice on January 16 and 18 demanded to open the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", but left without waiting for rights defenders. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial", who referred to an owner of the premises.

The statement voiced by the leader of Chechnya on the situation with the Oyub Titiev's detention and the arson of an office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia are links in one chain. This opinion was expressed by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The words of the head of Chechnya about the role of relatives in the disappearance of the singer Zelimkhan Bakaev are an actual recognition of the fact that the authorities are aware of the fate and, possibly, murder of a Chechen singer, rights defenders believe.

Today, the "Mashr" Ingush human rights organization has given diplomas to laureates of its contest "Civil Society Heroes" in seven nominations. One of the laureates is the sister of Magomed Daliev, who died during interrogation.

On January 18, Tatiana Moskalkova reported she talked via phone to a wife of a resident of Chechnya, whose name appeared on the list of the people executed at night on January 26, 2017. According to the Russia's Ombudsperson, the Chechen woman informed her that she was released after being detained by policemen.